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Top 10 Cities with Great Quality of Life and Law Firm Presence

Summary: What are the best places to live that also have big and medium-sized law firms? In 2015, the population of Denver,…

Top 10 Law Schools Based on Social Life Ranking

Summary: Graduateprograms.com surveyed students to find the top law schools that provide the best social environments.  To name a law…

Family Sues San Francisco and Immigration Departments

Summary: The family of a woman killed by an illegal immigrant with a lengthy criminal record is suing the city…

Lyft Settles Class Action Lawsuit for $12.25 Million

Summary: Transportation app, Lyft, has settled a worker misclassification class action lawsuit for $12.25 million. Lyft settled a class action…

Former U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag Joins Orrick

Summary: Former U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag is returning to her previous law firm, Orrick. The top law enforcement official in…

Buchalter Nemer Adds Shareholder to San Francisco

Summary: Dylan Wiseman has left Littler Mendelson to join the office of Buchalter Nemer  is San Francisco as a Shareholder.…

In Vitro Fertilization Agreements Are Binding

Summary: A San Francisco Judge has ruled that the agreement between a formerly married couple is legal, preventing one spouse…

Ellen Pao Drops Discrimination Case against Kleiner Perkins

Summary: After a year of battling against her former employer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers for discrimination and retaliation because…

Perkins Coie Moves to New Location in San Francisco

Summary: Perkins Coie will be taking over the top floors of the Foundry III building in fast growing South of…

Tentative Settlement Reached with Uber for Family of Killed Girl

Summary: An Uber driver hit a 6-year-old girl in a crosswalk, leaving her dead and her family trying to put…

Uber Trying to Become an E-Commerce Company

Summary: Uber has been facing an uphill climb of legal issues as the technology company spreads it services to other…

Uber’s San Francisco Drivers Are Employees

Summary: Uber’s new struggle of classifying their drivers as employees that are entitled to the same benefits as normal employees…