Litigation
Government actions to save salmon rile Central Valley farmers
By Fiona Smith
Federal officials who operate a reservoir on a Klamath River tributary rushed to release extra water to avoid a salmon die off...
Religious expression has, historically, enhanced the administration of our government. Re: "'Outsiders to their own government...
Two frequently litigated copyright doctrines, when combined, can lead to arguably unjust judgments entered against licensees w...
The number of Americans renouncing U.S. citizenship or terminating permanent residency (a green card) is on a record pace this...
The take home message from the Third National Climate Assessment is pretty straightforward: Human-caused climate disruption is...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Kirkland helps private equity firm buy Red Lobster chain for $2.1 billion
By Salvador Mares
San Francisco-based private equity firm Golden Gate Capital acquired the Red Lobster restaurant chain for $2.1 billion in a de...
Two more class members wrote to Judge Lucy H. Koh to comment on a $324 million settlement with four of Silicon Valley's larges...
California's giant retirement system has hired DLA Piper partner Matthew G. Jacobs as its new general counsel. ...
The speed with which Gov. Brown and legislative leaders announced the recent agreement on a new rainy-day fund measure caught ...
Judges and Judiciary
Courts nearing drop-dead date to spend down reserves
By Paul Jones
Courts look set to have no more than 1 percent of their budgets in reserve by July, with many using savings for project purcha...
Litigation
Sterling hires powerhouse antitrust lawyer to represent him in fight with NBA
By Chase Scheinbaum
Maxwell Blecher reportedly fired off a letter to the league on Donald Sterling's behalf last week, a step suggesting the embat...
Lawyers say Raymond M. Cadei, a law and motion judge, thrives in a complex environment.
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Lawyers and colleagues say Judge Jonathan M. Skiles has a strong, independent sense of what's right.
A look at how courts have been sorting through class certification in the wake of the Supreme Court's landmark 2013 decision. ...
The central question in Akamai v. Limelight is whether and when parties can be liable for divided infringement. By Juli...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Ethics opinion tackles attorney honesty in negotiations
By Kylie Reynolds
The pending State Bar opinion seeks to outline a distinction between misrepresenting material facts and bluffing. ...
Litigation
Athletes drop damages claims, will seek injunction in NCAA case
By Hadley Robinson
Athletes challenging the NCAA's model of not paying students for use of their names, images and likenesses in TV broadcasts an...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Disbarment recommended for personal injury attorney
By Melanie Brisbon
The State Bar Court review department has recommended disbarment for Henry E. Guzman, a Los Angeles-based lawyer. ...
Government
Central District panel attorney upheaval highlights differences across state
By Henry Meier
Recent upheaval in the Central District highlights differences in how jurisdictions oversee indigent criminal defense panels a...
Jassy Vick is a fusion of the old and the new, traditional and modern. Though well known for traditional media and First Amend...
Labor/Employment
Laid-off biotech employees sue board members and venture firms
By Laura Hautalan
The proposed class action argues the venture capital firms are responsible for employment law violations allegedly committed a...
Aimed at helping law school graduates enter the burgeioning field of privacy protection, Santa Clara University School of Law'...
Outside of his career in law, Robert M. Bennett specializes in fixing things, specifically British sports cars from the 1960s...
California Courts of Appeal
Lawyer fined for leaving out trial testimony in appeal
By Emily Green
A Northridge attorney has been slapped with a $10,000 fine for filing a frivolous appeal and repeatedly giving a misleading ac...
Jason Patric may seek parentage of the 4-year-old boy he fathered through in vitro fertilization. ...
Government
Wrongly convicted men recommended for large compensation awards
By Hamed Aleazizn
A state compensation board Thursday granted Francisco "Franky" Carrillo more than $600,000 for the two decades he spent behind...
The Sacramento legal market has been sprouting boutiques at an increasingly rapid pace over the last four years as one of the ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Why a 'civility oath,' and why now?
By Ben Armisteadn
On May 23, a dramatic change will occur to the attorney oath all entering lawyers will be required to take at the time of thei...
Just a few weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court gave district judges more latitude to award attorney fees in patent infringement...