Upscale department store chain Nordstrom Inc. announced Thursday that it will acquire the online, members-only shopping club H...
Duane Mathiowetz jumped to Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in San Francisco, where he will be a partner in the firm's inte...
Yolo County Superior Court Judge David W. Reed's career as a local lawyer prepared him for the bench.
Entertainment & Sports
Lawsuit Over DJ Game Scratches the Surface of Activision's Legal Battles
By Jean Luc Renault
Video game giant Activision Blizzard has not clawed to the top without playing tough. But one case heading to trial next month...
Taking time off from a career to raise her children and move for a family business opportunity still led Referee Donna R. Levi...
Spanish-language skills and an easy disposition lend mediator Patricia Prince a specialty in labor and employment disputes. ...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Mass Health Fraud Sting Lands L.A. Arrests
By Emma Gallegosn
Six defendants in Los Angeles were arrested Thursday for their roles in alleged schemes to bilk the federal Medicare program o...
Loyola Law School Dean Victor Gold announced plans to open a new Advocacy Institute this fall, offering clinical opportunities...
John W. Keker, of Keker & Van Nest in San Francisco, has signed on to represent Steven Donziger, the embattled lead attorn...
Criminal
Former O.C. Assistant Sheriff’s Honest Services Charge Tossed
By Don Debenedictisn
George Jaramillo, a former top aide to convicted Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, may get to keep damages from a civil suit ...
Sony Computer Entertainment America won dismissal of most of a case in which PlayStation 3 customers sued over a software upda...
Five years ago, mergers and acquisitions lawyers used the two-step acquisition rarely. Today they use it in the majority of ca...
San Francisco-based McNutt Law Group LLP and San Francisco bankruptcy lawyer Michael St. James secured the legal work in Round...
Conflicts are preventing many partners in the state from joining Winston & Strawn, which hopes to grab large numbers of Ho...
A blind law school graduate will be able to take the California Bar exam next week using special software, thanks to a federal...
The American dream of owning a business is now threatened by many obstacles. By Timothy Sandefur of the Pacific Legal Foundati...
The Motion Picture Association of America is looking for a new chief lawyer now that current general counsel Daniel Mandil is ...
Attorneys for the two former state building commissioners who sued to stop the sale have asked the 6th District Court of Appea...
Strengthening the bonds of friendship should be a goal in public policy. By Ethan J. Leib of Hastings College of the Law. ...
Law Practice
Ex-Deputy DA Seeks Evidence in $2.5 Million Lawsuit Against Firm
By Erica E. Phillips
A Superior Court judge is expected to decide today whether Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP must turn over a retain...
Environmental
The $5 Million Boost to Clean Up Chemical Contamination
By Alexander Phersonn
The Environmental Protection Agency recently took action to assist in the clean-up of the San Francisco Bay. By Mordecai D. Bo...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Suit Against Beaumont Citizens' Group Tossed
By Jason W. Armstrong
A citizen's group has the right to publish online statements alleging that Beaumont had a conflict of interest and engaged in ...
Businesses can purchase political risk insurance to protect their foreign interests in the event of civil unrest. By Sandra Sm...
A big federal appellate win out of Arizona this week for the pharmaceutical industry's right to deny overtime pay to sales rep...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is seeking documents related to the FBI's efforts to increase its surveillance capabilities...
California Assemblymen Marty Block, D-San Diego, and Nathan Fletcher, R-San Diego, on Thursday announced the introduction of l...
A new Web startup founded by two attorneys, LawPivot.com, aims to pair fledgling companies with experienced lawyers in an easy...
San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Craig L. Parsons isn't afraid to change his mind on the bench, nor is he afraid to rub s...
An Irvine lawyer is being arraigned on 27 counts of defrauding investors in an African gold mine. ...