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Litigation


Some of the biggest technology titans in Silicon Valley are fighting lawsuits alleging they scan personal emails and messages ...


Judicial Profile


Derek Woodhouse

Jan. 28, 2014
By Hamed Aleazizn

After moving often as a child, Derek Woodhouse found stability in law and now hears eviction cases.


Judicial Profile


Michael C. Solner

Jan. 28, 2014
By Giles Clarke

A would-be Air Force pilot became a superior court judge through a series of 'repottings.'


Special Coverage


A recent study found that in 2013, fully 97.5 percent of public company buyouts valued at $100 million or above triggered a sh...


Community News


Securities Regulation Institute to feature Mary Jo White

Jan. 27, 2014
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

The Coronado-based conference, which runs Monday through Wednesday, is headlined by White, who is in her first year at the hel...


Law Practice


On the Move

Jan. 27, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds & Ben Adlin

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.


Judicial Profile


Gregory H. Saldivar

Jan. 26, 2014
By John Roemer

Whether in drug court or traffic cases, Gregory H. Saldivar takes a compassionate approach.


Companies need to be aware of the vulnerabilities presented when nearly any employee moves between jobs and take measures to p...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


How to mediate your fee disputes gracefully

Jan. 25, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

When a fee dispute arises, your response is critical to the outcome. By Malcolm Sher ...


Perspective


He showed them the money, then lost his

Jan. 25, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

Is new memoir, super sports agent Leigh Steinberg takes us from his law school days at Berkeley, to his reign as the sports ag...


Perspective


Veterans legal clinic to open at Patriotic Hall

Jan. 25, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

The building once served as a courthouse for Los Angeles. In 2014, it will reconnect with its legal past with the establishmen...


Community News


Chief U.S. District Judge Claudia A. Wilken on Tuesday swore in the five new officers of the Northern District's Federal Bar A...


Litigation


A woman who scored a big settlement after splitting from her husband wants a do-over with one of her lawyers who nabbed $7.8 m...


Litigation


A trial court judge agreed to receive further briefing in regards to a $20 million malpractice suit against Proskauer Rose LLP...


Community News


Willie Brown Jr., the former speaker of the state Assembly and mayor of San Francisco, gave members of the State Bar Board of ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Alan Berkowitz

Jan. 25, 2014
By Hadley Robinson

San Francisco mediator Alan Berkowitz has a knack of ensuring that people feel they are being heard, making it easier to settl...


Community News


Los Angeles-based family law firm Phillips Lerner ALC raised more than $6,000 for the Los Angeles Youth Network in 2013 as par...


Law Practice


Steptoe & Johnson to open Palo Alto office

Jan. 25, 2014
By David Ruiz

Washington, D.C.-based firm is launching its first Northern California office Monday by poaching from King & Spalding. ...


Litigation


In a discovery dispute between the parties Thursday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Margaret A. Nagle ordered the corn syrup industry'...


Community News


Former Chilean Judge Juan Guzman, who indicted Chile's dictator Augusto Pinochet on human rights violations in 2004, spoke Jan...


Energy Law


Fracking lawsuit dismissed as moot

Jan. 25, 2014
By Fiona Smith

An Alameda County judge has tossed a lawsuit by environmental groups that sought to force state officials to conduct in-depth ...


Solo and Small Firms


Wellman & Warren finds the right balance

Jan. 25, 2014
By Alexandra Schwappach

While Wellman concentrates on complex business litigation, Warren focuses on the legal side of multi-level marketing, sometime...


Litigation


Homeowners sue Vallejo over water costs

Jan. 25, 2014
By Fiona Smith

A group of property owners sued the city of Vallejo for $70 million Thursday alleging the cash-strapped municipality is unfair...


Corporate


Plenty of outside lawyers make names for themselves by successfully guiding startup after startup from infancy to exit. But a ...


California Supreme Court


Lawyers convicted of possession of child pornography have engaged in acts of moral turpitude and should be summarily banished ...


Judges and Judiciary


Non-English speakers who appear in California courts won a small but important victory Thursday as the Judicial Council voted ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Jan. 24, 2014
By Dominic Fracassan

A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Jan. 24, 2014
By Seena Nikravan

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...


Law Practice


Robotics use and legality on the rise

Jan. 24, 2014
By David Ruiz

Few attorneys can now claim to have a full-time robotics practice, but many propose that expertise in robotics-specific liabil...


Corporate Counsel


Jennifer J. DeTrani

Jan. 24, 2014
By Joshua Seboldn

General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer for Wickr Del Mar ...