Martha Fay Africa, a leading figure in recruitment, networking and diversity in the legal industry, died last week after a len...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Retired NFL players to appeal painkiller decision to 9th Circuit
By Hadley Robinson
A group of retired professional football players will appeal a district judge's decision that their proposed class action invo...
Litigation
Trial date set for Justice Department's $5 billion case against S&P
By Henry Meier
Settlement talks are reportedly heating up between S&P's parent company, McGraw Hill Financial Inc., and the U.S. Departme...
The Supreme Court's decision Holt v. Hobbs tells us a great deal about our longstanding national commitment to diversit...
Judges and Judiciary
California judges fourth highest paid in country, with a big caveat
By Paul Jones
Judges in California saw a pay raise in 2013, and are now the fourth highest paid in the nation, according to a recent survey....
Judges and Judiciary
Influential Delaware judge blasts U.S. Supreme Court corporate rulings
By David Houstonn
Leo E. Strine Jr., chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, is continuing to publicly criticize a spate of pro-business de...
Commissioner Rocky Crabb has taken the time to peruse filings so he can keep hearings short.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Under pressure from 9th Circuit, murder-for-hire conviction reversed
By John Roemer
Misconduct by Riverside County prosecutors has forced the reversal of a 1998 conviction in a case that raised the ire of Circu...
Does antitrust crime pay? Despite escalating corporate fines and longer jail sentences, it is widely acknowledged that cartel ...
U.S. antitrust law is enforced by both the DOJ and the FTC. Critics argue the result at times depends upon which agency review...
Perspective
Taking it to the streets: freedom of assembly and worker mobilization
By Ben Armisteadn
What vehicles for worker advocacy and representation are most likely to advance economic security and democratic engagement? B...
While Silicon Valley has long been known as one of the greatest centers of technology and business model innovation in the wor...
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will decide the constitutionality of state same-sex-marriage bans, the j...
Labor/Employment
Teachers who sued union petition U.S. Supreme Court for review
By Laura Hautalan
A group of teachers who filed suit against the California Teachers Association petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to rev...
The search for a solution to fulfill data storage needs is leading more and more law firms to cloud computing - using a networ...
Corporate
After long delay, Box Inc.'s IPO could signal another strong year for exits
By Joshua Seboldn
Commercial cloud storage company Box Inc.'s initial public offering went live Friday, raising $175 million, as prices on its s...
Labor/Employment
Plaintiffs' lawyers score win for workers, themselves in Pep Boys settlement
By Laura Hautalan
Plaintiffs' counsel for a group of mechanics will receive more than $1.1 million in attorney fees and costs in a settlement wi...
The court battle between San Jose-based electronic chip rivals Power Integrations Inc. and Fairchild Semiconductor Internation...
The impending nomination of Eileen M. Decker as U.S. attorney for the Central District highlights a longstanding trend in the ...
John C. Crow has moved in-house to VRDT Corp. from Jones Morrison LLP. ...
Vice President and General Counsel of Ooma Inc. Palo Alto ...
Santa Barbara trial threatens to expose three decades of files on abuse allegations. ...
The expectation that certiorari would be granted was heightened when multiple federal district courts in California issued dec...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar trustees defend decision to hire psychologist after director's firing
By Emily Greenn
The State Bar's decision to hire a psychologist who encouraged its Board of Trustees to engage in "positive self-talk" at its ...
Environmental
Plaintiffs challenge longstanding lead standard under Prop. 65
By Fiona Smith
A new lawsuit, which claims the state is relying on outdated science, could expand reach of litigation under the toxics warnin...
In a new decision the Delaware Court of Chancery provides guidance on when a significant but less-than-majority stockholder ma...
Perspective
Anti-takeover statutes and the takeover threat firms face
By Ben Armisteadn
Anti-takeover statutes in various states may not have the effect that many studies suggest. By Emiliano M. Catan and Marcel Ka...
The 2nd Circuit's reversal of a couple of insider trading convictions earlier this month should prove to be a major lump of co...