When Gov. Jerry Brown announced a budget that included money for high-speed rail to be taken from a "cap-and-trade" air emissi...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. could be on the hook for labor law violations against warehouse workers it didn't directly hire, a federa...
Litigation
As litigation finance grows in popularity, calls grow to regulate the practice
By Henry Meier
Despite reservations by some in the legal and business communities, litigation finance - the practice of non-legal entities fu...
A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.
Requiring a departing partner to notice of an impending move is a common provision in law firm partnership agreements. But unt...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Marin County oyster farm loses again in 9th Circuit
By John Roemer
A Marin County oyster farm lost its bid for en banc review of a federal order that it must close, the 9th Circuit announced Tu...
California Courts of Appeal
Group can't 'flag' LSAT scores of disabled students, appeals court says
By Don Debenedictisn
An appellate court upheld a law banning the Law School Admission Council from notifiying law schools when students need extra ...
The company Tuesday named longtime general counsel David M. Shannon to the newly created position of chief administrative offi...
Litigation
In sealed order, federal judge backs woman on government no-fly list
By Hadley Robinson
A federal judge delivered notice Tuesday that he is granting some relief to a Malaysian doctoral student at Stanford who was p...
Entertainment & Sports
Rocker Courtney Love heads to court in Twitter defamation trial
By Giles Clarke
Rock star Courtney Love, was in court Tuesday morning as jury selection began for a unique trial involving defamation via Twit...
Entertainment & Sports
Lawyers see NFL deal holdup as only temporary hurdle
By Omar Shamout
Plaintiffs' attorneys suing the National Football League said Tuesday that they remain "confident" a Philadelphia judge will ...
Labor/Employment
Labor Department taps SF attorney to lead West Coast contract compliance
By Joshua Seboldn
The U.S. Department of Labor recently tapped a Bay Area plaintiffs' lawyer, Janette L. Wipper, California managing partner San...
Los Angeles litigator Marshall Grossman has jumped to Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP along with colleague Stacy Weinst...
Labor/Employment
9th Circuit denies petition for appeal in high-tech employee poaching case
By Laura Hautalan
The suit alleging major Silicon Valley conspired not to poach each other's employees is slated to go to trial in May. ...
Perspective
Frontier: litigating restrictive covenants in employment
By Ben Armisteadn
Legal disputes have become more common and increasingly expensive. By Karen Reinhold and Dan Pyne ...
Judges and Judiciary
Proposed court funding falls far short of needs, chief justice says
By Paul Jones
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye took to the steps of the Stanley Mosk Library and Courts building Tuesday morning to argu...
U.S. Supreme Court
Unanimous Supreme Court rejects multinational civil rights lawsuit
By John Roemer
In slamming the brakes on efforts to hold foreign corporations liable in American courts for human rights abuses overseas, the...
The California Supreme Court is stepping into a debate over the reach of the state's bedrock environmental law as the building...
Perspective
Jury is still out on the full impact of the 'CSI Effect'
By Ben Armisteadn
Prosecutors report jurors asking questions about mitochondrial DNA, latent prints, ballistics and trace evidence - even when t...
Litigation
Judge formally denies retrial in singer's wrongful death suit
By Chase Scheinbaum
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge stuck with her tentative ruling and denied a new trial in the wrongful death lawsuit...
Law Practice
National appellate bar group inducts Reed Smith partner as head
By Joshua Seboldn
James C. Martin, who this month became president of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, wants to use his new role to su...
Litigation
Toyota to begin settlement talks in unintended acceleration personal injury cases
By Omar Shamout
The first round of talks is set to begin next month, with state and federal bellwether cases receiving priority. ...
Corporate
Wilson Sonsini, Orrick handle $3.2B sale of Nest Labs to Google
By Salvador Mares
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP represented Nest Labs Inc. in the Palo Alto-based startup's sale to Google Inc. Google ...
The Bratz manufacturer filed a trade secret theft action against the competing toymaker in Los Angeles County Superior Court s...
Jeffrey E. Essner was elected to a three-year term, replacing William S. Klein, who held the post for 15 years. ...
Kevin L. Finch, whose first day was Monday, joins from Freeman, Freeman & Smiley LLP, where he was a partner in the firm's...
Litigation
Judges, juries to decide definition of "natural" in food labeling cases
By Hadley Robinson
The Food and Drug Administration last week denied requests from two California federal judges to provide more guidance about w...
The jury's decision in the first unintended acceleration case against Toyota Motor Corp. to go to trial in California state co...
Government
Expiration of tax credit could knock wind out of state's renewable energy projects
By Alexandra Schwappach
The loss of the credit, some experts say, could lead to a "black hole" in wind energy projects in the next several years. ...
A DOJ trial attorney who recently handled a marquee price-fixing case involving electronic liquid-crystal displays will join t...