Chief Legal Officer of Deem Inc. San Francisco ...
Shareholder lawsuits alleging too-low merger transactions are all too familiar. But in a new twist, plaintiffs have now sued o...
Local governments, if they adjust their practices accordingly, could turn the recently decided T-Mobile South case into...
Jesinoski v. Countrywide Home Loans will have a significant impact on creditors as borrowers have increasingly sought t...
Silicon Valley lawyer Michelle K. Lee took a step Wednesday toward becoming the official director of the U.S. Patent and Trade...
Law Practice
Report: firm leaders expect growth but worry about expenses
By Melanie Brisbon
Managing partners have more confidence and optimism about the economy and the legal industry, but continue to be nervous about...
U.S. Supreme Court
Sheppard Mullin secures trademark win in U.S. Supreme Court
By Kevin L Ee
Eight years after being sued for trademark infringement, Hana Bank has secured a complete defense victory punctuated by a una...
San Francisco social bookmarking company Pinterest Inc. acquired Palo Alto targeted advertising technology startup Kosei in a ...
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris is running for U.S. Senate, but faces demands by a federal appellate panel that she take a l...
Environmental
Dish ruling may provide leverage to TV content carriers, lawyers say
By Matthew Blaken
Copyright law experts said a federal ruling in a copyright case between Fox and Dish could change what viewing technolgoies TV...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Litigation
Civil suit against private defense firm could gain class cert
By Henry Meier
A federal lawsuit accusing private military security contractor SOC LLC of misleading its employees about their work schedule ...
The issue of whether railyards are subject to federal preemption of the California Environmental Quality Act is now before the...
If there's one thing I've learned about trial lawyers is that even in the face of defeat we never back down from a fight even ...
Tessera Technologies Inc. will receive $155 million under the terms of a comprehensive litigation settlement agreement reached...
Entertainment & Sports
Judge throws out for now Al Jazeera defenses in secretive DirecTV suit
By Matthew Blaken
In a case typified by a lack of information, a Superior Court Judge Tuesday threw out Al Jazeera America's affirmative defense...
Intellectual Property
Supreme Court trims federal appeals court's authority in patent cases
By Kevin Lee
In a setback for Silicon Valley companies, the U.S. Supreme Court trimmed the authority of the nation's patent appeals court t...
Federal bankruptcy judge Christopher Klein on Tuesday denied a motion by Stockton's lone dissenting creditor, Franklin Templet...
Entertainment & Sports
Dish's ad-skipping DVR didn't break copyright laws, court rules
By Matthew Blake
The ruling has potential to have far-reaching effects on the future of television. ...
Community News
"Save Our Sons" event draws activists, legal experts on MLK Day.
By John Michael
"Save Our Sons" event draws activists, legal experts on MLK Day. ...
Well-known Pircher, Nichols & Meeks litigator James L. Goldman will join Miller Barondess LLP next month as partner , the ...
Intellectual Property
Costco did not infringe watchmaker's copyright, 9th Circuit rules
By Riley Guerin
Costco Wholesale Corp. did not infringe luxury Swiss watchmaker Omega S.A.'s copyright by selling Omega Seamaster timepieces a...
It's employee mobility season. A focus on the off-boarding and on-boarding process can lower both litigation risk and the thre...
State Bar & Bar Associations
White House official, MABA talk excessive policing against immigrants
By Kibkabe Arayan
Felicia Escobar, special assistant to President Barack Obama for immigration policy, highlighted upcoming immigration reform p...
Three Democratic legislators have introduced a modest bill to help speed reviews and court fights involving the California Env...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Seasoned litigator to lead LA plaintiff's bar association
By Melanie Brisbon
A senior trial lawyer at Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP, Joseph M. Barrett assumes the presidency of the Consumer Attorneys Associ...
Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear an enormously consequential fair housing case and determine whether the Fair Housi...
Government
Asset forfeiture program will remain largely in place, despite recent decision
By Emily Green
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's decision limiting local police from seizing and profiting off property taken from people n...
U.S. Supreme Court
High court ruling allows employees to pursue some class claims in California
By Laura Hautalan
The state Supreme Court's decision forbidding arbitration for certain claims in employment disputes will stay intact after the...
Judge Lesley Holland is known for his amiability, but wants attorneys to be as organized as he is.