U.S. Supreme Court
VIDEO: New case will test viability of 'no injury' class actions
By Ben Armisteadn
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in a case on the question whether Congress can confer on uninjured person...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Surprise. A client's secrets can still be secret when they're on the Internet
By Don Debenedictisn
A new ethics opinion from the State Bar says client confidences are more than privileged communication, and lawyers must keep ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar recommends disbarment for lawyer involved in Chico Marx estate case
By Deirdre Newmann
The California State Bar Court's Review Department has denied an appeal from an attorney facing disbarment in a case involving...
Labor/Employment
9th Circuit reviews if a federal health law can trump state labor code
By Matthew Blaken
The 9th Circuit considered arguments about whether a federal regulation lets Denny's restaurant instruct workers to buy shoes ...
The influential Senate Judiciary Committee pushed a comprehensive patent litigation reform bill to the full Senate Thursday in...
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Thursday the nomination of U.S. Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd to become an Article II...
This month, many large retail employers in San Francisco will need to prepare, not only for the summer fog that's sure to roll...
Cera LLP's reputation - built on hard work, flexibility, legal savvy and political gumption - is a frequent source of work for...
Judge Steven R. Denton came to the law circuitously. But he's embraced it so wholly that he continues to live and breathe the ...
Law Practice
Husband of state Supreme Court justice returns to firm where they met
By Alison Frost
Brian Hauck, the husband of state Supreme Court Justice Leondra R. Kruger, is re-joining Jenner & Block LLP after a six-ye...
California Courts of Appeal
Appeals court rules water users must notify state officials when planning substantial water diversions
By Fiona Smith
In a unanimous reversal of a Siskiyou County Superior Court ruling, the appellate court held that state law clearly gives the ...
Environmental
Environmental groups claim government is illegally weakening delta water standards
By Fiona Smith
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and others have sued state and federal water managers in federal district court cl...
Jennifer Mnookin was named dean Thursday, taking the leadership position at a time when legal educators are grappling with a s...
California Supreme Court
Racial bias in jury selection to get another state Supreme Court test
By John Roemer
Racial bias in jury selection has gotten heightened scrutiny at the state Supreme Court since Justice Goodwin H. Liu called ou...
Several lawyers suspended recently by the state Supreme Court got into trouble in part due to emotional, physical or substance...
The state Supreme Court adapts common law doctrines like assumption of risk and respondeat superior to today's business realit...
Corporate
Fenwick helps Korean e-commerce company snag $1B investment
By Jason Pafundin
Coupang , South Korea's largest online retailer, secured a $1 billion investment from Japanese telecom behemoth Softbank Corp....
Litigation
First class action targets company for Santa Barbara oil spill
By Alison Frost
In the first of what's widely expected to be a bevy of legal action over the Santa Barbara oil spill, Keller Rohrback LLP and ...
Corporate executives often delegate cybersecurity matters to lower management. In the age of high-profile breaches, however, t...
Intellectual Property
Divided infringement challenges for personalized medicine
By Ben Armisteadn
The Federal Circuit has essentially restored a 2008 holding about when a defendant is not liable for direct infringement for c...
Litigation
Native American student can wear eagle feather to graduation in deal
By Andy Serbe
A Native American student in Northern California who sued his school district over the right to wear an eagle feather to his ...
Litigation
San Diego jury awards $17.4 million to collision victim
By America Hernandez
The man suffered brain injuries after a freight truck rammed into a line of three cars, projecting him through his windshield....
A Nevada district judge dismissed a yearslong class action lawsuit between a group of consumers and online retailer Zappos.com...
General Counsel Better Finance Inc. San Francisco ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Disbarred lawyer proposes shifting discipline cases to Superior Courts
By Don Debenedictisn
Proponent says his idea would eliminate inherent conflicts of interest and allow jury trials for lawyers in trouble. Experts s...
Intellectual Property
Apple, Samsung lead charge to kill infringement lawsuits by going to patent office
By Kevin L Ee
Faced with a barrage of infringement lawsuits attacking their popular and profitable smartphone products, Apple Inc. and Samsu...
Constitutional Law
Forced to support speech, whether you like it or not
By Ben Armisteadn
The U.S Supreme Court will soon decide whether to hear a case addressing the rights of millions of public employees who are cu...
Judge James J. Donato provided a major relief for law firms defending themselves against "unfinished business" claims from def...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Circuit appears split on PAGA exemption
By Matthew Blaken
A 9th Circuit panel weighed in on whether Private Attorneys General Act claims are exempt from pre-dispute arbitration agreeme...
Law Practice
Proskauer Rose securities litigation partner jumps to L.A. boutique
By Deirdre Newmann
Los Angeles criminal defense firm Brown White & Osborn LLP scored a former Securities and Exchange Commission litigator an...