Senior Vice President & General Counsel of OneRoof Energy Inc. San Diego ...
Sandwich shop Jimmy John's makes its employees - down to the sandwich-makers and delivery drivers - agree not to work for comp...
The Newport Beach-based firm is growing its Santa Monica office with the addition of five new attorneys in the past two weeks....
Government
Life sciences company to pay $55 million to settle foreign bribery case
By Hadley Robinson
A California-based developer of life science and diagnostic tools will pay $55 million to settle claims its subsidiaries bribe...
Administrative/Regulatory
FCC reinforces all fax ads need opt-out notices
By Kibkabe Arayan
The Federal Communications Commission ruled it had the authority to amend a law mandating companies to tell consumers how to s...
A handful of mega-deals emanating out of California lifted West Coast merger and acquisition valuations to record-breaking lev...
San Francisco-based health care software developer Castlight Health Inc. announced Monday the appointment of its first general...
Corporate
States step in where federal government resists on investor crowdfunding
By Salvador Mares
More than two dozen states have taken up the issue themselves in an effort to stimulate investment activity within their own b...
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court may overturn 8-year-old ruling
By Craig Andersonn
Eight years ago, state Supreme Court Justice Marvin Baxter cast the lone dissenting vote in a decision invalidating a sex offe...
Patent attorney feted at U.S. Supreme Court ...
Justice Adrienne Grover of the 6th District is known for bringing more 'healthy debate' to decisions.
Michael Markman tries to help the people on his family law calendar progress with their lives.
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
After relying on a once-obscure immigrant-investor visa program to finance dozens of towers and hotels across the state, Calif...
On Tuesday, California voters will decide whether to adopt Prop 1- the Water, Quality, Supply and Infrastructure Improvement ...
Good writing requires an understanding of the many ways writers and readers see things differently. By Angelo DeSantis ...
Community News
SF attorney honored by public defender for 60-year career
By John Michael
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi presented attorney Harriet Ross with the Wing of Justice award for her noteworthy 60...
CMCP names lawyer to Hall of Fame ...
Hills, former head of the Securities and Exchange Commission under President Gerald Ford and one of the original founders of M...
Litigation
Ruling on control of Ontario airport delayed after city raises new theory
By Vik Jolly
A superior court judge ordered additional briefing after lawyers for the city of Ontario surprised the court by arguing that t...
BASF Barristers Club hits the Bay ...
Real Estate/Development
Firms grapple with growth strategies as real estate prices surge
By Alex Shively
Recent reports by JLL and Savills Studley predict no relief in sight for law firm tenants in California. While some firms are ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit en banc panel to consider if state artwork law violates Commerce Clause
By Hadley Robinson
An 11-judge panel of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges will consider whether a California law that gives artists royalt...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Orrick patent lawyer to lead Santa Clara County Bar Association
By Melanie Brisbon
Matthew H. Poppe, a patent litigator at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, has been elected as president-elect of the San...
Community News
Judge recognized for contributions to San Mateo County veterans court
By John Michael
Judge recognized for contributions to San Mateo County veterans court ...
A prominent labor and employment partner at O'Melveny & Myers, Dunham died Sunday. He was 64. ...
Friday was Allyson Willoughby's last day as general counsel and senior vice president of people for Sausalito-based Glassdoor....
Litigation
Scammed insurance company workers to get $36.8 million, judge rules
By Saul Sugarman
Employees of a Novato-based insurance company should receive $36.8 million after being scammed into putting their retirement s...
The Association of Corporate Counsel announced the installment of a new board chairman for 2015: John Page, Irvine-based Golde...
Government
Pakistani civil rights hero, jurist discusses religious oppression
By Brian Cardile
On a typical morning in the northern Pakistan city of Peshawar, a tailor busied himself preparing for the day's customers. Mom...