State Bar & Bar Associations
Fired State Bar director misled board on a host of issues, internal report states
By Emily Green
The report characterizes former Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn as an untrustworthy leader whose explanations were not belie...
Tulare County Judge Antonio A. Reyes takes pride in the hard work that led him to the bench.
Judges and Judiciary
Veteran San Francisco complex litigation judge to retire
By Saul Sugarman
John E. Munter, a mainstay judge in San Francisco County Superior Court's complex litigation department, announced his retirem...
He was called class clown in high school. As judge, Stanley Boone is better cast as circus director.
New tort bar president Brian Chase struck a defiant tone Saturday night at an annual gathering of California's leading plainti...
What's going to happen now that almost two-thirds of California voters passed Proposition 47, which requires misdemeanor sente...
A recent U.S. Supreme Court petition seeks reversal of a decision by the Federal Circuit that prevented a public interest advo...
Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright recently called the world "a mess." Given all the things happening, it might be an...
In Bill Watterson's "Calvin and Hobbes," there's a game called Calvinball, where you make up the rules as you go. In the real ...
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 ...