In recent years, a number of operating technology companies have - like non-practicing entities - begun asserting patents that...
Criminal
Judge orders trade secrets theft suspect held in jail until trial
By Hadley Robinson
The man accused of stealing a valuable trade secret from DuPont and sharing it with the Chinese government will stay in jail u...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit backs federal regulators who hindered efforts to finance solar panels in homes
By Fiona Smith
An innovative program to help Californians make environmental upgrades to their homes was dealt a blow by a federal appeals co...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit set to consider police officer speech
By Hamed Aleazizn
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday will hear en banc a case to determine whether or not the First Amendment pr...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Fuel retailer class action returning to California for trial
By John Roemer
A class action over claims that fuel retailers misled consumers by selling motor fuel at temperatures above 60 degrees Fahrenh...
Government
Inmates sue county over alleged 'cruel and inhumane' treatment
By Katie Lucia
A group of Riverside jail inmates is suing the county in federal court, contending they face a "cruel and inhumane" lack of me...
Litigation
Judge removes trustees of Herablife founder's $350 million estate
By Emily Green
A Los Angeles County judge has removed the trustees assigned to manage the $350 million trust the founder of nutritional compa...
Corporate
Davis Polk advises E-Trade in secondary offering through Citadel
By David Ruiz
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP represented E-Trade Financial Corp. in connection with a secondary offering of $309 million wort...
As budgets tightened during the economic downturn and more work was sent in-house, junior lawyers became a way to handle low-l...
Lateral partner movement has changed drastically in the past fives years. Portable books of business have become more importan...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Political advertising on public television gets cool reception during 9th Circuit hearing
By John Roemer
The prospect of election advertising on public broadcasting stations got a largely skeptical reception Tuesday from an en banc...
Government
California courts complying with procurement law, auditor says
By Paul Jones
Six trial courts generally complied with a recently passed law governing purchases by the judicial branch, according to a stat...
Litigation
Man's release after nearly 14 years in prison highlights debate over 'innocence'
By Henry Meier
The latest chapter in the ongoing debate over whether a statutory requirement of a timely habeas appeal trumps a finding of "a...
A proposal to expand public-disclosure requirements on arbitration may be in the works after the Assembly Judiciary Committee ...
San Jose jurist takes her drug court assignment seriously and knows each defendant by name.
Poorer courts in California may soon see their fortunes improve as the Judicial Council's budget subcommittee gets ready to u...
While the goal of the legislation is laudable, it does not provide a realistic remedy to what is a very significant problem. B...
The numbers suggest that the average beneficiary gets back three times what they put in. By Brian Sheppard
Litigation
Former Mercury Interactive GC pays $850,000 in backdating settlement
By Hadley Robinson
Susan Skaer, the former general counsel of Mercury Interactive LLC, will pay more than $850,000 to settle a Securities and Exc...
Labor/Employment
Jury hears opening statements in employment suit against Lawrence Livermore lab
By Laura Hautalan
Lawyers presented opening statements to a jury Monday on the first day of an employment trial involving federal weapons resear...
Criminal
Former CalPERS chief executive indicted for conspiracy, fraud
By Hadley Robinson
The former chief executive of California's largest public pension fund, and one of its former board members, appeared in feder...
Plaintiffs in the mental-health portion of the prison-overcrowding lawsuit responded to the state's request that the case be d...
Caldwell, Leslie & Proctor LLP co-founder Michael Leslie said he felt gratified at the sight of colleagues, clients and fr...
Latham & Watkins LLP represented Safeway Inc.'s gift card unit Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. and Sullivan & Cromwell...
In an extraordinary turnaround, corporate partner and dealmaker Michael S. Ringler has rejoined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & ...
Bingham McCutchen LLP strengthened its Palo Alto-based corporate practice with the addition of five lawyers, including two par...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Two accused hackers can't subpoena wide swaths of company information from PayPal Inc. about the coordinated cyberattack that ...
The SEC filed charges Friday against two San Diego attorneys and a number of other individuals for allegedly manipulating stoc...
Government
Sequestration could change landscape for government contracting work
By Alexandra Schwappach
In light of the recent across-the-board federal spending cuts, a number of projects are seeing their heads on the $85 million ...