By Cheryl Miller 05/20/2016 SACRAMENTO — Tucked into Square Inc.’s May 5 earnings report was a piece of jarring news: The company had paid $50 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Robert Morley, an electrical engineering professor …
Read MoreBehind Every Successful Startup, a Battle Over Ownership
By Heather Flick and Krista L. Baughman Trade secrets are a valuable asset in every industry, but they are frequently misunderstood by employees and left vulnerable by business owners. With the US Supreme Court’s June 2014 ruling in …
A federal judge in Oakland has dismissed a host of motions that would have fast-tracked a constitutional challenge to the use of monetary bail in San Francisco, but she allowed a Washington, D.C., group to continue a civil rights lawsuit …
Read MoreUPDATE: January 27, 2016 – Lawsuit to Reform S.F. Bail System Hits Snag — But Will Continue
A lawsuit against controversial ad tech mogul Gurbaksh ‘G’ Chahal that was dismissed in San Francisco Superior Court on Monday has been refiled in federal court, the plaintiff’s lawyer said Tuesday. Chahal was being sued by a former employee of …
Read MoreHarassment lawsuit against tech titan ‘G’ Chahal refiled in federal court
DUBLIN — Unseating the Bay Area’s only Republican lawmaker next year might not be as easy as Democrats once hoped. Assemblywoman Catharine Baker, R-Dublin, was widely considered a target when she took office last December after winning one of the …
Read MoreDems might have hard time unseating Bay Area’s only GOP lawmaker
THE California Republican Party voted on Sunday, Sept. 20 to soften its stance on immigration, responding to harsh rhetoric from current GOP presidential candidates. Republicans have been struggling to find a balance between appealing to California’s growing immigrant population and …
