Apple Inc. received a boost in its legal fight over a 1789 statute Monday when a New York magistrate judge rejected the federa...
Bulk grocer Smart & Final Stores Inc. announced the appointment of Leland P. "Lee" Smith as senior vice president and gene...
Litigation
Trump seeks to keep chief plaintiff in class action case against his university
By Amanda Schallert
In a motion filed last week, attorneys for Donald Trump and his now-obsolete Trump University argued that lead plaintiff Tarla...
In a win for polar bears, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an Obama administration decision to set aside a vast ex...
Apple Inc.'s refusal to obey a court order to unlock the iPhone of one of the suspects in the San Bernardino terrorist attack ...
U.S. Supreme Court
San Jose affordable housing law affirmed by U.S. Supreme Court
By Saul Sugarman
Opponents of a San Jose affordable housing law on Monday failed to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to review the ordinance, wh...
California Courts of Appeal
After Vergara oral arguments, plaintiffs' lawyer keeps debate going with letter
By Matthew Blake
Manuever by plaintiffs' attorney Theodore J. Boutrous unusual, but not unheard of, lawyers say ...
Law Practice
Goodwin grabs employment litigator from Greenberg Traurig
By Joshua Seboldn
Employment litigator Koray J. Bulut jumped from Greenberg Traurig LLP to Goodwin Procter LLP Tuesday, where he will be a partn...
San Diego Judge Keri Katz knows the sensitive nature of family law requires a gentle hand.
Litigation
Jury grants 'Survivor' consultant $480,000 for contract breach
By Steven Crighton
The plaintiff received a severely reduced jury award due to statute of limitations. ...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
The troubling saga of Tehama County Superior Court, which is still recovering from a crippling cyberattack, served as a warnin...
Government
SB 1286 proposes greater access to law enforcement records in misconduct cases
By L.J. Williamson
Calling California "behind the times when it comes to providing transparency," State Senator Mark Leno has introduced a bill t...
Litigation
Family of men burned in car crash file suit, seek federal inquiry
By Amanda Schallert
Family members of two men who burned to death in a Jeep accident filed a wrongful death lawsuit this week against Fiat Chrysle...
Federal Circuit knocks out patent verdicts favoring iPhone maker ...
Members of a governance task force are working to produce a report by mid-year ...
Sports litigator Jeffrey Lenkov is finding legal lessons in the wildest places. ...
The San Diego County Water Authority named Mark J. Hattam as general counsel late Thursday. ...
Knox Ricksen LLP was accused of hacking its opposing counsel's client files. Its defense, that the files were public and evide...
Judge Paul S. Grewal granted plaintiff's subsequent declarations for costs in Monterey dispute ...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California
After years traveling the globe, SF County Judge Rochelle C. East is known for her 'quiet cool.'
Orange County Judge Jeannie Joseph is adjusting to the bench after working as a prosecutor.
Litigation
In Vergara, justices doubt education statutes uniformly cause discrimination
By Matthew Blake
The nationally watched case on teacher personnel laws could have a pro-union appellate ruling ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar officials argue over open meeting law requirement
By Lyle Moran
A State Bar trustee clashed Thursday with top bar officials about whether they were taking steps to ensure the backing of the ...
A federal judge on Thursday gave the German automaker until March 24 to come up with an engineering solution to fix the emissi...
Mediator Viggo Boserup says his niche found him rather than the other way around ...
California Supreme Court
Burglars can't be charged multiple times for crimes in different rooms, court rules
By Kevin Lee
A criminal offender cannot be convicted of multiple burglaries solely because he entered multiple rooms, the California Suprem...
Alex G. Tse, who has until this month been chief of the Northern District's civil division, is now the office's top deputy to ...
California Supreme Court
Brown files emergency appeal on sentencing reform initiative
By Phil Johnson
Sacramento Judge ruled Attorney General Kamala Harris abused her discretion in greenlighting amendments. ...