Litigation
Lawsuit accuses Home Depot of violating state law in pursuit of alleged shoplifters
By Saul Sugarmann
In a proposed class action in Alameda County Superior Court, a man claims the home improvement retailer is using demand letter...
AB 458 would close a loophole allowing businesses to treat punitive damages judgments as tax deductions, but it's been dropped...
Labor/Employment
Unions brace for complicated labor negotiations under health care law
By Laura Hautalan
The landmark legislation could alter the playing field in union contract negotiations by slimming the benefits companies can o...
Law Practice
Legal fund removes police defense firm from list of approved providers
By Katie Lucia
The Peace Officers Research Association of California Legal Defense Fund hired a certified fraud examiner to review billing da...
A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.
Government
State, counties weigh fate of some 50 closed courthouses
By Chase Scheinbaum
Shuttered courthouses across California are beginning new lives as storage closets, enticing pieces of real estate or simply ...
In cases where one party's income fluctuates due to bonuses or overtime pay, the issue of how and when to capture this income ...
In sharp contrast to American litigation, in China evidence needed to prove a claim must be gathered prior to bringing a lawsu...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
State defends requirement that sex offenders register email, usernames
By Hamed Aleazizn
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel gave little indication of how it would rule in a case involving possible First Amend...
The founding partner of Dentons' San Francisco office and a bedrock member of the Bay Area insurance bar died Sunday of unknow...
Oil and gas giant once again brings outside counsel in-house ...
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s agreements help bring closure to a 2010 pipeline explosion that killed eight San Bruno reside...
Litigation
San Francisco city attorney accuses Nevada hospital of patient dumping
By Saul Sugarman
Dennis Herrera has filed a proposed class action against a Nevada-run psychiatric hospital and the state of Nevada. ...
Katten Muchin Rosenman's entertainment and media litigation head is leaving her leadership role at the firm this week to pursu...
The carmaker launched an attack on Noriko Uno's mental state at the time of the fatal crash, part of its argument that she is ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Google faces significant class action liability in privacy case
By John Roemer
In a setback for Google Inc., a federal appellate panel Tuesday ruled that the Wiretap Act does not protect the search giant's...
Appellate Practice
Complex civil appeals: making the case for settlement
By Ben Armisteadn
More than 90 percent of civil cases are settled without trial -- but it's quite the opposite when it comes to complex civil ma...
Superior Court Judge
Litigation
Store faces damages for firing employee who would not remove hijab
By Hadley Robinson
Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. violated anti-discrimination laws when it fired an employee for wearing a hijab, a federa...
Government
State lawmakers introduce measure to allow undocumented immigrants to become lawyers
By Emily Green
With just one week left in the legislative session, state lawmakers introduced the bill in response to the state Supreme Court...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Winning lawyers in civil rights cases can collect more fees, 9th Circuit rules
By John Roemer
Winning lawyers in civil rights cases can collect fees that exceed the sum recovered by their clients, a 9th Circuit panel hel...
Government
In compromise, Brown and Steinberg announce hybrid prison plan
By Hamed Aleazizn
Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers including Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg unveiled a proposal Monday designed to hel...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Latham advises underwriters in SunEdison Semiconductor IPO
By Salvador Mares
Latham & Watkins LLP is representing a consortium of underwriters in connection with the planned $250 million initial publ...
A bill to require California law enforcement to obtain warrants before asking Web companies to turn over emails or other onlin...
Environmental
Groundwater feud pits Coachella Valley tribe against local districts
By Fiona Smith
A legal feud over how to manage dwindling groundwater in the Coachella Valley will decide whether Indian tribes get water they...
Law Practice
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips welcomes back governor's sister as partner
By Joshua Seboldn
Kathleen L. Brown, retired chair of investment banking for the Midwest region at The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., has joined Mana...
Proskauer and Latham were transactional and finance counsel, respectively, to Los Angeles-based private equity investor Ares M...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Gay Russian man's asylum bid draws favorable reaction in 9th Circuit hearing
By John Roemer
A gay Russian man beaten by skinheads at home and seeking asylum in the U.S. got a sympathetic hearing Monday at oral argument...