Mergers & Acquisitions
Fenwick, Wilson, Goodwin take roles in $1 billion Ebates sale
By Salvador Mares
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. tapped Fenwick & West LLP to handle its all-cash acquisition of San Francisco-based...
A recent decision finding FedEx employees to be employees contradicts numerous other cases holding the opposite. It also "unra...
Public Interest
ACLU veteran drawn by Public Counsel's economic justice push
By John Roemer
It was the lure of a fresh economic justice advocacy model and maybe the appeal of a larger firm that drew Mark D. Rosenbaum a...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate panel sides with state on seawall limits
By Fiona Smith
A state appellate court has handed a victory to the Coastal Commission in a dispute over whether it can impose time limits on ...
Richard A. Kramer is known for not being afraid to hand down rulings that ruffle feathers.
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The increasingly popular Immigrant Investor Program has hit a speed bump, potentially derailing momentum built up over the las...
Labor/Employment
State Supreme Court gets it right in Domino's case
By Katharine Malonen
Had the court allowed the case to go to trial, every franchisor doing business in California would have had shifted to it unli...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Disney, Deadmau5 battle over mouse ears
If you had to pick the most famous trademark in the entire world, what would it be? For millions - if not billions - of human ...
Online lodging service Airbnb Inc. has been slapped with a proposed class action in San Francisco County Superior Court, alleg...
Government
New Central District federal public defender is office No. 2: sources
By Henry Meier
Sources confirmed this week that Hilary L. Potashner, the current chief deputy federal public defender here, will succeed Sea...
Government
Noted Riverside father and son defense duo adjust to new roles
By Vik Jolly
For years, father and son Steven and Christopher Harmon cultivated one of the best known criminal defense practices in the Inl...
Law Practice
D.C. Circuit ruling protects attorney-client privilege in-house
By Alison Frost
Now general counsel in California are wondering how the ruling might be applied in their territory someday. ...
Solo and Small Firms
Former Quinn Emanuel lawyers hope small size helps
By Melanie Brisbon
Phyllis Kupferstein, one of the founders litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, hopes her new boutiq...
Real Estate/Development
Big box closures cause conundrum for real estate lawyers
By Alex Shively
As economic factors and consumer choices spell doom for many big box locations, landlords and lawyers must consider carving up...
Government
Shasta County satellite courthouse to close as cutbacks continue around the state
By Saul Sugarman
Residents of Shasta County will see their last satellite courthouse close this month, leaving just a main facility in Redding ...
Defense attorneys typically fight to hold ground in California's Legislature. But this session they surprised some observers ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Retired NFL players hope to keep alive class action against video game maker
By John Roemer
A 9th Circuit panel will consider Electronic Arts' claim that the players are out of luck because their case runs afoul of Cal...
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. ...