A few special considerations for mediations where a workers' compensation lien is at play. By Clark W. Patten ...
Despite what its opponents will have you believe, there is good reason to protect California's Private Attorneys General Act. ...
The Supreme Court's decision recognizing a fundamental right to same-sex marriage will have substantial impact on employers. B...
Corporate
Venture investment spikes as deal volume slides so far this year
By Banks Albachn
Venture capital investment channels are flush with cash this year so far, funneling roughly $63 billion to private companies w...
Labor/Employment
Laundry cleaning startup hit with suit claiming drivers are employees
By Philip Johnsonn
The Boston attorney attacking the app-economy labor model sued laundry cleaning startup Washio Inc. in San Francisco County Su...
The doctor's hospital privileges may be restored after a Stanislaus County judge ruled he was mistreated after blowing the whi...
Litigation
Hospital hit with second patient dumping lawsuit in a year
By Kibkabe Arayan
Public Counsel and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP represent a homeless man who is suing Glendale Adventist Medical Center ...
Co-founder and general counsel Sonos Inc. Santa Barbara ...
A suit filed Wednesday in LA Superior Court claims that the Los Angeles Unified School District is violating state law by refu...
Former state Sen. Leland Yee on Wednesday pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering in an Northern District case that charge...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Law Practice
Quinn Emanuel largely abandons summer associate recruiting
By Don Debenedictisn
The firm found a short summer stint gave students an artificial experience of litigation. It will spend money on signing bonus...
A draft bill marks Sacramento's first comprehensive attempt to significantly address "virtual," "digital" or "crypto" currenci...
Until last week, almost every court chose to use equal protection to explain why it violated equality principles to prevent sa...
A 4th District Court of Appeal panel ruling late Monday brings some clarification to a murky area of Proposition 47. ...
The former federal prosecutor who gained national notoriety as part of Kenneth W. Starr's team that investigated President Cli...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Army must care for test subject veterans, 9th Circuit rules
By Kevin Lee
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Army has an "ongoing duty" to provide medical treatment to veterans who pa...
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, the 107-year-old law firm known for its work in digital media and entertainment, announc...
Environmental
Developer of proposed city near Valencia wins judge's approval
By Fiona Smith
Judge Philip S. Gutierrez on Wednesday rejected claims by environmentalists that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wrongly issu...
Litigation
UC Berkeley hit with suit over handling of sexual assault investigations
By Banks Albachn
Three former undergraduate students who claim they were sexually assaulted while attending UC Berkeley are suing the school an...
The majority's approach in a recent First Amendment case, doctrinally correct as it is, leads to quite absurd results. By Ashu...
California Courts of Appeal
Law firms chastised over litigation tactics by state appeal court
By John Roemer
Scorched earth ploys are not new in an era of cutthroat litigation, but a pair of Los Angeles and Irvine law firms went too fa...
Litigation
VMware settles case alleging it routinely overbilled government agencies
By Joshua Seboldn
The federal government and a whistle blower entered a $75.5 million settlement with VMware Inc. Tuesday, resolving allegations...
Labor/Employment
Unions nervous about U.S. Supreme Court review of dues case
By Matthew Blaken
The case could determine whether it is unconstitutional to make all unionized public sector workers pay collective bargaining ...
Fresh off a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in its copyright infringement battle against Google Inc., Oracle Corp....
General Counsel Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury and U.S. Airways Center Phoenix, Arizona ...
With the ongoing drought in California,some developers may consider establishing a privately held mutual water company to serv...
The development of the modern business judgment rule has occurred in cases involving takeovers. By D. Gordon Smith ...
The U.S. high court's recent ruling in Horne v. Department of Agriculture will have several important consequences rela...
Litigation
Former Broadcom employee files suit for discrimination, retaliation
By Deirdre Newmann
A former Broadcom Corp. employee has filed suit against the Orange County semiconductor company for gender discrimination and ...