In the words of a recent Newsweek headline, "colleges flunk mental health" for too many students, too often. By Pamela Cohen ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit favors debtors over Sacramento law firm
By John Roemer
In another decision favoring debtors' rights under federal law, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Wednesday dinged ...
Litigation
Experts: Judge likely to approve new pact between the NFL and injured players
By Chase Scheinbaum
Lawyers for 4,500 retired players agreed to settle claims against the league with an uncapped fund that will last 65 years. Th...
Arnold & Porter receives honor for pro bono work ...
Corporate
Homebuilder to conduct $200 million initial public offering
By Salvador Mares
Woodside Homes calls on counsel from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy ...
Incoming 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Michelle T. Friedland, left, at her investiture ceremony June 13 with retired...
Delida A. Costin will step down from her post at the end of July, though she will stay on as an adviser through the end of Sep...
A hospital executive could face jail time and thousands of dollars in fines for contempt of court after a San Bernardino Count...
DLA Piper corporate law partner Gregory M. Gallo, who is based in East Palo Alto, received a Lifetime Achievement Award last m...
Local prosecutors say a Supreme Court ruling that police must generally obtain warrants to search suspects' cellphones at the ...
Legal observers said a Wednesday U.S. Supreme Court copyright ruling is likely to impact jurisprudence far beyond what it inte...
A recent case explores under what circumstances prelitigation demands are considered criminal extortion - thereby depriving a ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judges can't accept small gifts from parties, ethics panel declares
By Don Debenedictisn
Even "de minimus" gifts from litigants are forbidden, a Supreme Court judicial ethics committee says in a draft opinion clarif...
A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.
London-based Taylor Wessing LLP announced this week it will open its first offices in the United States in September in Palo A...
The Federal Communications Commission is readying an unprecedented auction for what's often called the "beachfront property" o...
The Supreme Court moved into the home stretch of the October 2013 term, and still has nine cases to go before the summer break...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Conservatives on 9th Circuit blast gay rights decision
By Hadley Robinson
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals majority's refusal to review a decision finding it unconstitutional to exclude a juror bas...
Criminal
Bill to increase punishment for sex crimes involving unconscious victims moves forward
By Kylie Reynolds
In a compromise, a hotly contested provision requiring a two-year minimum sentence for juvenile offenders was dropped. ...
Government
Bill to limit lawyers' peremptory challenges in misdemeanor cases dead for year
By Paul Jones
SB 794, authored by outgoing Sen. Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa, was pulled before being heard in the Assembly Public Safety Comm...
In another loss for Kaye Scholer, high-stakes entertainment and business litigator Larry R. Feldman joined Liner LLP. Experts ...
In one of its most anticipated decisions of the year, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a favorable ruling Monday for securities c...
Labor/Employment
Database of alleged thieves targeted by employee lawsuit
By Laura Hautalan
When G. Tsang signed a form acknowledging that he'd defrauded his employer, he didn't know was that it would put his name into...
Government
Bill restricting courts' ability to contract out services advances
By Paul Jones
The legislation would mandate that courts wanting to use service contracts to handle court work show that the contract will sa...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. must pony up more than $2 million because its lawyers with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan ...
Opera's $75 million deal is the second in as many days to be led by Redwood Shores partner Keith A. Flaum. Flaum also spearhea...
Los Angeles County's top attorney John Krattli plans to retire next month after less than three years leading the county couns...
Government
State Bar board election procedure frustrates lawyers in state's outlying areas
By Katie Lucia
As lawyers enter the final week of voting for open seats on the State Bar Board of Trustees, attorneys from many isolated regi...
In short, it is an extraordinarily dangerous thing to do with potentially very damaging consequences. By Ted Wang ...
A recent ruling will force many people to evaluate their estate plans. By Anthony J. Napolitano and Kimberly B. Napolitano ...