Allen Matkins hosts holiday reception ...
Litigation
Right-wing think tank sues AG over alleged rights infringement
By Henry Meier
Americans for Prosperity challenged Kamala Harris' authority to revoke its tax-exempt status for refusing to turn over the don...
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court accepts two environmental cases for review
By Fiona Smith
In one case, the justices will be asking how far the state can go to limit seawall construction on the California coast. In th...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Retired judge brings wit, wisdom to mediation work
By Emily Green
Albert Dover hails from Nevada County - the heart of gold country - and many lawyers said he is, like his adopted hometown, th...
California Supreme Court
Justices say court should have allowed hearing over extent of DA's involvement in case
By Paul Jones
Ventura County Superior Court should have allowed an evidentiary hearing over whether to disqualify a prosecutor in a high-pro...
Litigation
Crossfit latest fitness brand to launch court battles over trademark
By Henry Meier
A massive surge in popularity enjoyed by CrossFit Inc. over the past several years has also led to another major increase for ...
Litigation
Settlement reached in suit against fuel providers over leaded gas in aircraft
By Fiona Smith
In an attempt to speed the removal of lead from aviation fuel, a California nonprofit on Wednesday announced it had settled a ...
Corporate
Online marketplace companies bolster in-house trust and safety departments
By Alison Frost
Both new and veteran online marketplaces may see an uptick in legal complaints from increasingly frustrated counterfeiting vic...
When the president took action to grant temporary relief from deportation to up to 6 million people living in the U.S., he was...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Win-win policy that puts blood safety first
By Ben Armisteadn
The 31-year-old blanket ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men makes no scientific sense, if ever it did, and serves...
Intellectual property strategies for wearables encompass approaching the devices from all sides: considering IP inside and out...
Stephen H. Beecher will be sentenced in January for trying to give his client a card containing heroin. The Sherman Oaks attor...
Government
California attorney must wait for vote to become patent office chief
By Kevin Lee
A vote to confirm longtime Silicon Valley lawyer Michelle K. Lee as the new permanent director of the U.S. Patent and Trademar...
Corporate
Report highlights strongest year for IPOs in more than a decade
By Alex Shively
A new report by Ernst & Young outlined the successes of U.S. initial public offerings in 2014, characterizing the year as ...
Entertainment & Sports
Lawyers clash on how 'Garcia' might impact copyright law
By Matthew Blaken
As an en banc appeals panel reviews Cindy Garcia's injunction against Google for "The Innocence of Muslims," different views e...
The 2007 subprime mortgage crisis pummeled junior lenders whose second liens went from above to below water almost instantaneo...
Government
Three state appeals court justices confirmed to serve in SF, Fresno
By Craig Andersonn
A former State Bar president and two superior court judges won unanimous approval to serve on state courts of appeal in San Fr...
Labor/Employment
Labor board rules for California workers disciplined for protests against Wal-Mart
By Laura Hautalan
California employees at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. have scored a victory after a National Labor Relations Board administrative law j...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Labor/Employment
California security checkpoint employee suits face uncertain future
By Laura Hautalan
The fate of several California employment lawsuits over whether workers must be paid for time spent waiting at security checkp...
Wearables like Google Glass and Fitbit, and myriad others, are not only revolutionary, but also key instruments in the phenome...
California's anticipated recreational marijuana ballot initiative in 2016 will have global effects far beyond state borders. B...
Last week, Sen. Dianne Feinstein wrote to the Federal Aviation Administrator signaling her intent to pursue legislation to exp...
Law Practice
Knobbe Martens attorneys manage patents for in-demand medical device
By Kibkabe Arayan
Three IP attorneys helped Aethlon Medical Inc. in San Diego sort through the patent process in the U.S. and Europe for the Ath...
Dean Victor J. Gold says, after more than seven years at Loyola's helm, it's time for new energy leading the school. He will r...
Litigation
New plaintiff emerges and may save plaintiffs' lawyers suit against Apple
By Craig Andersonn
Plaintiffs' lawyers on Tuesday appear to have rescued their federal antitrust class action against Apple Inc., which they accu...
Christopher D. Jaime, a shareholder at Maupin, Cox & LeGoy PC in Reno, Nev. , will fill the seat vacated by the retirement...
Government
Departures, job shifts create Northern District U.S. attorney's office vacancies
By Hadley Robinson
Several senior prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office in the Northern District are leaving or changing jobs in the coming m...
The film and TV production company has cast the former senior vice president of business and legal at Focus Features in a simi...
Chief Financial Officer Peggy Van Horn was placed on paid administrative leave late last week, according to State Bar Presiden...
