How the effects of California's business franchise laws have spilled over into other practice areas. By David Gurnick of Lewit...
Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP is perhaps the first law firm to host its own public radio segment. On Saturday mornings, ...
The 9th Circuit on Monday heard an Arizona government lawyer try to justify barring health insurance benefits for state employ...
The many contradictions behind resolving the issue of illegal immigration and why there is still no clear solution. By Elaine ...
The Senate unanimoulsy confirmed Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Edward J. Davila to join the federal bench in San Fra...
The Obama administration requested an increase to Legal Services Corp.'s funding to $450 million in the 2012 budget request an...
Ecuadoreans have won an $8.6 billion judgment against Chevron Corp. in an environmental case but the oil company secured order...
Technology & Science
Cutting Your Technology Budget Can Have Legal Costs
By Genevieve Knollen
Companies seeking to cut costs should be careful not to compromise the security of electronically stored information. By Aleja...
San Francisco-based rainmaker K.T. "Sunny" Cherian and four other intellectual property partners left over the weekend for Hog...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Biotech Still in the Dark on Prosecutions
By Mandy Jacksonn
The FDA released criteria for the agency's use of the Park Doctrine to prosecute pharmaceutical and medical device executives,...
A prosecutor's barroom joke about bribing a juror in a death penalty case became no laughing matter when the incident caught t...
Lawmakers have introduced bills aimed at forcing the AOC to become more transparent. The proposed legislation signifies a grow...
Superior Court Judge Bob S. Bowers Jr. tries to bring civility to his complex criminal courtroom.Superior Court Judge Bob S. B...
Visa Inc. bought PlaySpan Inc. for $190 million in a deal announced last Wednesday. Santa Clara-based PlaySpan offers services...
The Expedited Jury Trial Act has resulted in three one-day trials in California since taking effect last month. Most lawyers a...
General Counsel for Hot Topic Inc. City of Industry ...
Lawyers from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC are counseling Pandora Media Inc. and ...
Challenging Internal Service Revenue regulations is even harder thanks to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. ...
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the city of Los Angeles' emergency preparedness program violates the Americans with Disabi...
Crocs Inc. has moved one step closer to getting an order banning the import of footwear similar to the company's signature foa...
Often overlooked is the fact that there are insurance policies designed to provide protections against class actions. By Kirk ...
Securities regulators have accused three former executives with the now defunct IndyMac Bancorp of securities fraud for allege...
A hypothetical case paints a picture of what the civil process may look like 10 years from now. By Paul R. Kiesel of Kiesel Bo...
Medical device manufacturers and their lawyers hope the first pilot project in the FDA's Innovation Pathway program will blaze...
In a case both sides have described as unprecedented, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments about whether a hi...
Perspective
The Employee Free Choice Act Is Alive and Well At the NLRB
By Genevieve Knollen
A change in leadership at the National Labor Relations Board leaves employers facing enhanced penalties for unfair labor pract...
A $235 million settlement between the Charles Schwab Corp. and YieldPlus Fund investors can go forward, a federal judge ruled,...
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP will add former Howrey LLP intellectual property partner Duane H. Mathiowetz to its San Fr...
A judge's decision last week to transfer a contentious pension-related case from San Diego to Los Angeles County has the city ...
Casting doubt on a major union win, the 9th Circuit voted Friday to review its decision that grocery chains broke antitrust l...