Civil
Woman Mistakenly Put on 'No-Fly' List Can Sue, Appellate Panel Rules
SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Wednesday revived a suit by a Stanford University Ph.D. student from Malaysia who claims she was mistakenly put on the federal...
FTC Sued over Google's Privacy Changes
The Electronic Privacy Information Center said the search giant's plans to streamline privacy settings for 60 different services and products would violate a consent order.
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Solicitor General Backs Pharma Sales Reps on Overtime Pay
Two months before the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether pharmaceutical sales representatives are entitled to overtime pay, plaintiff lawyers who brought class wage-and-hour claims against...
Oracle Gambles on Retrial in SAP Copyright Infringement Case
After a federal judge slashed Oracle Corp.'s record $1.3 billion copyright infringement verdict against SAP five months ago, Oracle and its lawyers faced the litigation equivalent of being...
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Patent Merchant Ocean Tomo Accuses Former Executive of Trade Secret Theft
SAN FRANCISCO — Patent merchant Ocean Tomo is suing a former managing director for the alleged theft of trade secrets and confidential client information. Ocean Tomo hired Steve Lee in July...
Prop 8 Merits Ruling Will Be Issued Tuesday
S.F.'s Therese Stewart and others backing same-sex marriage are optimistic.
Divorcee Slapped With Record-Setting $552K Sanction in Custody Case
SACRAMENTO — The Sixth District Court of Appeal has upheld record-setting sanctions of more than $552,000 levied against a divorcee involved in a nasty custody battle with her ex-husband. The...
CNN Doesn't Get Far in Fight Against Closed Captioning
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal magistrate judge seemed to agree with disability advocates that forcing CNN to provide closed captioning on its Internet videos doesn't violate the First Amendment....
9th Circuit Countermands Order to Unseal Prop 8 Video
Judge Stephen Reinhardt said a federal judge "abused his discretion" by ordering the release of video of the trial over the same-sex marriage ban.
9th Circuit Rejects Housing Discrimination Claims against Roommates.com
Roommates.com may never beat the popularity of Craigslist among newly graduated 20-somethings looking for someone to split the rent. But on Thursday the website scored a big legal victory when the...
Courts News
- Judicial Watchdog Scolds PJ for Canceling Court Reporter
- S.F. Law Library to Close Financial District Branch
- Capital Accounts: How AB 1208 Could Thread Senate Needle
- 9th Circuit Countermands Order to Unseal Prop 8 Video
- Brown Names Pair of Criminal Defense Lawyers to Bay Area Benches
Criminal
- S.F. Defender in Trouble over Moonlighting In Civil Trial
- Circuit Reverses Alsup in Joint Defense Privilege Fight
- S.F. Touts Successes of Drug Court Program
- S.F. Assistant DA and Her Husband Booked on Domestic Violence Charges
- UCLA Chemistry Professor Lawyers up Following Lab Assistant's Death
Government & Policy
- Effort to Boost Hiring of Disabled Blasted as 'Overkill'
- Last Minute Arm-Twisting Gets AB 1208 Through the Assembly
- Justices Opt for Commission's Voter Maps Despite Challenge
- 'Green Chemistry' Law Has Lawyers, Industry on Alert
- Capital Accounts: A Familiar Face in the Mix for Top AOC Job
In-House
- Cooley Partner Taking GC Job at Jazz Pharmaceuticals
- Google Brings in Juniper Lawyer to Handle Patent Strategy
- HP Replacing Its Top Lawyer
- Marin Software Hires First GC
- McAfee Defeats Ex-GC's Malicious Prosecution Claim
Law Firms
- Head of Wilson Sonsini's China Practice Jumps to Venture Firm
- DLA Piper Loses Six Real Estate Attorneys to Seyfarth Shaw in L.A.
- Ropes & Gray Reps Tria Beauty in IPO
- Weathering the Storm
- Polsinelli Picks Off Rutter Hobbs Partner as Firm Disintegrates
People
- Head of Wilson Sonsini's China Practice Jumps to Venture Firm
- Kathleen Kelly
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