U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit affirms class of Allstate workers in win for statistical sampling
By Laura Hautalan
In a boon to employment class actions, the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed class certification for 800 Allstate Insurance C...
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority plans to redefine the differences between its two groups of arbitrators, a move th...
Finding success in the lateral market is nothing new for Los Angeles-based Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, but th...
Companies have marched toward public equity markets with an impressive zeal over the past 12 months, and that trend seems set ...
Administrative/Regulatory
FCC taps Keker partner as deputy bureau chief
By Joshua Seboldn
Paula L. Blizzard has left Keker & Van Nest LLP to join the Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau as a de...
Many lawyers say they're pushing for more clearly defined contracts between emerging companies and their investors that can c...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Kirkland, Skadden advise on $2.5B Compuware buyout by Thoma Bravo
By Salvador Mares
Kirkland represented Chicago- and San Francisco-based private equity firm Thoma Bravo LLC in its $2.5 billion acquisition of C...
Government
Associate Attorney General Tony West leaving Justice Department
By Hadley Robinson
Associate Attorney General Tony West, a former San Francisco prosecutor and Morrison & Foerster LLP partner, will leave hi...
Government
Debate rages over state's reputation for anti-business legal environment
By Paul Jones
Business interests regularly rake California over the coals for its allegedly anti-business legal environment. But in the eyes...
A new law requires that all smartphones sold in California include a "kill switch" that can shut the phone down remotely. Inte...
The decadelong saga of the landmark Brinker case - in which restaurant workers filed a class action lawsuit over meal and rest...
David L. Haet, a pillar of Vallejo's family court, says he hopes one day to escape to Montana.
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California Supreme Court
State high court speaks with one voice on State Bar issues, less so on others
By Emily Green
The state high court justices' overall rate of disagreement continued its slow increase. Justices dissented in 20 cases this t...
Online access to over a decade of case dockets just went poof! at the Federal Circuit, and the 2nd, 7th and 11th U.S. C...
San Jose has appealed the federal district court's dismissal of the city's federal antitrust claims against Major League Baseb...
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp, the "gulag of our time," is turning the U.S., once a beacon for liberty and freedom, into a...
The governor announced Friday the appointment of a new assistant general counsel at the California Department of Consumer Affa...
Litigation
Brown appeals teacher tenure ruling as lawsuit drives statewide debate
By Matt Hamilton
Late Friday, Gov. Jerry Brown cast his lot with teachers unions by filing an appeal opposing a Los Angeles County Superior Cou...
After only four years as dean of UCLA School of Law, Rachel Moran has announced she will not seek a second term. An expert in ...
Monrovia-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Xencor Inc. has hired its first senior vice president, chief complianc...
Litigation
High speed rail opponents seek high court review following appellate loss
By Paul Jones
After a stinging defeat in the 3rd District Court of Appeal last month, opponents of California's high speed rail project are ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit affirms Yelp defeat of extortion claims
By Craig Anderson
In a victory for San Francisco-based online review service Yelp Inc., a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel affirmed a dis...
Longtime Justice H. Walter Croskey of the 2nd District Court of Appeal, known for his enthusiasm for reaching a fair decision,...
State judicial leaders on Tuesday selected an executive branch official who's reportedly respected within Gov. Jerry Brown's a...
Law Practice
Hinshaw-Barger marriage creates large US insurance practice
By Melanie Brisbon
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, a national firm with its headquarters in Chicago will merge with Barger & Wolen LLP, a firm ...
A state agency's decisions mean it will not institute formal proceedings against neither Orange County Superior Court Judge Sc...
Several cities and counties around the state are approving bans or moratoriums on fracking and the oil industry is hoping the ...
As we move more of our lives online, the question of what privacy protections can we expect once we are gone arises. State leg...
As formidable of an obstacle as a defendant's bankruptcy is, it does not necessarily doom class claims or recovery. The severi...