Litigation
Most of Bingham's partners in state will go to Morgan Lewis, sources say
By Melanie Brisbon
The majority of Bingham McCutchen LLP's partners in California have been admitted to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP as part o...
With the holiday shopping season fast approaching, MotionPoint Corp. has won more time to fight off a looming sales ban agains...
Cheerleaders for the Oakland Raiders are divided over whether to accept a $1.25 million settlement from their team in a ground...
One of the most complex and contentious hostile takeovers in recent memory came to an end on Monday with the announcement that...
AutoZone Stores Inc. will pay out what might be a U.S. record of $185 million in punitive damages for discriminating against a...
Law Practice
Former Riverside district attorney and assemblyman joins Theodora Oringher
By Melanie Brisbon
Rodric A. Pacheco, a former Riverside district attorney and state assemblyman, has joined Theodora Oringher PC as a senior att...
Vice President and General Counsel of Medallia Inc. Palo Alto ...
Environmental
State Supreme Court to grapple with environmental review for smaller projects
By Fiona Smith
A fight over building a mansion in the Berkeley hills has sparked questions over what sorts of projects should be exempt from ...
Joseph Dunn's lawyer says he is representing another whistleblower. ...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Lawmakers, lobbyists and lawyers are preparing for another round of loaded debates over whether Congress should act to reform ...
The Nov. 6 article "Malibu voters limit formula retail development, setting stage for legal battles" needs some clarifications...
Labor/Employment
Can employees waive Berman hearings? Jury is still out
By Ben Armisteadn
Employers may justifiably want prospective employees to waive Berman hearing rights in employment arbitration agreements, but ...
State jurisdictions are inching closer to the federal Daubert standard governing admissibility of expert testimony. By Belynda...
Intellectual Property
Federal Circuit finds advertising patent ineligible, affirms early-stage dismissal
By Hadley Robinson
Friday's ruling reveals the court's willingness to strike down patents that tie an abstract idea to its implementation on the ...
Senior U.S. District Judge John Spencer Letts, known throughout the Central District for the unique corporate perspective he b...
Intellectual Property
Judge orders injunction with 'causal nexus' in patent infringement case
By Kibkabe Arayan
A federal judge in Oakland late Thursday ordered online language translator MotionPoint Corp. to stop selling a product that i...
Government
Judicial committee may recommend training changes in conservatorship matters
By Paul Jones
A committee may recommend the state revamp judge and attorney training in the wake of a disability rights group's allegations ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Dunn's tenure atop State Bar earned mostly praises
By Don De Benedictis
Joseph L. Dunn, the former state senator whose unceremonious ouster as State Bar executive director for undisclosed reasons wa...
In the wake of trial attorney Raymond Boucher's departure earlier this month from Khorrami Boucher LLP - the third name partne...
Administrative/Regulatory
State Bar responds to fired director's lawsuit
By Don De Benedictis
Two days after former Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn filed an astonishing lawsuit against the State Bar for firing him the ...
Superior Court Commissioner Kings County (Corcoran) ...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Oracle Corp. and SAP AG have reached a $359.1 million settlement in a lengthy and groundbreaking copyright fight, the companie...
In a sparse statement Thursday, the California Bar announced it had fired Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn. Almost immediatel...
We are witnesses to an exodus. Over 60,000 children from Central America have fled to the U.S. since the beginning of 2014. An...
The success of California's Proposition 47 - the ballot initiative that reduces penalties for drug possession and certain prop...
Personal Injury & Torts
Storm clouds are looming over structured settlements
By Ben Armisteadn
A new survey highlights structured settlements' benefits. But Executive Life litigation may soon become the industry's nightma...
The U.S. Supreme Court heard argument last month in Teva Pharmaceuticals USA v. Sandoz, a case addressing the scope of appella...
Litigation
Fired Google worker files class action, claiming misclassification
By Laura Hautalan
A technology worker has alleged in a lawsuit that Google Inc. violated federal wage laws by misclassifying him as an independe...