Facebook, Yahoo Reach Deal In Patent Squabble; Expand Partnership
Facebook and Yahoo have reached a deal that settles their patent squabbles and expands their licensing and advertising partnership.
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Facebook and Yahoo have reached a deal that settles their patent squabbles and expands their licensing and advertising partnership.
A ban on the sale of foie gras that went into effect in California this week is being challenged in court.
The University of California, Berkeley will pay a photojournalist $162,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging campus police illegally searched his camera for photos of a student protest outside the chancellor's home.
The parents of a former University of California at Berkeley student have filed suit against a former university doctor, alleging that their son committed suicide because he had been sexually molested by the doctor.
An effort to give Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative top billing on California's November ballot has drawn a lawsuit by a rival tax campaign.
San Jose city officials have accused Santa Clara County of defying a state order to pay millions of dollars in property tax revenue that state officials ruled has been improperly withheld.
A judge is ordering Samsung Electronics Co. to halt sales of its Galaxy 10.1 tablet computer while the court considers Apple's patent infringement claims.
An African American sailing group is suing San Francisco's Golden Gate Yacht Club for the right to challenge Oracle Racing as the United States representative to the upcoming America's Cup.
There is more hope for opponents of a Rohnert Park casino following a ruling in favor of a Michigan man who is trying to block a tribal casino in that state.
A family is seeking justice more than a year after their son's remains were stolen from a $3.2 mausoleum due to an alleged security breach at a Lafayette cemetery.
According to the class action lawsuit, Blue Shield is forcing customers to either pay higher premiums or switch to a worse policy.
The Sunnyvale Town Center was proposed as a potentially vibrant retail, commercial and residential hub. But, the site has been sitting empty for the last three years.
Some Sonoma County residents are taking legal action to block the construction of a major Indian casino just outside Rohnert Park.
Retail giant Costco will pay $3.6 million for alleged environmental violations under a settlement with the district attorneys of more than two dozen California counties.
A group of shareholders have filed a lawsuit against Facebook, its executives and Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter of the social networking firm's initial public offering last week.
Six sisters who for years were sexually abused by their father with their mother's help are suing government officials for failing to properly investigate their ordeal.
Lawyers representing seven California schoolchildren have filed a lawsuit against the state seeking to overturn statutes that govern teacher employment, including seniority-based layoffs.
A victims' rights group is seeking to remove from the November ballot a measure that would abolish the death penalty.
BMW North America has probably had to deal with plenty of unusual lawsuits, but one filed last week may be a first — a San Francisco man says the seat on his motorcycle has given him an erection he just can't shake.
A former senior Department of Justice lawyer who wrote the so-called "torture memos" authorizing harsh treatment of suspected terrorists is protected from lawsuits, according to an appeals court ruling.
The federal case in San Francisco centers on Oracle's allegations that Google's popular Android software for mobile devices relies on technology stolen from Java. That's a programming platform that Oracle Corp. acquired in 2010 as part of its $7.3 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
The parents of a Peninsula high school sophomore are suing the school district for kicking the teenager out of an honors class because he cheated.
The owners and operators of a container ship that slammed into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in 2007 are suing pharmacists who they say dispensed drugs to the pilot of the Cosco Busan.
A Contra Costa County Superior Court jury in Martinez Tuesday cleared Richmond Police Chief Chris Magnus of racial bias allegations in a civil lawsuit filed by seven senior African-American officers.
Keith Olbermann claims his former bosses at Current TV owe him more than $50 million and ran an unprofessional show fraught with technical problems.
