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California Supreme Court


The case represents a culimination of the work for class action plaintiff attorney fee crusader Lawrence W. Schonbrun. ...


Solo and Small Firms


Francis O. Scarpulla, a leading antitrust plaintiffs' attorney, is leaving Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP to start his ...


Corporate


Dealmakers

Mar. 26, 2015
By Jason Pafundin

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.


Litigation


Google's no-poach legal woes continue

Mar. 26, 2015
By Matthew Blaken

For Google Inc., the legal hits from a federal antitrust probe that ended five years ago just keep coming. This week, the tech...


Books


Tale of a broken conviction system

Mar. 26, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Whether she knows it or not, Meili Cady's new book "Smoke" places her squarely in the evolving and maturing national conversat...


Litigation


Privacy case against Apple remains alive

Mar. 26, 2015
By Joshua Seboldn

Plaintiffs who accused Apple Inc. and several app makers such as Twitter Inc., Yelp Corp. and Electronic Arts Inc. of invasion...


California Courts of Appeal


A Kern County prosecutor falsified a suspected child molester's police interview transcript, leading a judge to dismiss the ch...


Community News


Fish & Tsang opens in Redwood City, its second office ...


Gomez Trial Attorneys and Ron Simon & Associates of Houston filed the lawsuit Monday in connection with a nationwide Hep...


Civil Rights


First juvenile released under re-sentencing law

Mar. 26, 2015
By Deirdre Newmann

It is a story of hope and faith, despair and redemption, but it's also a story of two immigrants who grew up in similar, gan...


Government


California's anti-torts business lobby held an annual meeting with small business owners Tuesday. Unlike last year, the CJAC a...


Law Practice


Francis O. Scarpulla, a leading antitrust plaintiffs' attorney, is leaving Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP to start his ...


Ellen Pao's attorneys told jurors that her former employer, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, was a boys' club where women...


Judicial Profile


Bernard J. Schwartz

Mar. 26, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Superior Court Judge Bernard Schwartz sees the courtroom as an extension of the person on the bench.


Entertainment & Sports


Hollywood optimistic about future China deals

Mar. 25, 2015
By America Hernandez

Co-financing of American films will increase, but any studio acquisitions are five to 10 years away, lawyers said. ...


Judicial Profile


Lillian Kwok Sing

Mar. 25, 2015
By John Roemer

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Lillian Sing's career has been defined by a series of firsts.


Corporate Counsel


Kenneth A. Zak

Mar. 25, 2015
By Laura Hautalan

General Counsel Alliant Insurance Services Inc. San Diego ...


Transactions


Earlier this year, China's foreign investment regulatory authority, the Ministry of Commerce, released a draft of the new Fore...


Corporate


Tempered solution sought for fee-shifting issue

Mar. 25, 2015
By Banks Albachn

Nearly a year after Delaware opened door for fee-shifting bylaws, debate rages on. ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Patent litigator Howard N. Shipley may have avoided sanctions from the nation's highest court, but his very public ordeal will...


Law Practice


Telecom Law Firm PC opens second California office

Mar. 25, 2015
By Deirdre Newmann

Attorney Robert C. May III parlayed a pre-law school internship at L.A.-based Telecom Law Firm PC into opening and becoming m...


California Courts of Appeal


Ruling comes over a strong dissent that accused the majority of letting the sentencing judge avoid his duty to take account of...


Criminal


Police unfazed by legal liability

Mar. 25, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Officers may rarely think about being sued because lawsuits rarely have negative ramifications for their employment or their b...


As Ellen Pao's gender discrimination case approaches closing arguments, attorneys following the landmark lawsuit doubt Superio...


Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye didn't mention a critical January audit report in her State of the Judiciary Address to t...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Mar. 24, 2015
By Jason Pafundin

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.


Law Practice


Attorneys see surge in surrogacy practices

Mar. 24, 2015
By Melanie Brisbon

Attorney Stephanie M. Caballero, whose twins were born through a surrogate, has spent the last decade helping others become pa...


Civil Rights


Balance ADA duties with risks police face

Mar. 24, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

In a case being argued before the U.S. high court Monday, the justices should balance duties under the Americans with Disabili...


U.S. Supreme Court


ADA provides the tools to ensure safe policing

Mar. 24, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

In a case being argued before the U.S. high court Monday, the justices should rule that the Americans with Disabilities Act ap...


Administrative/Regulatory


After much fanfare in 2011, a law allowing expedited jury trials for some civil cases has seen relatively little use. What wil...