Law Practice
Principles or Rules: What Is the Best Approach to Regulation?
By Carla Pinedan
To clarify the process used to draft the new Rules of Professional Conduct, read the conclusion to a review of two rule-making...
A lawyer copes with her son's journey from coma through rehabilitation, by Marie Lawson Fiala. ...
The former presiding judge of San Bernardino County was on track to become an accountant before law school and uses his busin...
The 2nd District Court of Appeal has allowed a lawsuit against McDonald's, TGI Friday's, Applebee's and other chain restaurant...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Investors Can't Sue Funds Under U.S. Securities Law
By Laura Ernden
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that shareholders don't have a private right of action to enforce a feder...
Some of the physicians represented by the medical group at City of Hope are suing the group's management over the ugly legal b...
Jack Quirk explores the meaning of birthright citizenship, while Philip A. Rafferty applies Judge Vaughn Walker's definition o...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Regulators Push for 'Orphan' Drug Treatments
By Mandy Jacksonn
An employee of Novato-based BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. works on a purifying process for the drug Aldurazyme, which is used ...
Charles Robinson : The Regents of the University of California ...
St. John Knits : Daniel Burke ...
Mozilla Corp. : Harvey Anderson ...
Method Products Inc. : Allyson Willoughby ...
Teigue Thomas : Acer America Corp. and Gateway Inc. ...
New rules offer corporate governance activists important leverage in seeking reform agenda, and an inexpensive alternative to ...
A team of San Francisco lawyers from Morrison & Foerster represented Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics in its recent suc...
Joshua Floum : Visa Inc. ...
Anyone who hoped Tani Cantil-Sakauye, when she becomes chief justice, would overturn the California Supreme Court's 4-3 ruling...
The California Supreme Court suspended the law licenses of two San Jose lawyers Wednesday on the recommendation of the State B...
The Federal Trade Commission has filed charges against California-based HealthcareOne as part of a nationwide sweep on so-call...
The state attorney general and the Oakland-based nonprofit Center for Environmental Health sued several makers and suppliers o...
The Walking Company Holdings Inc. : Anthony J. Wall ...
The company behind the large, high profile redevelopment of a former U.S. Navy base on San Francisco Bay has sued its governme...
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed his former legal affairs secretary to a seat on the 3rd District Court of Appeal, one...
Valuations rose in the second quarter for Silicon Valley technology and life sciences companies raising later rounds of ventur...
Not so fast. Simply identifying workers as independent contractors does not necessarily end the classification inquiry, by Eli...
Only 19 percent of Americans know who Elena Kagan is. It's time to focus on a solid and early civics education to produce info...
Less than a year after opening a special collaborative court for girls in the juvenile dependency system, the Orange County Su...
Labor/Employment
Ex-Employee Accuses San Bernardino D.A. Of Sexual Harassment
By Jason W. Armstrong
A former investigative technician in the San Bernardino County district attorney's office sued the county's top prosecutor, Mi...
The Supreme Court has restored order in a debate about whether properly made evidence objections are waived on appeal, by Gary...
Nathaniel J. Friedman comments on two articles that were published on the same date. ...