The state Supreme Court appeared to ease the way for a tech multimillionaire to build a mansion in the Berkeley hills Monday, ...
Chief Campus Counsel UC Berkeley ...
The convergence of a number of forces is changing the way M&A lawsuits are litigated and resolved. By Koji Fukumura ...
The city of Los Angeles makes a solid argument for why a warrant is not required to search motel registries in a case being ar...
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing argument Tuesday in a case that will have broad implications for the privacy and free associ...
The San Francisco lawyer was known as a scholar of ethics in the legal profession, a topic he pursued for decades, authoring b...
Two medical technology companies are in line to return to the Southern District of California for a new damages trial after a ...
Litigation
Trial starts today in SEC case against former NFL superstar
By Deirdre Newmann
A federal jury will be asked to decide whether former NFL wide receiver Willie James Gault committed two Securities and Exchan...
Alorica Inc., a customer management outsourcing solutions company based in Irvine, announced Monday the appointment of Christy...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Gibson Dunn, Wilson Sonsini handle HP's acquisition of Aruba Networks
By Jason Pafundin
The deal represents HP's largest acquisition since buying Autonomy Corp. in 2011. ...
Public Defender Ron Brown said he was only joking when he told an office-wide meeting he dislikes children. Some people are of...
California Supreme Court
Impact of state high court ruling against Jessica's Law uncertain
By Laura Hautalan
The state can no longer apply blanket restrictions to registered sex offenders on where they can live in San Diego County, the...
The LA-based engineering and design firm picked up Carla J. Christofferson as its new executive VP and GC. Christofferson had ...
Last week, a Senate committee passed legislation that promises to revolutionize automotive safety. By Jonathan Michaels ...
Law Practice
For marijuana businesses, trademark protection proves elusive
By Kibkabe Araya
As a nascent medical and recreational marijuana industry sees exponential growth, many cannabusinesses in the state are seekin...
Litigation
Judge's tough stance on no-poach deal about to yield larger settlement
By Kevin Lee
A proposed $415 million anti-poaching settlement that Silicon Valley technology giants are prepared to pay a class of former e...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Administrative/Regulatory
Italian privacy agreement with Google signals increased enforcement in EU
By Joshua Seboldn
Privacy attorneys say tech companies should take notice of the agreement Google Inc. made with Italian regulators, which marks...
I am surprised that the Daily Journal would print Mark Miller's one-sided diatribe about the Supreme Court's Yates deci...
Constitutional Law
Arizona's district drawing method, like ours, is A-OK
By Ben Armisteadn
Direct democracy, gerrymandering and federal court standing - three contentious topics - are on stage Monday as the U.S. Supre...
DLA Piper announced last week that Dean Fealk, a partner and chair of the global equity group in the firm's San Francisco and ...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived an application for asylum by two Armenian citizens after finding that the Board ...
A new bill would increase protections against gender-based pay discrimination by reducing employers' defenses under California...
Government
Federal government to pay $22.5 million to Sacramento utility
By Saul Sugarman
The federal government will pay a Sacramento utility district more than $22.5 million for money it spent keeping and destroyin...
A lawsuit filed Friday in federal court accuses dockworkers of letting management run a disastrous health care plan with milli...
Under current California law, a deceased person's reputation cannot be injured, and thus you cannot defame the deceased. Acros...
Litigation
Creditors settle with Bank of America over failed Las Vegas hotel
By Henry Meier
Attorneys representing creditors of the failed Fontainebleau Las Vegas development claim the $300 million settlement reached w...
The CEO of a San Diego-based holding company pleaded guilty Friday to defrauding investors in a complex securities scheme. ...
Orange County attorney Thomas J. Umberg is in Afghanistan this week, meeting with applicants for a unique program that brings ...
Criminal
Attorneys usually cannot reveal much when clients flee, experts say
By Laura Hautalan
When a criminal defendant flees, he certainly doesn't make things easier for himself in the courtroom. But what happens to his...