Labor/Employment
JetBlue flight attendants say they worked hours for no pay
By Matthew Blaken
One of the lone nonunionized groups of flight attendants is alleging wage and hour violations in putative class action. ...
Entertainment & Sports
Fox Rothschild adds two entertainment partners
By America Hernandez
David Aronoff and Lincoln Bandlow, former partners at Lathrop & Gage, will join the firm's First Amendment and media defen...
U.S. Supreme Court
Chinese-American lawyer posthumously admitted to California bar
By Don Debenedictisn
Although Hong Yen Chang died in 1926, the court ruled to admit him, saying it was acting to right "a grievous wrong" from "a s...
The amended $11.2 billion cash agreement to buy Salix forced Endo this week to pull its unsolicited offer of $11 billion in bo...
General Counsel of Covered California Sacramento ...
Litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has tasked its associates and counsel with getting involved in at ...
California Supreme Court
State high court to ponder whether entire county bench must be recused
By John Roemer
The state Supreme Court is considering whether to disqualify the entire Monterey County Superior Court bench from involvement ...
In making the switch from bar to bench, Judge Cynthia Sevely has found ways to keep moving.
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Litigation
Diocese of Sacramento settles whistleblower case with former teacher
By Joshua Seboldn
A Catholic school agrees to pay a former teacher $4 million after a jury found that he was wrongfully terminated after blowing...
Environmental
As oil boom hits North America, proposed Bay Area refinery upgrade under attack
By Fiona Smith
Environmentalists sue Contra Costa County claiming it failed to analyze the environmental impacts of a Phillips 66 refinery pr...
A recent column missed one additional problem with designating a decision as nonprecedential: the practice is entirely unconst...
Letter to the Editor
LETTER: Mandatory minimums column lacks specifics
By Ben Armisteadn
A recent column asserts that "tough on crime" safety measures are "little more than poorly thought through efforts to pad the ...
I understand Anthony Caso is a professor of law. And so I expect him to know the difference between a ruling that "something c...
It was disappointing albeit not surprising to see Ventura County District Attorney Greg Totten's factual, analytical and irref...
Starting May 26, the USCIS will begin to accept applications to issue employment authorization documents to some spouses of fo...
Can a police officer's reasonable mistake of law provide proper suspicion under the Fourth Amendment to make an investigatory ...
Federal legislation was recently introduced to rein in abuses of civil asset forfeiture. By Pio S. Kim ...
Corporate
Hewlett-Packard wins preliminary approval for shareholder lawsuit over Autonomy deal
By Laura Hautalan
Judge Charles R. Breyer granted preliminary approval Friday to a settlement in the shareholder lawsuit that resulted from Hewl...
Litigation
Plaintiffs accuse company of breach of unilateral contract
By Melanie Brisbon
Lyft Inc., a peer to peer ride sharing company, faces a class action lawsuit where plaintiffs allege that the company promised...
Government
Potential legalization of marijuana proves to be a maze for Native American tribes
By Kibkabe Arayan
In response to the possibility that some states could allow voters to legalize recreational marijuana in 2016, Native American...
Intellectual Property
Pipe patent case may lead to clarity on attorney fees
By Kevin Lee
A patent infringement case could shed light on how much litigation misconduct would be sufficient to justify a shift in legal ...
In light of accusations by its fired director and a backlog of discipline cases, lawmakers late last week told Bar trustees th...
Litigation
Pao peppered by dozens of jury questions in discrimination trial
By Saul Sugarman
On Friday, some questions suggested that, while Pao may have struggled at the firm, there were factors in her control that mig...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Trans fats false advertising case can go forward, 9th Circuit says
By Laura Hautalan
A customer who bought a vegetable oil spread for its health benefits can go forward with lawsuit against a Johnson & Johns...
Orange County Judge Gary Moorhead strives to keep his juvenile dependency courtroom comfortable.
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Fred W. Slaughter is relentlessly upbeat about his work.
Labor/Employment
Judge slams Uber legal argument and sends misclassification suit to jury
By Matthew Blaken
Two San Francisco judges on Wednesday denied motions by Uber and Lyft in employee misclassification suits, each sending the di...