In an unusual move, the Federal Circuit issued a sua sponte order to rehear a case regarding the denial of a trademark applica...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Kythera Biopharmaceuticals taps Latham for $2.1B sale to Allergan
By Jason Pafundin
The deal comes as Kythera was preparing to launch its FDA-approved facial aesthetics drug. ...
Government
AT&T hit with Federal Communications Commission net neutrality fine
By Saul Sugarman
A $100 million fine slapped on AT&T Inc. for data throttling could strengthen the Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit again...
Litigation
In tentative ruling, judge orders Pao to pay some of Kleiner Perkins' costs
By Phil Johnson
San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Harold E. Kahn tentatively awarded less than half the court costs sought by Kleiner ...
California Courts of Appeal
Panel reverses verdict over attorney misconduct and reports lawyer to State Bar
By Don Debenedictisn
Even after objections were sustained, the CalTrans attorney asked the same questions again and again. Her behavior was "unques...
The Menlo Park-based research institution announced Tuesday the appointment of John P. McIntire as general counsel. McIntire s...
The number of global cross-industry transactions between entertainment, media and technology companies are on the rise and lik...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit revives suit against Chrysler over alleged design flaw
By John Roemer
A little-known alleged design fault that lets autos slip out of park and into powered reverse could rev up a new round of prod...
Litigation
Class sues State Farm for manipulating homeowners with water damage
By Philip Johnsonn
A putative class action accuses State Farm, the nation's largest property insurer, of willfully directing homeowners to substa...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court orders environmental review of Riverside County land swap
By Fiona Smith
An appellate court ruled Wednesday that a deal to swap one piece of land for another as part of an effort to protect endangere...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Nearly a year after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision, federal judges are regularly stripping software and computer-imple...
Two cases came down in California last week, one in state court, and one in federal court, each comprising an additional segme...
A putative class action against Perkins Coie LLP will rekindle claims by a former attorney that the firm made illegal deductio...
Government
Funding for 12 new judges nixed from Brown's final budget
By Joshua Seboldn
Governor Jerry Brown dashed the Judicial Council's hopes of adding new judges in the upcoming fiscal year. The legislature sen...
Litigation
Skadden misconduct disqualifies firm from insider-trading case, U.S. attorneys claim
By Don Debenedictisn
Law firm's attorneys put criminal case at risk by making "serial misrepresentations" over several years to hide conflicts, pro...
Law Practice
Former assemblyman named LA's new deputy mayor for public safety
By Melanie Brisbon
Attorney and former assemblyman Jeffrey F. Gorell will be the new deputy mayor of Los Angeles for homeland security and p...
California Courts of Appeal
Commission fine against PG&E survives appeal
By Banks Albachn
The 1st District Court of Appeal on Tuesday upheld a $14.3 million fine on Pacific Gas and Electric Co. levied by the Public U...
Government
Supreme Court weighs in on transparency for visa applications
By Melanie Brisbon
A U.S. Supreme Court decision that visa denials are not subject to judicial review has wide-ranging implications on immigratio...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit appears likely to approve limits on gun owners' 'concealed carry' rights
By John Roemer
In a Second Amendment showdown, a federal en banc panel here appeared persuaded Tuesday that state and local governments have ...
A judge's noncompulsory ruling that Gov. Jerry Brown improperly raided $331 million from a fund set up to help homeowners avoi...
A semi-retired Irell & Manella partner sat on the stand under oath while his estranged wife asked about his stock transact...
Consumer Watchdog received 9 percent of its request after a federal judge likened their input to objectors rather than meaning...
Understanding the subtleties of every case is important to LA Superior Court Judge Frederick Rotenberg.
California Supreme Court
High court greenlights city’s housing mandates
By John Roemer
In a ruling that promotes affordable housing in an era of skyrocketing home prices, the state Supreme Court on Monday agreed t...
Senior Vice President, General Counsel of Zendesk Inc. San Francisco ...
Perspective
Some civil litigants should be dying to get to probate court
By Ben Armisteadn
Although a certain procedure is most often invoked when a trust or estate brings such an action against a beneficiary - its us...
Commentary on the recent Zivotofsky case misses the crux of the issue. It was about the ability of an American to claim...
Auto industry software maker Dealertrack Technologies Inc. relied on a San Francisco and New York team of O'Melveny & Myer...
Ryland Group's tieup with Standard Pacific Corp., which involves a host of board-level and C-suite reshuffling, is expected to...