NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RECORD

LOS ANGELES -- Comcast and the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) are set to square off before the before the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, about whether or not Comcast controlled the shopping network QVC in the late 1990s.

SANTA CLARA – The High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University’s School of Law welcomes Silicon Valley veteran attorney Tom Lavelle as its new managing director.

SAN FRANCISCO – A three-judge panel from the California Court of Appeal overturned a lower court ruling in Vergara v. California last week in a decision that further fans the flames around the national discourse over teacher tenure.