AB 888 would have expanded the State Bar's authority to regulate those practicing law illegally. ...

Google Inc. has thwarted claims in Delaware federal court that it used software to circumvent advertising controls in Apple In...

The Washington, D.C.-based firm reached deeper into the California market when it opened its second West Coast office in San F...

The Association of Corporate Counsel unveiled a new online contracts center designed to help members improve contract quality....

The U.S. high court is looking to resolve a circuit split on whether laches is available as a defense in copyright cases. By J...

So-called double escrow deals arise when buyers accept a higher offer before the original sale closes. ...

The state Supreme Court showed little sympathy Wednesday for the State Bar's position that it does not have to disclose data a...

When Patrick Kelly gave his first speech as State Bar president, he ticked off a half-dozen issues he wanted to tackle. Now, a...

General Counsel for Trigild Inc. San Diego ...

It turns out that stars really must align in order for a billed hour to ripen into a collected greenback. By Alex Craigie ...

It is important not to lose sight of both the value of the legal profession as well as our fundamental values as lawyers and w...

California is the first to propose a maximum contaminant level for one naturally occurring metal, but without consulting sound...

The defense has evolved into a costly defense with a low chance of success invoked primarily in cases with an egregious set of...

One assistant principal took the extreme step of suing students who mocked him, and in the process demonstrated the exact wron...

Another barrage of class action suits against the multinational insurance giant was filed this week in federal courts on both ...

The office is the corporate defense litigation firm's first in California and the third it has opened since August 2010. ...

The announcement does not address how other federal courts will work next week, and it leaves attorneys wondering whether civi...

The firm is advising a pair of San Diego-based biotech companies in their recently announced bids to go public. Biocept and Ta...

President Barack Obama's recent comments have highlighted the possibility of structural change. By Frank H. Wu ...

A recent appellate decision demonstrates that like invisible ink, what depublication has erased is not always entirely gone. B...

When conflicts exist between two or more clients, attorneys may find themselves in a quagmire. By J. Randolph Evans, Shari L. ...

When a third party becomes privy to a confidential communication, the consequences depend on whether state or federal law appl...

If the job of law schools were simply to recreate lawyers in their own image, it could be done easily in two years. By John Tr...

While the act has lessened the burden of going public, the strength of the capital markets and of those companies going public...

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

As a neutral, DeVanon uses the skills he learned on the bench and as a criminal defense lawyer to connect with parties and thi...

Questions remain about the extent to which such waivers will be enforced in California courts. By Steven Zadravecz and John Sa...

The State Bar has refused to share information about test-takers with UCLA School of Law professor Richard Sander due to his c...

Lawsuits arising from social media will only increase - from plaintiffs asserting First Amendment protection to defendants fac...

A state appellate court has ordered a new hearing for a mother who claims authorities wrongly accused her of child abuse for s...