Education
Court requires LAUSD to incorporate student performance in teacher evaluations
By Michael Leen
The Stull Act requires governing boards to evaluate certificated employees as their performance "reasonably relates" to pupil ...
California Supreme Court
Court upholds air regulators' power in pollution case
By Fiona Smith
Upholding the power of regional air regulators to push technological innovation, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that a S...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Orrick represents Yammer in sale to Microsoft
By Andrew Mc Intyre
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP represented Yammer Inc. in its $1.2 billion sale to Microsoft Corp., one of the larges...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Habeas appeal revived because of attorney conduct
By John Roemer
A veteran San Francisco criminal defense lawyer with a long history of State Bar discipline deserted a client serving life in...
Judge Candace Beason handles felony trials with an unusual ability to relate to the parties.
A roundup of the latest mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions handled by California lawyers.
Judge Cynthia Ming-mei Lee of San Francisco County Superior Court today won the title of presiding judge, according to emails...
Though federal prosecutors have been quietly reviewing cases for months, the prosecutorial discretion program has just started...
Senior Counsel and Charitable Advisor for the California Community Foundation Los Angeles ...
Law Practice
Wal-Mart casts wide net for legal counsel in bribery probe
By Andrew Mc Intyre
Two months after bribery and corruption allegations emerged against Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s operations in Mexico, the list of ...
Some union employees of San Francisco County Superior Court want to renegotiate a contract with the court in light of Gov. Jer...
SB 491 invalidates class action waivers in adhesion contracts in a generally applicable manner that does not conflict or inter...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Judge removed from case for barring defendant's family at sentencing
By John Roemer
U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II of Los Angeles was out of line when he refused to let a convicted methamphetamine deal...
Real Estate/Development
Opinion could further hurt affordable housing
By Jason W. Armstrong
A published appellate court opinion could be a double blow for California's low-income developments, which have already lost a...
Patton Boggs LLP was dealt a legal setback Friday in its fight against Chevron Corp. for the alleged pollution of Ecuador's ra...
This year, the Los Angeles Teen Court program entered its twentieth year. Each month, 17 different high schools in the greater...
Litigation
Waiting for payday, plaintiffs can fall prey to big loans
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
An uneasy relationship has emerged over the past decade between plaintiffs' attorneys and pre-settlement funding companies tha...
In what may be a message that the State Bar should be tougher on unethical attorneys, the Supreme Court has returned 24 discip...
Sausalito-based Glassdoor.com, a social jobs and career community, added Allyson Willoughby as general counsel and senior vice...
When he's not enjoying a good tabloid, William A. Fletcher brings a scholarly eye to the circuit.
Judge Desiree Bruce-Lyle holds re-entry program participants accountable but praises their success.
First it was fighting to clean up litter and graffiti. Then it was kick-starting a nationwide campaign to ban trans-fats in fo...
A wide swath of counties in California seek more than $50 million in an Alameda County Superior Court lawsuit against national...
Cognitive biases can have a profound effect upon the mediation process. By Robert Mann of ADR Services ...
Orange County's Public Law Center held its Volunteers for Justice Dinner on June 18. More than 815 guests heard keynote remark...
The lawyer who told evicted homeowners to break back into their foreclosed houses should be disbarred, the State Bar Court rul...