Labor/Employment
HP faces employment class action for unpaid overtime
By Laura Hautalan
Eric Benedict alleges in his complaint that Hewlett-Packard Co. misclassified workers like himself for salary purposes, preven...
Law Practice
Lawyer who helped shape Manson murder trial celebrates 50 years of practice
By Ryne Hodkowski
Ronald L. M. Goldman, the attorney who helped secure immunity for Linda Kasabian, the prosecution's key witness in the case ag...
The Los Angeles city attorney's office Thursday charged a Canadian national with 32 misdemeanor counts on charges of cheating ...
Litigation
Other social media companies expected to follow Instagram's new arbitration policy
By Hadley Robinson
Instagram is adopting provisions in its revised terms of use adding a class action waiver and a clause requiring consumers to ...
Trial courts avoided a feared sweep of their savings in Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal Thursday, but the courthouse constr...
Deborah C. Saxe represented employers for three decades but was always able to see both sides of every dispute, an important a...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Toyota Financial Services ...
Law Practice
California law firms get a slow but steady start in South Korea
By Ryne Hodkowski
Before the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, Korean firms worried that American competitors would dominate the legal marketplac...
Russia's anti-adoption legislation was introduced to Russian Parliament just days after President Barack Obama signed the Magn...
In 2012 convicted murderer Glen Rogers 'confessed' to the 1994 murder of O.J. Simpson's ex-wife Nicole and Ron Goldman. And he...
The Law School Admission Council has sued state Attorney General Kamala Harris and Gov. Jerry Brown in Sacramento County Super...
Family
San Francisco family law attorneys unhappy with switched assignments
By Saul Sugarman
Family law attorneys appearing in San Francisco County Superior Court are displeased with a "revolving door" of judges handlin...
Despite the state's ongoing fiscal problems, the judicial branch may push for funding for 100 new judgeships this session. ...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court rules against state monitoring of school programs
By Laura Hautalan
Education advocates hoping to bring back state monitoring of school programs for disadvantaged children lost their appeal Wedn...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Employers: Do you know whether you should 'pay or play'?
By Ben Armisteadn
The Internal Revenue Service has issued additional guidance intended to help employers determine whether they are subject to t...
Homeowner's associations should be mindful of the principle that "one who seeks equity must do equity." By Kenneth Eade ...
Immigration
Immigrant gets another chance to stay in U.S. despite kidnapping rap, 9th Circuit rules
By John Roemer
The crime of simple kidnapping in California does not necessarily involve moral turpitude, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
U.S. Supreme Court
Nike win establishes ground rules for dropping trademark lawsuits
By Rachel Swan
The U.S. Supreme Court handed shoe manufacturer Nike Inc. a victory Wednesday, preventing a smaller rival from suing to void i...
Litigation
Cotchett firm files LIBOR conspiracy lawsuit against banks for municipalities
By Hadley Robinson
Five California municipalities filed lawsuits against a bevy of multinational banks Wednesday, claiming the financial institut...
Salesforce.com, an enterprise cloud computing company, inked a 230,000-square-foot office lease at One Rincon in San Francisco.
Dealmakers say West Coast media giants have already begun to change a Broadway long set in its way of doing business, counsele...
In 2012, online gaming companies tried their hand at real-money gambling while traditional casinos bought online gaming develo...
Tech giants such as Oracle Corp. and Dell Inc. purchased several cloud companies as they prepared for a marketplace that deman...
Top Deals
Personalized medicine companies to grow with advances in industry
By David Ruiz
Personalized medicine companies purchased and sold themselves this past year as potential benefits in the health industry beca...
Even before Facebook Inc.'s May initial public offering settled at such astronomical numbers as $16 billion in funds raised at...
Last year, taking advantage of a strong yen and increasing confidence in Japanese markets, Japanese corporations purchased com...
It would be an understatement to say Leif B. King knows Yahoo Inc. well by this point. ...
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