An embattled San Francisco property rental company faces sanctions and penalties of up to $10 million under a settlement appro...
In a sequal to a 2009 ruling on preemption with brand-name drug makers, the U.S. Supreme Court weighed Wednesday if federal la...
For such a popular trend, the problem-solving movement has yielded woefully few serious recidivism studies. By Hadar Aviram of...
California Courts of Appeal
Court Orders Review of Facebook Controversy
By Laura Ernden
The state Supreme Court asked a lower court Wednesday to take a closer look at privacy issues surrounding jurors' Facebook pos...
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A federal jury found Abbott Laboratories must pay $3.4 million to competitor GlaxoSmithKline after a month-long antitrust and ...
The Mountain View-based internet company agreed to allow an outside monitor of its privacy protections for the next 20 years. ...
Lloyd R. "Rusty" Day Jr., a veteran intellectual property litigation rainmaker whose clients include biotechnology company Amg...
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, a national firm focusing on complex litigation, appellate and corporate matters, moved its San F...
Intellectual Property
Evidence in Foreign Bribes Case Is Ruled Inadmissible
By Gabe Friedmann
A federal judge on Tuesday said he would bar prosecutors from introducing key evidence against three individuals accused of co...
Indirect purchaser plaintiffs have reached a $10 million settlement with Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. in a civil case alleging ...
The city council of Cudahy voted unanimously to fire the city's attorney of 15 years David Olivas and city manager George Pere...
Seventeen former Howrey LLP attorneys, including nine partners, flocked to Baker & Hostetler LLP, the Cleveland-based firm...
Five years ago, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors agreed to pay a developer $102 million to settle a lawsuit in w...
A criminal justice wonk has raised $158,000 in his challenge to San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon's bid for electi...
Lawyers make observations on oral argument Tuesday in the gender-discrimination case against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. ...
Susan L. Margolis responds to "State Bar Won't Prosecute Lawyer in Dole Case." ...
California's death penalty is a strain on the state budget and fails to adequately reduce the crime rate. By Jeffrey A. Lowe. ...
A federal court judge dismissed a securities class action lawsuit filed by a group of investors who lost millions of dollars p...
The city of Coachella agreed to settle a $3.7 million malpractice lawsuit against its former city attorney for $500,000. ...
Labor/Employment
Treatment of Probationary Employees By Public Employers
By Alexander Phersonn
Failure to inform a jury about the mixed-motive defense can deprive employers of their rights. By Morin I. Jacob of Liebert Ca...
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Tuesday that it should not have granted a case involving whether government identification reco...
Perspective
Detroit and the Decline of American Cities: Once More With Feeling
By Alexander Phersonn
The urban sprawl that has occurred in many U.S. cities is rooted in poor government planning. By Gideon Kanner of Manatt, Phel...
A man who was wrongly imprisoned for 14 years cannot sue the district attorney for failing to train prosecutors about their le...
A state court ruling delivers a major blow to California's long-term plan to combat climate change. By Jon Costantino and Crai...
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical Tuesday about allowing female employees to sue retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. tog...
California health care providers cannot sue drug makers for allegedly denying them discounts they're supposed to receive for t...
The Administrative Office of the Courts, beleaguered of late over criticism of the agency's management and its oversight of a ...
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye named a broad spectrum of current and retired judges Tuesday to a special committee to exami...
Judge Richard G. Cline has spent the bulk of his bench career in San Diego County in probate court. Nowadays, he also hears cr...