Default rate interest provisions are standard language in business loan agreements, and constitute an additional amount to be ...
Government
Counties struggle to provide added security needed in new courthouses
By Paul Jones
New courthouses opening in California feature better security systems than their decades-old predecessors, but law enforcement...
Intellectual Property
Oracle copyright ruling against Google stands, for now
By Kevin Lee
Google Inc. has declined to petition the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to reconsider an earlier panel opi...
Labor/Employment
Redwood City firm helps casino defeat wage and hour class action
By Laura Hautalan
In an extremely rare wage and hour class action trial, lawyers for a Colma casino defeated claims that the company had illegal...
Mark Cavendish, left, an Omega Pharma Quick Step cycling team member, with Nossaman LLP partner Mary Powers Antoine. The firm ...
Joseph C. Scott, the county's assistant presiding judge, was arrested May 24 in Redwood City after police officers saw him wea...
Alexander "Sandy" Y. Thomas replaces former global managing partner Gregory B. Jordan, who left the firm in October to join Th...
Trial lawyers host Chinese lawyers at annual event ...
The battles between brand-name drug companies and their generic drug counterparts have typically played out in the marketplace...
Bankruptcy
Federal court invalidates Heller Ehrman unfinished business claims
By Joshua Seboldn
Creditors of failed law firms were dealt a major blow Wednesday when a San Francisco federal judge ruled that legal matters ar...
Longtime Irvine resident Haynes and Boone LLP has announced it has signed a 12-year lease to move to the Plaza Tower in Costa ...
A newcomer to children's court, Judge Julie Fox Blackshaw draws from her experience as a mother.
Education
Judge strikes down statutes governing teacher job protections
By Chase Scheinbaum
In a landmark victory in a closely watched education suit, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Tuesday struck down a...
Obituaries
Alicemarie Stotler, a former Central District chief judge, dies
By Hadley Robinson
Senior U.S. District Judge Alicemarie Huber Stotler, a trailblazing woman in the California legal community, died at home Mond...
California Courts of Appeal
Court: Insurers must cover mental health illnesses like physical ailments
By Melanie Brisbon
The ruling will affect millions of Californians, given that so many have purchased insurance plans not governed by ERISA. ...
Courts around the state are warning of scams victimizing people who pay hundreds of dollars in bogus fines after being told a ...
Government
Bill to shield some judges from higher pension costs moves forward
By Paul Jones
A bill to grandfather seven judges into the judiciary's pre-2013 pension contribution rates moved through a state Senate commi...
Netflix Inc. General Counsel David Hyman publicly bolstered his company's position against Verizon Communications Inc. this we...
Intellectual Property
Warner Bros. wants Greenberg attorneys kicked off Tolkien case
By Alexandra Schwappach
Movie studios and its partner filed a motion Tuesday to have the estate of The Lord of the Rings' author J.R.R. Tolkien's lawy...
WilmerHale lawyers enjoy brews and barbecue ...
Arthur M. Greenwald, who retired as a Central District bankruptcy judge in 2005, died June 4 at his residence in Tarzana. ...
Perspective
Curbing the natural and probable consequences doctrine
By Katharine Malonen
After a series of rulings that stretched the natural and probable consequences doctrine to the breaking point, the state Supre...
Labor/Employment
Unpaid intern sues Clippers in proposed class action
By Laura Hautalan
In what appears to be the first case in the state to claim a group of unpaid interns should have received minimum wage, a form...
Lawyers are questioning the Securities and Exchange Commission's strategies in the wake of high profile trial losses in cases ...
Government
Judicial branch leaders optimistic new Assembly speaker may be an ally
By Paul Jones
With Toni Atkins ascending last month to her new role as speaker of the California Assembly, judicial branch leaders are cauti...
Perspective
Easing the way for 'indefiniteness' validity challenges
By Katharine Malonen
The Supreme Court continued its string of Federal Circuit reversals, tossing the definiteness standard in favor of a vague, bu...
Historically, California groundwater law has been simple: pump until a judge orders you not to. However, this year, the state ...
One could easily draw the conclusion that Justice Samuel Alito believes the judiciary is far better suited than psychiatrists ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Global civic engagement for California attorneys
By Katharine Malonen
As responsible attorneys we should look for opportunities for public and civic service that can create a lasting difference. B...
Corporate
Simpson Thacher handles fund formation for Sycamore Partners
By Salvador Mares
New York-based private equity firm Sycamore Partners announced Monday it closed a $2.5 billion fund with counsel from Simpson ...