State Bar & Bar Associations
SF Bar Association buys building for Homeless Advocacy Project
By Saul Sugarman
Priced out of their former location in the Mid-Market district, the $2 million purchase will help house HAP's 15 full-time sta...
Here is a list of California State and federal judges who were appointed or elected, or who retired or died in 2014. ...
California tax credit legislation plus new sources of outside investment made it one of the better recent years for lawyers wh...
Judge Joseph C. Scott received a public admonishment from the Commission on Judicial Performance following his September convi...
California Courts of Appeal
Little-noticed opinion a big boon for indigent litigants
By Don Debenedictisn
The ruling is the first to interpret a 2009 statute that says poor litigants asking to avoid paying court costs and fees only ...
Obituaries
Veteran 3rd Circuit judge who lived in Santa Barbara dies at 95
By John Roemer
Ruggero J. Aldisert, a President Lyndon Johnson appointee to the 3rd Circuit who decades ago moved to Santa Barbara for his he...
The advent of local minimum wage ordinances in Oakland, San Diego and Los Angeles represents one of the biggest union successe...
Environmental
Renewable energy shows maturity in 2014 as new investment structures gain ground
By Fiona Smith
Solar and wind projects were on the rise in the U.S. this year and the pool of investors pouring money into the sector balloon...
Immigration
Attorneys help secure special immigrant visa for Afghani translator
By Melanie Brisbon
Michael J. Stephan, an associate at Irell & Manella, aided Shah Muhammadi, who traveled with the U.S. Army for years, with...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Another 'Pom' Juice Could Confuse Consumers, 9th Circuit Says
By Hadley Robinson
A panel found the district court considered the differences more than the similarities between the two pomegranate drinks, err...
Running around on a field, throwing a plastic disc and catching it acrobatically? Those aren't typically associated with the l...
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Recent cases from California and Delaware tell us that a shareholder's filing a derivative action without first complying with...
California's recent adoption of SOPIPA makes it the first state to pass a law that aims to comprehensively address the privacy...
Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Bet Tzedek attorney Kevin Kish as director of the Department of Fair Employment and Housing on Mond...
Education
Law schools shrank more in 2014 but also tried new ways to teach
By Riley Guerin
Law school enrollment fell further in 2014. The ABA and the State Bar imposed new requirements. Some schools almost closed. Bu...
Environmental
Drought spurs new court rulings, legislation governing state water rights
By Fiona Smith
Cities, farmers and environmentalists have also been focusing on the state Legislature and the courts as the drought has spawn...
Judges and Judiciary
Tulare County judge faces discipline for trying to be clerk's 'special friend'
By Don Debenedictisn
The state Commission on Judicial Performance is formally investigating Judge Valeriano Saucedo over giving cash and a car and ...
Entertainment & Sports
North Korea and Raging Bulls: The year in entertainment litigation
By Matthew Blaken
2014 brought a massive data breach of a major motion picture studio and watershed copyright rulings for the television and mus...
After a $40 million settlement with the FTC over false advertising, Skechers faces new claims alleging sneaker injuries. ...
On Dec. 8, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced plans to limit the economic disaster, personal injuries and loss of life ...
Public Interest
Elderly widow to recover $150,000 thanks to Katten lawyers
By Melanie Brisbon
An 88-year-old woman suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's will recover nearly $150,000, thanks to attorneys at Katten Muchi...
California Courts of Appeal
Coblentz Patch loses appeal of San Francisco's partnership distribution tax
By Joshua Seboldn
San Francisco law firms hoping to dodge increased taxes from a 2008 voter proposition suffered a defeat when the 1st District ...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
They say two of the biggest cowboy lies are, "I own that truck and I won that buckle." Gregory L. Dillon - a lawyer by trade a...
Although California presents opportunity, it also presents an often unique set of employment risk propositions, which are ofte...
California has 40 percent of the nation's ADA lawsuits, but only 12 percent of the country's disabled population. By Katherine...
This year, while the Supreme Court was expanding false advertising access to the Lanham Act, the circuit courts were busy maki...
As the year comes to a close, it's increasingly clear that the future of communications - whether business or consumer voice, ...
Facebook Inc. must face a lawsuit accusing it of scanning users' private messages for advertising purposes in violation of fed...