The California Supreme Court is in the process of a major transformation. By the beginning of next year, it indisputably will ...
Litigation
Northern District of California becomes a magnet for sports litigation
By Hadley Robinson
The Northern District of California could be earning itself a surprising new nickname: the Sports Court. ...
Litigation
County prosecutors take statewide approach to consumer and environmental protection
By Kylie Reynolds
District attorneys' offices are increasingly teaming up to take on these large civil cases throughout California, but the prac...
Orange County Judge Frederick Horn is getting back to trials after taking on big responsibilities.
From self-driving cars to virtual currencies, technology is transforming the world in more ways than anybody could have imagined.
Litigation
Counties covet Contra Costa's fix to pension board control quandary
By Laura Hautalan
Pension fund attorney Harvey Leiderman's quiet reform to hiring and firing investment managers only affects one county, but ot...
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Litigation
Plaintiff's attorneys try to persuade judge not to toss out case against bank
By Saul Sugarman
Lawyers for a deceased photojournalist asked a San Francisco judge Monday to reconsider a decision involving alleged blunders ...
The firm represented Rocklin-based Sleep Train Inc. in its sale to Mattress Firm Holding Corp. for $425 million in a deal anno...
A Northern District of California federal jury has ruled in favor of Adobe Systems Inc., finding that the software company did...
In a landmark realignment of prominent civil rights lawyers, the ACLU of Southern California's veteran chief counsel, Mark D. ...
Employees who do not have paid sick days face an impossible choice when they or a family member gets sick: go to work sick or ...
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP announced Monday the addition of three senior government contract lawyers.
The publication of gruesome videos, intimate stolen photographs, and emotionally harmful, targeted speech may bring about the ...
Constitutional Law
Secrecy trumped public debate in license plate ruling
By Ben Armisteadn
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Chalfant recently rejected a California Public Records Act lawsuit brought again...
Labor/Employment
Walt Disney, DreamWorks hit with no-poach class action
By Laura Hautalan
A digital animator filed a proposed antitrust class action against several animation studios, including The Walt Disney Co., D...
Law Practice
Attorneys help broadcast companies manage tax issues from mergers and acquisitions
By Dominic Fracassan
The $1.6 billion tieup between two TV station operators took a turn late last month that could signal renewed creativity in th...
Does coffee contain unsafe levels of acrylamide, which the World Health Organization classifies as a "probable human carcinoge...
Law Practice
Sports agents pursuing law degrees, but also confronting ethical challenges
By Brian Cardile
The NFLPA amended its certification process in 2011 to require player representatives to possess a post-graduate degree. The c...
Francis Biddle is an icon of American (and international) legal history. And Joanna McClelland Glass' play "Trying," now playi...
Government Code Section 1090, the powerful anti-conflict provision that prohibits state employees from having a financial inte...
We live in a society where "racism without racists" exists, oppressing people of color without the overt discrimination that m...
The shifting nature of the merchandise carried by outlet stores has led public officials to scrutinize their sales practices. ...
New job numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the legal industry saw its most significant jump in employment i...
Litigation
Raiders cheerleaders settlement may inspire more suits against other teams
By Laura Hautalan
A $1.25 million settlement reached last week doesn't just put to rest claims that the Oakland Raiders should have paid wages a...
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC has seen explosive growth recently across all practice areas in its San Francisco offi...
Bankruptcy
Weiland Golden shepherds Woman's Club reorganization
By Alexandra Schwappach
The Woman's Club of Hollywood - a century-old entertainment hub once frequented by stars like Charlie Chaplin - is in the mid...
San Francisco-based cloud communications company Twilio Co. has hired the former vice president and deputy general counsel of ...
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