Irvine-based cybersecurity startup Cylance Inc. announced its Series D financing round Wednesday with guidance from Jones Day....
Judges and Judiciary
Defense lawyers defend judge in Stanford swimmer assault case
By Saul Sugarman
A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge has been receiving threats of violence since handing down a short sentence to a form...
A Contra Costa County prosecutor with a history of race-based peremptory strikes violated the Equal Protection Clause when he ...
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen has adamantly contested the appropriateness of the six-month jail sentence con...
The results of Tuesday's election. ...
Judges and Judiciary
Incumbents reign statewide in judicial elections
By America Hernandez
In 25 contested judicial races across California, nine new judges were minted, eight kept their seats, and eight seats will be...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Criminal
FedEx to defend itself in rare drug trafficking conspiracy trial
By Tim O'connor
Federal prosecutors' decadelong pursuit of illegal internet prescription drug traffickers will play out in a San Francisco fed...
Bart Volkmer will be promoted to general counsel at cloud storage company Dropbox Inc. June 20, replacing Ramsey Homsany, who ...
Obituaries
Veteran defense attorney, known for his representation of the Unabomber, dies
By Saul Sugarman
Longtime federal public defender Quin Denvir died Saturday in Sacramento. He was 76. ...
A federal judge wiped out a $200 million jury verdict awarded to Merck & Co. Inc. after finding that one of the drugmaker'...
Education
Bill would require California law schools to disclose jobs data
By Lyle Moran
California law schools that are not accredited by the American Bar Association would have to publicly disclose postgraduate em...
Judges and Judiciary
Santa Clara recall effort shares similarities with OC effort
By Meghann M. Cuniff
The outcry that seems to support a recall of Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky mirrors the fierce reaction ...
Opening statements kicked off a jury trial Tuesday in San Mateo County Superior Court against Imran A. Khaliq, a litigation di...
SB 443, which seeks to limit civil asset forfeiture, has been revived after a near-death experience late last year in the stat...
A superior court judge sharply questioned on Tuesday the premise held by California plaintiffs' attorneys that Private Attorne...
Despite its volatility, Judge Susan Lopez-Giss relishes her job in Los Angeles family court.
After nearly a decade of flat associate pay at the nation's largest law firms, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP said Tuesday it...
Plaintiffs' attorneys who represent children and disabled clients on a contingency fee basis say that judges routinely undermi...
General Counsel CircleUp Network Inc. (San Francisco) ...
U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford dealt a setback Monday to Rutan & Tucker LLP attorneys trying to ban activist newsp...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Genentech, partner to pay $67M to resolve False Claims Act case
By Tim O'connor
Northern District U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch announced Monday that Genentech Inc. and another company will pay $67 million...
A type of agreement that's become the norm for music labels signing new artists despite an onerous reputation among many perfo...
U.S. Supreme Court
Lawsuit over Google advertising can proceed, U.S. Supreme Court rules
By Saul Sugarman
A federal class action accusing Google Inc. of providing customers inferior ad placement could move forward in the Northern Di...
Civil Rights
Student asks high court not to review USC fair process case
By America Hernandez
In the debate over what constitutes a fair hearing in campus sexual assault disciplinary proceedings, accused student John Doe...
The state Supreme Court rejected Monday a legal challenge brought by county prosecutors and cleared the way for Gov. Jerry Bro...
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said Monday he wishes he had known Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aar...
Fresno County (Fresno) ...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyer involved.
Judges and Judiciary
OC prosecutor challenges judge sanctioned for sex
By Meghann M. Cuniff
An experienced political influencer in Orange County recently offered Deputy District Attorney Karen L. Schatzle his blunt ass...