Civil Rights
ACLU sues state, saying English instruction does not meet state, federal mandates
By Chase Scheinbaum
Over 20,000 students in California do not receive the English language teaching in schools that state and federal laws mandate...
Shearman & Sterling LLP represented RAE Systems Inc. and Vector Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, in RAE...
Judges and Judiciary
Administrative Office of the Courts plans to cut 18 independent contractor positions
By Paul Jones
The branch will post an opening for staff positions to replace the contractors later this week. ...
Government
After years of court battles, same-sex marriage could end up before state voters again
By Emily Green
After years of legal wrangling over the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California's same-sex marriage ban, the measure's ...
Paul Hastings LLP and Sidley Austin LLP represented Avalon Ventures and GlaxoSmithKline PLC, respectively, in a deal lawyers s...
After decades, Judge Donna Goldstein still finds ways to feed twin loves: litigation and dogs.
California Supreme Court
State high court splits, less on ideology but on how much to rely on legislative history
By Emily Green
The state Supreme Court, once noted for its unanamity, has issued a string of 4-3 rulings in recent months, reflecting a divis...
Apple Inc. warded off an infringement claim brought by Google Inc. after the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled Monday ...
Perspective
New FTC commissioner prioritizes transparency in enforcement
By Ben Armisteadn
Commissioner Joshua Wright recently pledged to develop an evidence-based approach to enforcing the FTC Act's enigmatic Section...
For the past 30 years, the ATS has been the principal vehicle for plaintiffs claiming human rights violations to litigate tran...
Apple Inc. warded off an infringement claim brought by Google Inc. after the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled Monday ...
Government
Court leaders unveil draft numbers of proposed funding overhaul
By Paul Jones
Under the new model, fast-growing San Bernardino and Riverside counties, as well as Los Angeles, will see an increase in fundi...
A shuttered Southern California hospital system faces a civil lawsuit from the Department of Labor Standards Enforcement, whic...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court sides with federal judges seeking higher wages, back pay
By Hadley Robinson
Six federal judges are closer to receiving a salary increase and more than $200,000 in back pay from the six years when Congre...
Attorneys bringing a complaint in San Francisco County Superior Court have requested to dismiss two credit rating agencies fro...
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher represented Camarillo -based alternative energy company Power-One Inc. in its sale to Zurich-based...
Litigation
Discrimination lawsuit against LSAT test taking company moves forward
By Craig Anderson
A state agency's lawsuit against the Law School Admission Council Inc. for discriminating against disabled students taking the...
Defense attorneys for Standard & Poor's moved to dismiss the government's $5 billion civil suit Monday, claiming the case ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Plaintiffs' lawyers cannot give extra cash to some class members to back deal, 9th Circuit rules
By John Roemer
Class counsel cannot structure settlements that in effect bribe class representatives to support the deal, a 9th U.S. Circuit ...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Entertainment & Sports
District judges closes book on half of Superman case
By Ryne Hodkowski
Corporate
Simpson Thacher guides Silver Lake's $10.3B technology fund
By Andrew Mc Intyre
Environmental
Rising sea levels test limits of property law, land use policy
By Fiona Smith
By 2100, waters could rise by more than 5 feet, putting billions of dollars worth of property at risk and raises a host of leg...
Environmental
Offsets survive challenge as cap-and-trade moves forward
By Ben Armisteadn
The court's decision in Citizens Climate Lobby v. CARB was a step in the right direction for both the environment and ...
As is clear from the broad spectrum of legislation introduced, interested parties have very different perspectives on what the...
Heather E. Williams, a veteran first assistant federal public defender from Arizona, is set to take over the top federal defen...
The Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to police the clean up of so-called "superfund" hazardous waste sites through co...
San Francisco's new "Veterans Justice Court" is dedicated to former military personnel who have been charged with nonviolent a...
Santa Clara University School of Law announced Friday that Lisa Kloppenberg, former dean at Ohio-based University of Dayton Sc...