Criminal
Former San Ramon attorney pleads guilty to tax evasion, eavesdropping
By Saul Sugarman
A former San Ramon family law attorney pleaded guilty Friday in the Northern District of California to several counts of tax e...
Law Practice
Two San Diego attorneys to open Idaho firm's West Coast outpost
By Kylie Reynolds
Business law firm Evans Keane LLP will open an office in Carlsbad - the firm's first expansion out of Idaho - next month with ...
Litigation
Electronic Arts to pay $40 million to college athletes in settlement
By Hadley Robinson
EA will pay $40 million to current and former student-athletes who claim the video game maker violated publicity right laws by...
Law Practice
Riverside's top lawyer gets League of California Cities post
By Katie Lucia
The League of California Cities has elected Riverside City Attorney Gregory P. Priamos president of its city attorney division...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit OKs class action for wage and hour violations
By Emily Green
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is allowing workers at a private security company to move forward with a class action ag...
The victory shows the growing power of worker centers, or nonunion groups that battle for workers without using traditional co...
International regulation of U.S. business practices has become - and will continue to be - the norm, not the exception. By Bil...
Law Practice
Rise of internal investigations creating crowded marketplace
By Henry Meier
With the rise of full-service investigative outfits like Kroll , FTI Consulting Inc., Stroz Friedberg and others, some attorne...
Transportation
Omnibus case against California's high speed rail project moves forward
By Paul Jones
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation, Kings County want judge to halt issuance ...
SB 568 goes into effect Jan. 1, 2015, and how well it will be implemented is anyone's guess. By Roxanne Moin ...
Louis R. Hanoian fondly recalls arguing - and winning - a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Barbara J.R. Jones Appellate justice Barbara J.R. Jones relishes tough cases, and also is praised for her even temper.
Justice Gilbert Nares, known for his affability, asks often-pivotal questions at oral argument.
A recent settlement in Minnesota may signal the end of one tactic employed by some so-called trolls. By Matthew S. Jorgenson ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
The advantages of moving first in a mediation
By Ben Armisteadn
Most people believe that they gain insight into the other side's bargaining position by moving second. But research belies thi...
The attorney filed tax returns showing he earned over $1.5 million during 2000-03 but paid nothing, and hid his bank accounts ...
Litigation
Setback for plaintiffs in bellwether Toyota acceleration trial
By Omar Shamout
Days away from handing the $20 million lawsuit to a jury, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lee Smalley Edmon dealt a bl...
Community News
Family law nonprofit lauds judge at record-setting fundraiser
By Ben Adlin
More than 400 guests attended the Stand for Justice Gala, an annual fundraiser for the Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center, a...
The San Diego chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, California Western School of Law and Thomas Jefferson School of...
Deans from half a dozen Southern California law schools offered insights into current legal education controversies at a dinne...
The founders of Irvine's Boutwell Fay LLP didn't set out to be a women-only firm, but it sort of happened that way. ...
A San Francisco judge has awarded Facebook Inc. $3 million in damages in its unfair competition lawsuit against Power Ventures...
Intellectual Property
FTC could take action against patent holding companies, former chairman says
By Kevin Lee
While Congress considers a slate of proposals aimed at curbing frivolous patent litigation, the Federal Trade Commission is al...
Corporate
Facebook hires Gibson Dunn litigator as deputy general counsel
By David Ruiz
Facebook Inc. hired Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner and privacy guru S. Ashlie Beringer to fill the deputy general cou...
Saldana is one of a handful of women mediators in the Central Valley. She is a self-described pragmatist, whipping out lines l...
The Women Lawyers of Alameda County hosted their annual judges' dinner on Wednesday night at the UC Berkeley Faculty Club. The...
Litigation
State officials complain that judges are prescribing policy
By Hamed Aleazizn
In a U.S. Supreme Court filing, state officials this week slammed a recent order by a three-judge panel preventing California ...
Plaintiffs accusing Google Inc. of illegally intercepting users' private emails can proceed on most of their claims, a federal...