Gillin, Jacobson, Ellis, Larsen & Lucey reached a $20.4 million settlement with the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District ...

The 9th Circuit recently imposed long-overdue limits on the use of gang injunctions. By Erwin Chemerinsky ...

California's bustling biotechnology industry saw another multi-billion dollar deal last week with the announcement of San Dieg...

For almost exactly one year — from April 2006 until March 29, 2007 — Lynch was the driving force behind a marijuana operation ...

Riverside criminal judge Elisabeth Sichel is a people pleaser known for her courtroom hospitality.

Los Angeles County (Compton) ...

Irma E. Gonzalez is the second federal judge from the Southern District ever to take on a role as a neutral, having started on...

Irma E. Gonzalez is one of the rare federal judges from the Southern District to take on a role as a neutral, having started o...

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.

Judge Gary Nadler frequently starts his hearings with a speech to litigants, attorneys or jurors.

Often issues from years past become magnifi ed, clouding the pressing legal issues. By Joan B. Kessler ...

A new decision provides guidance on what actions public agencies must take in adoption property-related fees. By Kelly J. Salt...

Richard A. Shaw, an attorney at Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP in San Diego, received the San Diego County Bar Association's fi...

The nonprofit California Rural Legal Assistance Inc. hosted its annual fundraiser, "San Francisco Fiesta," on Nov. 5 at the Pu...

Southwestern Law School celebrated the arrival of a new dean and the opening of its first on-campus student housing at a recep...

At the 66th annual Supreme Court luncheon on Oct. 29, hosted by the Lawyers Club of San Francisco, San Francisco Public Defend...

ADR Services Inc. San Diego ...

Officer told jurors that "nothing was really adding up" as he investigated attorney Kent Easter's report that a school volunte...

Legal marketing specialists gathered at Hotel Nikko in San Francisco on Oct. 28 for the 2013 Legal Marketing Technology Confer...

San Francisco firm Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP - home to seven attorneys - has mastered a legal speciality dominated by sole...

Robert C. Funsten is the second partner to join the firm's Irvine office since it set up shop on the West Coast in April by me...

Reacting to a report that 2,000 eligible inmates are still awaiting a hearing, the state Supreme Court chief justice is offeri...

Shapell Industries Inc. tapped attorneys in the firm's Los Angeles office for the sale of its home building business to Toll B...

The 4th annual Western M&A Forum, held Nov. 6 at the Techmart conference center in Santa Clara, brought together analysts ...

New York-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC announced Thursday that its newest general counsel hails from the Los An...

Berkeley-based nonprofit Disability Rights Advocates on Thursday scored a big victory in federal court for nearly 1 million pe...

The federal appellate panel ruled Thursday that more government safety studies are needed on the application of minute silver ...

The court is stepping into a development battle in which residents claim city of Orange officials flouted land use law and ign...

Many attorneys leave themselves open to disputes by failing to take the time to properly discuss the terms of service with cli...

A judge will hear arguments Friday on why he should order the rail authority to halt work on the train until it can show that ...