Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has opened its second office in China, snagging five attorneys from Paul Hastings LLP's Be...
California Courts of Appeal
Court: Employers must reimburse workers for work-related cellphone calls
By Emily Green
When employees use their personal cellphones for work-related calls, employers must reimburse them regardless of whether the w...
Litigation
Instruction for non-English speakers inadequate, judge rules
By Saul Sugarman
California students who are not fluent in English prevailed Tuesday in their lawsuit that accuses state education officials of...
A unanimous 9th Circuit panel rules that the EPA wrongly applied outdated air quality standards to a proposed Central Valley f...
Government
Consecutive drop in lawsuit filings could indicate court access difficulties
By Paul Jones
The number of small lawsuits filed in California dropped for the third straight year in 2013, according to the state judicial...
Cooley LLP on Tuesday filed suit against the Department of Justice on behalf of immigration judge A. Ashley Tabaddor, challeng...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Lawyer gets brushback pitch from 9th Circuit panel in baseball antitrust case
By John Roemer
Like rival aces flinging heat, Joe Cotchett and John Keker threw their best pitches as they dueled over baseball's antitrust e...
Labor/Employment
Brinker class action settlement only guarantees 40 percent of the money
By Craig Andersonn
A recent settlement of a class action between restaurant workers and the Brinker Restaurant Corp. allots $32.3 million to clas...
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Loeb & Loeb lawyer relies on rare legal maneuver to help seal Clippers sale
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