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Labor/Employment


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

Mar. 18, 2015
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


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...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Valeant beats Endo with new offer to Salix

Mar. 18, 2015
By Banks Albachn

The amended $11.2 billion cash agreement to buy Salix forced Endo this week to pull its unsolicited offer of $11 billion in bo...


Corporate Counsel


Kathleen M. Keeshen

Mar. 18, 2015
By Alison Frost

General Counsel of Covered California Sacramento ...


Litigation


Associates to have role in firm marketing

Mar. 18, 2015
By Melanie Brisbon

Litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has tasked its associates and counsel with getting involved in at ...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court is considering whether to disqualify the entire Monterey County Superior Court bench from involvement ...


Judicial Profile


Cynthia A. Sevely

Mar. 18, 2015
By Kevin Lee

In making the switch from bar to bench, Judge Cynthia Sevely has found ways to keep moving.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Mar. 17, 2015
By Jason Pafundin

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.


A Catholic school agrees to pay a former teacher $4 million after a jury found that he was wrongfully terminated after blowing...



Environmentalists sue Contra Costa County claiming it failed to analyze the environmental impacts of a Phillips 66 refinery pr...


Perspective


A recent column missed one additional problem with designating a decision as nonprecedential: the practice is entirely unconst...


Letter to the Editor


A recent column asserts that "tough on crime" safety measures are "little more than poorly thought through efforts to pad the ...


Perspective


I understand Anthony Caso is a professor of law. And so I expect him to know the difference between a ruling that "something c...


Letter to the Editor


LETTER: Distinguish 'error' from 'misconduct'

Mar. 17, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

It was disappointing albeit not surprising to see Ventura County District Attorney Greg Totten's factual, analytical and irref...


Perspective


Starting May 26, the USCIS will begin to accept applications to issue employment authorization documents to some spouses of fo...


Criminal


Can a police officer's reasonable mistake of law provide proper suspicion under the Fourth Amendment to make an investigatory ...


Criminal


The demise of civil asset forfeiture?

Mar. 17, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Federal legislation was recently introduced to rein in abuses of civil asset forfeiture. By Pio S. Kim ...


Judge Charles R. Breyer granted preliminary approval Friday to a settlement in the shareholder lawsuit that resulted from Hewl...


Litigation


Lyft Inc., a peer to peer ride sharing company, faces a class action lawsuit where plaintiffs allege that the company promised...


In response to the possibility that some states could allow voters to legalize recreational marijuana in 2016, Native American...


Intellectual Property


A patent infringement case could shed light on how much litigation misconduct would be sufficient to justify a shift in legal ...


Administrative/Regulatory


In light of accusations by its fired director and a backlog of discipline cases, lawmakers late last week told Bar trustees th...


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


A customer who bought a vegetable oil spread for its health benefits can go forward with lawsuit against a Johnson & Johns...


Judicial Profile


Gary Moorhead

Mar. 17, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Orange County Judge Gary Moorhead strives to keep his juvenile dependency courtroom comfortable.


Firm Watch


On the Move

Mar. 16, 2015
By Melanie Brisbonn

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.


Judicial Profile


Fred W. Slaughter

Mar. 16, 2015
By Henry Meier

Orange County Superior Court Judge Fred W. Slaughter is relentlessly upbeat about his work.


Labor/Employment


Two San Francisco judges on Wednesday denied motions by Uber and Lyft in employee misclassification suits, each sending the di...