Litigation
Unique personal injury verdict rules in favor of cab company
By Melanie Brisbon
In a unique personal injury verdict, a Santa Barbara jury ruled in favor of a taxi service accused of negligence when an intox...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Failed health care purchase leaves nonprofit in dire straits
By Banks Albachn
Prime Healthcare Services' reversal on buying the Daughters of Charity Health Service has left the Bay Area nonprofit seeking ...
General Counsel of LendingClub Corp. San Francisco ...
Administrative/Regulatory
State Bar mulls more policy changes in wake of Dunn firing
By Don Debenedictisn
In a meeting Wednesday, the bar board's audit committee endorsed changes in how future executive director's expense accounts w...
California Courts of Appeal
State appeals court skeptical of argument that MICRA cap is unconstitutional
By John Roemer
A state appellate court panel appeared dubious about getting involved in deciding whether California's medical malpractice pay...
Labor/Employment
Pao faces tough questioning during cross-examination in discrimination trial
By Craig Andersonn
Under persistent cross-examination by an attorney for venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers in a gender d...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Boutiques and small firms focusing on litigation in practice areas that typically trend in a countercyclical direction to the ...
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP San Francisco ...
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Palo Alto ...
Kirkland & Ellis LLP San Francisco ...
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC San Francisco ...
Latham & Watkins LLP Menlo Park ...
Winston & Strawn LLP Los Angeles ...
Paul Hastings LLP San Diego ...
Baker & McKenzie LLP Palo Alto ...
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP San Francisco ...
At approximately $25 billion, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s initial public offering was the biggest IPO in history. ...
One of the most contentious, unique and closely watched deals of 2014 was one that never actually took place. ...
The Obama administration is working on several topics: breach notification, data security, national security, and regulation o...
U.S. Supreme Court
Industry-run boards should look over both shoulders
By Ben Armisteadn
These boards (including state bar associations) may have to look over their left shoulder to watch out for antitrust claims, a...
Litigation
Toyota, Ford, GM sued over potential cyberattacks on vehicles
By Henry Meier
A Texas plaintiffs' firm Tuesday launched a federal class action against three of the world's largest automakers, alleging veh...
Litigation
California federal judges have above-average workload, report says
By Alison Frost
New federal filings held steady in 2014, rising less than 1 percent from the year prior, but California judges bore more of a ...
An aviation manufacturer is seeking damages from the U.S. Navy under the Federal Tort Claims Act for the demolition of its car...
Civil Rights
Controversy over attorney jailed for contempt heats up
By Don Debenedictisn
Caree Harper, the lawyer for the homeless woman beaten by a California Highway Patrol officer, said she has hired prominent pl...
Litigation
Public Storage loses fight with Sprint over terminated cell tower leases
By Henry Meier
The contract dispute was remarkable because of the ferocity with which Public Storage pursued its claims despite their relativ...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Firms deal with growing pressure of health data security
By Kibkabe Arayan
Because law firms are ramping up their privacy know-how to help clients and themselves comply with HIPAA, industry experts str...