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Judges and Judiciary
SF court layoffs mean increased need for temporary judges
By Amy Yarbroughn
Down eight commissioners due to layoffs caused by budget cuts, San Francisco County Superior Court is seeking volunteers to se...
Environmental
Two new laws may impact solar projects installed on publicly owned sites
By Karen Natividadn
The state Legislature addresses key issues involving public agencies' growing role in renewable energy projects. By Devon B. L...
California Courts of Appeal
Sight and smell should not be treated the same in searches, court says
By John Roemer
To smell marijuana is not the same as to see it, a state appellate panel held Monday in suppressing evidence of a 15-ounce pot...
A case involving two arms manufacturers gets thrown awry when a juror brings an outside prop into the jury room. By Bradley P....
A group of sugar producers suing to ban an advertising campaign that markets high-fructose corn syrup as "natural" and "corn s...
An Orange County jury cleared two Catholic priests of sex abuse claims, but the priests' religious order still will pay the pl...
A federal judge signaled that she will certify a class of mentally disabled immigrant detainees in California, Arizona and Was...
California's prevailing wage law cannot be avoided by artfully drafted contracts. By Kevin Collins of Alston & Bird LLP ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Prop. 8 panel extends stay on trial video's release
By John Roemer
Further delaying release of the Proposition 8 trial video, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday ordered the rec...
A judge doused a spat between the producer and the distributor of the 2005 Ryan Reynolds film "Just Friends" Monday when he or...
Public Counsel Law Center is one of six nonprofit legal service organizations and four bar associations operating a network of...
An effort by seven U.S. solar panel companies to impose duties on Chinese solar panel imports has a long way to go - and even ...
As budget cuts continue to ripple throughout the judiciary, court leaders are looking for new savings in courthouse constructi...
Mattel Inc. has agreed to pay $680 million in cash to acquire HIT Entertainment from a group led by Apax Partners, ...
Judge Blaine Bowman shows compassion to kids.
A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Law Practice
Appellate justice triumvirate in residence at Fresno firm
By Laura Ernden
It's easy to round up a moot court at Dowling, Aaron & Keeler in Fresno. Just yell down the hall for Jim, Nick and Steve, ...
General counsel for the University of San Diego San Diego ...
The 1st District Court of Appeal on Friday ordered a San Francisco plaintiffs' lawyer to pay his former co-counsel $92,000 in ...
Perspective
Assignment agreements in structured settlements: a proposal for change
By Genevieve Knollen
Litigation rollover accounts may be the answer to your client's objections. By David M. Higgins of Higgins Settlement Law ...
Avoid crippling liability by prospectively reclassifying your independent contractors as employees. ...
Law Practice
Lost in translation: non-English speaking fee agreements
By Sharon Liangn
Before you sign up that next non-English speaking client, make sure your fee agreement conforms to state law. By Omar S. Anorg...
Perspective
The good faith exception to the exclusionary rule: a shift in focus
By Genevieve Knollen
What was an essential ingredient of the Fourth Amendment is now a 'bitter pill' to swallow. By Brian M. Hoffstadt of the Los ...
Litigation
Judge blocks consumers efforts to enjoin AT&T-T-Mobile merger
By Jill Redhage
Consumers seeking to enjoin AT&T's $39 billion merger with T-Mobile USA Inc. by filing more than 1,000 arbitrations across...
The general counsel for retail chain Williams-Sonoma Inc. has left his role to work for apparel manufacturer Levi Strauss &am...
As the economy begins to recover, hiring among California's in-house counsel is on the rise, and so are their salaries, accord...
Senators, litigators and alumni are increasing their pressure on the ABA to change how law schools report employment data for ...
A federal judge made official an earlier tentative ruling tossing out a $3 billion antitrust case in which Bratz manufacturer ...
Groupon Inc. has taken its share of lumps since filing to go public in June, but after setting the long-awaited initial publ...