A rapid-fire series of headline-grabbing deaths of unarmed men at the hands of police in recent months have made harder work f...
A recent Delaware Supreme Court decision, in conjunction with California broad exceptions to the internal affairs doctrine, ma...
As competition for engineering talent continues to intensify in Silicon Valley, some privately held technology companies are c...
In a 2-1 opinion, the 4th District said a lower court erred in denying jurors instructions on the different states of unconsci...
Law Practice
Pillsbury chair announces he's stepping down at the end of next year
By Deirdre Newmann
The chairman of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP will step down at the end of his newly-elected term in December 2016, the ...
U.S. District Judge James J. Donato appears poised to give another victory to law firms fighting clawback cases from the bankr...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Litigation
Former PG&E auditor sues utility, claiming he was fired for reporting safety issues
By Philip Johnsonn
A former Pacific Gas and Electric Company auditor, whose attorney says the utility "does not do anything about safety," allege...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
State high court asked to decide if consumers must give information during buys
By Saul Sugarman
A federal appellate panel is asking the state Supreme Court for help in deciding whether California consumers must provide per...
AB 1123 will provide a conflict of interest for superior courts who administer DRPA funding.
Entertainment & Sports
Parts of artist royalty law unconstitutional
By America Hernandez
The 9th Circuit decided en banc that it could not force art sellers or agents to pay artists 5 percent of the sale price when ...
I wonder if Mr. Blair and Mr. Curtis were twirling in their graves as the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the same-sex m...
If artificial intelligence constructs can diagnose diseases, then it certainly can notch up analysis of cases so as to improve...
A Superior Court judge here on Tuesday pushed Joseph L. Dunn's lawsuit over his firing as State Bar executive director into se...
Law Practice
Robins Kaplan appoints two attorneys into new leadership roles
By Melanie Brisbon
Robins Kaplan LLP litigator Roman M. Silberfeld became the national trial chair and Michael A. Geibelson succeeded him as mana...
A San Francisco federal jury has awarded Fujifilm Corp. more than $10.2 million in patent infrinement damages in a split verdi...
A name partner at Goldberg, Lowenstein & Weatherwax LLP, the Los Angeles-based business litigation boutique started by for...
Renewable Energy Trust Capital Inc. announced Tuesday the appointment of Michael Young as vice president of legal and administ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission is getting ready to make a big move into regulating public companies that experience cy...
California Supreme Court
At long last, state high court considers consumer arbitration case
By Laura Hautalan
Justices for the state Supreme Court heard starkly different arguments over the limits that should apply to arbitration agreem...
Corinthian Colleges Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware on Monday, staying all lawsuits, including a complaint by...
According to studies conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 17 percent of all traffic accidents invo...
Data Privacy
Eraser laws: forgetting a minor's past to save his future
By Ben Armisteadn
California's Eraser Law raises questions for minors as well as mobile app operators. By Eric Ball ...
Be careful next time you log onto Facebook, you might just get served. By Pallie Zambrano and Neda Shakoori ...
Intellectual Property
Bid to dismiss two patents fails due to local rules violation
By Craig Andersonn
A federal magistrate has rejected a bid by MobileIron Inc. to throw out two patents asserted by Good Technology Corp. after fi...
California Supreme Court
Court: Workers can avoid paying employer's court costs unless the claim is groundless
By Laura Hautalan
Workers who lose discrimination lawsuits against their employers only have to pay a defendant company's court costs if the com...
General Counsel Tilted Kilt Franchises LLC Tempe, Ariz. ...
After striking out on his own a decade ago, product liability defense expert Julian G. Senior returns to the firm with three a...
Irell & Manella LLP has snagged a former chief administrative judge for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Pate...
Public Interest
Collaborative courts growing and expanding with state funds
By Deirdre Newmann
Counties all over the state are gearing up to open or expand new courts and programs designed specifically to prevent repeat f...