Litigation
Attorneys spar in closing arguments in construction defect suit over attorney's home
By Matt Hamilton
In closing arguments in a defect trial, Fred Adelman's attorney contended moisture under the home coupled with a flawed air du...
UC Hastings hosts minority bar group's awards event ...
A Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC information technology employee has pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to ins...
California Courts of Appeal
Securities fraud claims lose out in appellate ruling
By John Roemer
Online retailer Overstock.com and seven investors were mostly out of luck Thursday as a state appellate panel largely affirmed...
Recent changes to elder abuse laws created a rare scenario: a practice area in high demand, with a viable financial model for ...
Litigation
State attorney general joins whistleblower suit against BP for inflating prices
By Saul Sugarman
Attorney General Kamala Harris has joined a lawsuit against BP Plc, alleging in San Francisco County Superior Court that the o...
Before the tenure of departing Attorney General Eric Holder, the use of wiretaps was generally relegated, as if by gentlemen's...
Litigation
Opting out is yielding mixed results for corporations, attorneys say
By Hadley Robinson
Attorneys are closely watching the verdicts rolling in from the few opt-out cases that have gone to trial as they decide wheth...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Joseph L. Dunn will no longer be the executive director of the State Bar, the bar Board of Trustees announced Thursday. ...
Government
Top New York prosecutor defends plea bargains, case poaching
By Henry Meier
Preet Bharara, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, defended the common use of plea bargains in criminal courts this week,...
Perspective
Paid sick leave may be the death knell for paid time off
By Ben Armisteadn
In 2015, California will become the second state in the nation to require employers to provide paid sick leave. How does paid ...
Recently, 37 antitrust and economics professors submitted a letter urging the FCCommission and the Department of Justice to bl...
Ironically, while the Department of Homeland Security continues to push its "see something, say something" campaign, the gover...
Litigation
Mayer Brown LLP wins case against daughter of Hong Kong magnate
By Melanie Brisbon
After four years of litigation, Mayer Brown won a summary judgment ordering the daughter of prominent Hong Kong property devel...
General Counsel of Social Finance Inc. ...
California Courts of Appeal
Former State Bar president Jon Streeter appointed to state appeals court
By Emily Green
Gov. Jerry Brown appointed three to the state appellate courts in San Francisco and Fresno on Wednesday, including former Stat...
Government
Obama nominates Sacramento magistrate to vacant spot on federal bench
By Hadley Robinson
Just short of three years since a vacancy on the Eastern District of California court was announced, President Obama Wednesday...
DHL Express (USA) Inc. and its legal team at Dechert LLP favorably resolved a patent case pursued by a non-practicing patent h...
Community News
Littler lawyer Rechtschaffen inducted into law practice group
By John Michael
Littler lawyer Rechtschaffen inducted into law practice group ...
Gov. Jerry Brown appointed 12 new judges to state superior courts on Wednesday, including six in Los Angeles County. ...
Immigration
American Bar Association launches website for immigrant children
By Kibkabe Arayan
The association will host resources online for attorneys interested in representing unaccompanied immigrant minors. ...
Environmental
Environmentalists launch new attack against state to rein in fracking
By Fiona Smith
The state should have conducted an environmental review of more than 200 drilling permits near Bakersfield, claim the Sierra C...
Corporate
Quartet of Silicon Valley firms handles IPOs for Hortonworks, New Relic
By Salvador Mares
Enterprise software companies tap Goodwin, Sullivan, Cooley and Fenwick for $100 million initial public offerings ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit to reconsider anti-Islamic film case
By John Roemer
A controversial 9th Circuit ruling that an actress held an independent copyright interest in an anti-Islamic film, "Innocence ...
Latham involved in All Stars project ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Undaunted by voter rejection, some leading plaintiff's lawyers want a new MICRA bid
By John Roemer
Several former presidents of the state's tort lawyers bar, undaunted by a voter shellacking of an initiative to raise the medi...
In a sparse statement Thursday, the California Bar announced it had fired Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn. Almost immediatel...
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
Who owns the moon? At a more basic level: Who decides who owns the moon and who enforces that decision? By Maria-Vittoria "Giu...