The Southeast Asian island is an attractive site to centralize a company's Asia operations, according to speakers on a global ...

A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.

With two proposals before the American Bar Association that could alter the academic tenure system, more than 500 law school p...

Currently, lawyers' reputation for ethics and honesty lies somewhere between ax murderers and sea plankton. By Bradley I. Kram...

Karyn Smith has landed at San Francisco-based Peek, Aren't You Curious Inc., after leaving her previous post in August. ...

Last week, CalPERS challenged a judge's ruling finding the city eligible for bankruptcy protection. On Monday, San Bernardino ...

Everyone knows social media can create legal issues for employers. For a cautionary tale, look no further than the Twitter acc...

One recent survey found that women general counsel are expanding their presence into historically male-dominated industries, b...

The San Francisco-based neighborhood social networking company's fundraiser reportedly values the 3-year-old company at $500 m...

The statewide Association of Business Trial Lawyers is celebrating its 40th anniversary of bringing together attorneys and jud...

In a world in which big data plays an ever-growing role, in-house counsel implement document-retention and -destruction progra...

The appellate arena is quite different from the trial court, and counsel must keep this distinction in mind. By Jerry Clausen,...

A new Justice Department rule that would authorize expedited post-conviction proceedings for death penalty defendants has trig...

Attorneys representing Starbucks workers in wage case had sought $4.5M ...

Timothy A. Reardon is considered a non-ideological appellate justice and very rarely dissents.

The 14 defendants are accused of coordinating an attack on the eBay Inc. subsidiary in 2011 because the company refused to pro...

Though general counsel remain outnumbered by chief financial officers and CEOs in corporate boardrooms, companies are increasi...

This past year has seen a marked increase in government antitrust investigations in China. By Becky Koblitz and Michael W. Sca...

Governments' need to cut costs and streamline operations is opening new doors for high-tech companies to deploy their services...

Palo Alto-based electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. has hired Todd A. Maron as deputy general counsel, a company spokeswoman ...

The SEC has requested comments on the proposed rules by Dec. 2 and is likely to adopt its final rules in 2014. By James D. C. ...

Recent decisions left uncertainty as to the extent of an insurer's duty to settle to avoid bad faith liability, until now. By ...

The NCAA filed papers Friday seeking to intervene in a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court about whether the First Amendment ba...

San Jose-based Tessera and consumer electronics giant Sony narrowly avoided a federal jury trial scheduled to begin in San Jos...

The arbitration agreement tilts so far in Ralphs' favor that it violates California contract law and is unenforceable, the 9th...

Phelan-based attorney Bob Conaway says the county needs a new leader who will follow through on corruption cases and focus on ...

The Association of Corporate Counsel's three-day annual conference kicked off Sunday night with a dinner and awards reception....

Lawyers for the city of Victorville argue the Securities and Exchange Commission failed to allege specific facts and miscalcul...

After sinking three years and an estimated seven figure sum into his recent defeat in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial...

The newly revamped office will have more wide-ranging authority, including responsibility for arguing all the state's cases be...