Litigation
9th Circuit ruling stymies efforts to bring litigation on behalf of veterans
By Henry Meier
Revelations about delayed benefits for veterans seeking treatment through the Department of Veterans Affairs have garnered nat...
A San Francisco federal judge Tuesday refused to certify a nationwide class of online video watchers claiming Hulu LLC shared ...
California Courts of Appeal
State water board wins court ruling in case of farmers against salmon
By Emily Green
Salmon were the victors in a court of appeal decision Thursday that pitted their livelihood against the rights of wine grape g...
Scott A. McPhee is defecting from Morrison & Foerster LLP to join Latham & Watkins LLP as a partner in the firm's fina...
A group of defendants led by Yahoo Inc. secured a stipulated judgment of noninfringement against a subsidiary of Acacia Resear...
Government
Tort lawyers and insurance companies enter unusual alliance on ridesharing legislation
By Paul Jones
Insurance industry representatives found themselves speaking alongside the Consumer Attorneys of California in advocating tha...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
New ethics guidelines for arbitrators draw criticism from all sides
By Emily Green
New ethics guidelines set to go into next month governing California arbitrators has drawn fire both from leading dispute reso...
Commissioner George Berenson has learned to change courtrooms and assignments with ease.
Education
Mind Over Matter: Law schools add meditation techniques to curricula
By Don Debenedictisn
Across the country, a small but growing corps of law faculty are using the technique or creating courses that include instruct...
While Vergara works its way through the appeals process, AB 215 is waiting for the governor's signature. By Michele M. ...
The decision is an invitation for unions to come to the table and talk seriously about addressing those aspects of collective ...
A California court recently ruled that a dissolved law firm is not entitled to a share of the profits realized by a successor ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Truck drivers are not independent contractors, 9th Circuit rules
By Laura Hautalan
A Southern District trial court got it wrong when deciding a group of truck drivers were properly classified as independent co...
California Courts of Appeal
Demand letter threat is extortion, state appellate court rules
By Emily Green
A disgruntled employee crossed the line into extortion when he threatened to expose his boss for criminal malfeasance unless h...
Locke Lord LLP chairwoman Jerry K. Clements, left, joined San Francisco managing partner Matthew K. Blackburn to celebrate the...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Skadden, Wilson Sonsini handle SanDisk's acquisition of Fusion-io
By Salvador Mares
SanDisk Corp. made a $1.1 billion bid to bolster its data center business with the acquisition of flash memory technology deve...
California's beleaguered High Speed Rail project may get a $250 million boost from this year's budget. But the plan, which wou...
In a rare settlement of a voting rights case, the Santa Clarita Community College District will now elect board of trustee mem...
The U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming ruling in Riley v. California would not only impact arrests across the country, but could si...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
State election law on initiative's backers overturned by 9th Circuit
By John Roemer
Corporations or associations can hide the identity of individual backers as they collect signatures to place initiatives on th...
Judge ...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Rising student debt loads and a tough legal job market are forcing recent law school graduates into difficult choices, as many...
Senior Vice President, General Counsel Chegg Inc. Santa Clara ...
The next wave of patent reform is coming from the courts, not the Congress. By David S. Bloch ...
The recent European ruling that EU citizens can ask Internet search engines to delete certain search results about them has be...
The trade of Sgt. Bergdahl for the Gitmo Five, and the way it went down, has touched off a fire-storm of criticism and raised ...
Law Practice
It takes a village: saving an 'ornery' defense attorney
By Ben Armisteadn
Randolph A. Rogers and John-Patrick Reardon recall the effort to save Deputy Public Defender Francis Stewart. ...
Litigation
Lyft plaintiffs argue California labor law should apply to drivers in other states
By Laura Hautalan
A group of drivers are duking it out with Lyft Inc. over whether California law can apply to out-of-state drivers in briefs fi...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Latham helps longtime client OpenTable sell for $2.6B
By Salvador Mares
San Francisco-based OpenTable Inc., the online restaurant reservation service, sold to The Priceline Group Inc. in a deal anno...