Wells Fargo & Co. filed suit against Stockton last week over the city's planned default on over $30 million in bonds. The ...
Municipal finance organizations are increasingly concerned that ambiguity in state law dissolving local redevelopment agencies...
Contract negotiations between the San Francisco County Superior Court and some of its employees stalled last week when the two...
Dismissing a teacher is not easy - the process schools districts must follow. By Michele M. Goldsmith of Bergman Dacey Goldsmi...
Attorneys for Oracle Corp. offered Friday to drop three of its remaining patents from its infringement case against Google Inc...
Labor/Employment
Does discrimination occur against workers with caregiving responsibilities?
By Sharon Liangn
As more employees take up caregiving responsibilities, discrimination in the workplace reaches significant levels. By Elizabet...
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
A recent state Supreme Court decision requires schools to be diligent in their hiring.
The legal job market and California's labor market continued to show slight improvement in the first part of 2012, according t...
Law Practice
It’s so hard to say goodbye: some 'gotchas’ about leaving a law firm
By Michael Leen
It pays to understand the terms of departure not only from your present firm, but also from the new firm. By Edwin B. Reeser ...
Civil Rights
Judge rules in prison newspaper's favor on First Amendment claims
By Henry Meier
An Eastern District federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against Sacramento County for effectively banning a pri...
Most renewable energy contracts in California involve careful, drawn-out negotiations and complicated contracts. But a more si...
The National Credit Union Administration has brought a watchdog approach to its role as liquidating agent for a multibillion d...
Judge Craig Karlan gets high marks from lawyers but keeps an eye out for rudeness.
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Latham & Watkins LLP added Gregory Robins as partner in Los Angeles. He focuses on complex financings for financial instit...
Judge Katrina West grew up in San Bernardino and now helps keep it safe from predators.
Passion for justice doesn't get in the way of reasoned rulings for Judge Ryan Wright.
As friends, R. Scott Brink and Paul W. Ritsema often talk about their love for cars or their similar Midwest upbringings. ...
After 35 years of plaintiffs' work, the Judicate West neutral sought a slower pace but something that would involve him in the...
Every minute in the U.S., over an acre of agricultural land is lost to commercial and residential development. By Jennifer Coc...
The latest IRS statistics show that audits are increasing. ...
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates has tapped mergers and acquisitions rainmaker Brian J. McCarthy ...
Gordon & Rees LLP has boosted its east coast and national presence with the launch of a new office in Washington, D.C. ...
The co-chair of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP's entertainment litigation department is leaving to became a partner at Loeb...
A state appellate court criticized a San Francisco defense attorney for her inflammatory closing arguments in a medical malpra...
What is the future of incarcerated youth who are unable to make positive changes in their lives? By Susan Madden Lankford ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Trial lawyer tackles new task: leadership
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
A plaintiffs' lawyer with the reputation of an ambitious workhorse, C. Michael Alder's job recently became even more time-cons...
Indio filed a $15 million lawsuit against its former city attorney and the lawyer's former law firm, contending they gave the ...
Twenty years ago, mediation was just beginning to come into fashion in the judicial system. A look at where it is now. By Lloy...
A behind-the-scenes look at a bench beset by personal animus and public acrimony. By Richard L. Kellner of Kabateck Brown Kel...