Data Privacy
Twitter sues government to disclose more about data requests
By Hadley Robinson
Twitter Inc. sued the federal government Tuesday in San Francisco over its restrictions on allowing technology companies to di...
Litigation
Writ likely unnecessary to review order rejecting 'no poach' deal
By Ben Armisteadn
A federal district judge's recent ruling rejecting a proposed class action settlement involving several well-known technology ...
Corporate
Allergan seeks to block Pershing Square from voting in buyout row
By Salvador Mares
The Irvine-based drugmaker filed a motion for preliminary injunction asking a Santa Ana federal court judge to block the hedge...
An ongoing $94 million patent trial Hawaii-based patent asserter GPNE Corp. is pursuing against Apple Inc. may have a late plo...
Orange County Judge Sherri Honer has considerable experience, in practice and for the court.
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary LifeLock Inc. ...
Amid stiff competition for viewers, companies like Disney and DreamWorks Animation are betting on YouTube channel aggregators ...
Two bills recently vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown deserve our attention as they provide interesting insights into some of the crit...
When Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed into law a bill that equalizes criminal penalties for many crack and powder cocaine offe...
If your company takes orders over the by telephone, by mail or online, the FTC's Mail, Internet, or Telephone Order Merchandis...
Carmakers have been waxing on about self-driving automobiles for the past 80 years with the same conclusion: They are about 20...
By not taking a case between Warner Bros. and the heirs of a Superman co-creator, the U.S. Supreme Court has begged off on con...
Labor/Employment
Legal aid organizations sue car wash companies for unfair labor violations
By Kibkabe Arayan
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Wage Justice Center represent two plaintiffs fired after parti...
Online real estate company Zillow Inc. announced Monday the promotion of its assistant general counsel to general counsel. Bra...
Merger and acquisition activity through the first three quarters of the year in the U.S. reached levels not seen since before ...
Constitutional Law
Serious constitutional concerns in '3 strikes' case
By Ben Armisteadn
As the new U.S. Supreme Court term commences, public attention is inevitably focused on the potential blockbuster cases. But p...
Public defenders clamoring for more social workers to achieve better outcomes - both legally and socially - for adults. They a...
Litigation
Despite plea in criminal case, class certification denied in disc drive conspiracy
By Hadley Robinson
A federal judge has denied certification of several classes of purchasers that claimed they were overcharged because of price ...
Mark A. Talamantes, who took the Marin County bench in 2012, pushes hard for settlements. -->
A roundup of recent M&A, IPO and financing deals and the lawyers involved.
San Francisco technology companies Yelp Inc. and Tinyco Inc. became the latest trophies in the Federal Trade Commission's ongo...
Last week, the judge presiding over the city of Stockton's Chapter 9 municipal debt adjustment case announced from the bench t...
Beverly Hills Bar Association swears in new leaders ...
A bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last week, AB 2646 by Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, expands minorities' ability to...
Law Practice
Law firms set sights on California, Texas for growth opportunities
By Alexandra Schwappach
Of the 22 law firm combinations announced in the U.S. in the third quarter of 2014, more than half of the acquisitions took pl...
Environmental
State must look at environmental effects of massive groundwater bank
By Fiona Smith
A Sacramento County Superior Court ordered officials to analyze impacts of the Kern Water Bank under CEQA, but stopped short o...
Employment in the legal industry fell sharply in August on a national level according to statistics released by the U.S. Burea...
Community News
Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center holds Stand for Justice gala
By John Michael
Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center holds Stand for Justice gala ...
Riverside County District Attorney Paul Zellerbach dismissed triple murder charges Friday against two men in a case in which h...
Litigation
Judge rejects other states' challenge to California chicken coop law
By Hadley Robinson
Out-of-state egg farmers will have to comply with a California law requiring laying chickens to have roomier quarters if they ...