Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Be professional, save the practice of law
By Ben Armisteadn
The practice of law has fallen (far) down the list of respected and trusted professions. This decline did not happen overnight...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Law school programs advise new attorneys on ethical questions
By Don Debenedictisn
New practitioner incubators from law schools and others provide a heavy dose of guidance and education in the nuts and bolts o...
Criminal
Attorney general challenging ruling that death penalty is unconstitutional
By Emily Green
Attorney General Kamala Harris announced she will appeal a federal judge's ruling declaring California's death penalty system ...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
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Irell & Manella snagged leading dealmaker Joshua B. Grode and five other attorneys from Liner LLP, its first laternal hire...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is in the process of beefing up its administrative law judge program, but question...
Secretary and General Counsel of Blackhawk Network Inc. Pleasanton ...
Because past damages may form a significant part of potential recovery in patent litigation, understanding when to limit the a...
While trade secrets cannot fully replace patent protection in all respects, they do offer, in many cases, an increasingly viab...
An important vector in analyzing the trajectory of recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, is whether federal law and federal cou...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Anorexic employee treated unfairly when payment denied, 9th Circuit rules
By John Roemer
A bank employee who became suicidal with a severe eating disorder was treated unfairly by the bank's health plan, a 9th U.S. C...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge throws out malpractice claims aganist BB&K
By Alexandra Schwappach
A California judge on Monday tossed claims of malpractice by former city of Bell officials against Best Best & Krieger LLP...
Supporters of Proposition 49 — a state measure recently removed from the November ballot by the Supreme Court — said several d...
Judges and Judiciary
State high court judge's son being considered for Alameda County bench
By Emily Green
Jason Chin, son of state Supreme Court Justice Ming Chin, is being vetted for a superior court judgeship in Alameda County. ...
With little legal regulation to look to, law enforcement agencies must develop their own procedures on how to use and store th...
Government
Bill to crack down on nonconsensual inmate sterilization nears approval
By Paul Jones
A bill to crack down on nonconsensual sterilizations by California prisons and jails has made it to Gov. Jerry Brown's desk. ...
Intellectual Property
Google adversary must pay for deleting emails in patent case
By Kevin Lee
Google Inc. has won more than $123,000 in legal fees and costs after a patent holder, PersonalWeb Technologies LLC, was found ...
The 9th Circuit recently held that where a website user did not receive sufficient notice of the terms in a browsewrap agreeme...
California's recently passed privacy law relating to tracking users appears to be very limited in scope, but attorneys still a...
A new study by a trio of accounting professors suggests that reducing reporting requirements is contributing to market volatil...
A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.
Immigration
Stanford Law School lecturer on the front line of immigration 'surge' cases
By John Roemer
Rocket dockets are moving immigration cases in San Francisco and Los Angeles dealing with unaccompanied migrant children. Lawy...
For years, pay-to-play rules on the federal, state and local level have been on the rise. Yet, one of those rules may be headi...
A recently filed complaint by Robert Redford highlights, among other things, the complexities nonresident taxpayers may run in...
When it comes to immigration, engineers, restaurateurs and housecleaning entrepreneurs are planes of the same gem. Any reform ...
Perspective
Don't let opposing counsel coach witnesses during recess
By Ben Armisteadn
You've completed your cross-examination of an adverse witness feeling good. Now, with the right motions, opposing counsel won'...
San Francisco-based plaintiffs' lawyer Joseph M. Alioto must pay more than $31 million to a law finance lender, a San Francisc...
Two partners are leaving Bingham McCutchen LLP for Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, according to a source familiar...
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and the Bar Association of San Francisco hosted the bar association's 10th annual Bay A...