Ram & Olson recently won an important victory for some of its newspaper clients when Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Barry Baskin ruled on July 2 that the public has a right to know the names and pension amounts of retired public employees. Karl Olson represented the California Newspaper Publishers Association, the Los Angeles Times, and the Contra Costa Times in the closely-watched case. The victory builds on the firm's triumph in a 2007 California Supreme Court case holding that the names and salaries of public employees are public information. Karl Olson of the firm represented the Contra Costa Times in that case.