The Supreme Court has been taking a more active role in patent cases as a rift between it and the Federal Circuit deepens. By ...

Jerry Brown invoked sweeping emergency powers that could alter water rights and water quality rules statewide. ...

Case seeks money for thousands of active and retired bench officers ...

Electronics giant has seen a string of wins in its battle with rival smartphone maker ...

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.

Dogs used to provide emotional support to witnesses are becoming more common in the criminal justice system. But they're raisi...

Re: "There's No Room in the Debate for the Labeling of GMOs," Jan. 6. By Marsha N. Cohen ...

Circuit courts are split over the issue of mooting a plaintiff's claim - namely, the "mootness-by-unaccepted-offer" theory. By...

The common misstep for three appellants at the end of 2013 was failing to recognize that a "judgment" was sufficiently final t...

Researchers estimate that, if we could increase graduation rates by 10 percentage points, murders and assaults would fall by 2...

The unpublished opinion upheld an Orange County trial judge's 2012 ruling that the client's complaint against Callahan & B...

Elisabeth B. Krant, a Tulare County Superior Court judge, died last month following a nearly yearlong battle with lymphoma. Sh...

On the heels of reported merger talks with Nixon Peabody LLP, Philadelphia-based Blank Rome LLP is acquiring two Los Angeles b...

Trial got underway Tuesday in a civil case against two Los Angeles Police Department officers who allegedly beat a former Deut...

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP strengthened its white collar criminal defense practice Tuesday with the addition of a former h...

A federal judge gave final approval Tuesday to a $280,000 settlement between Kmart Corp. and a class of cashiers from two Cali...

Verizon announced plans on Tuesday to purchase assets of Intel Corp.'s streaming video service, OnCue. Weil advised Verizon on...

The proposed "affluenza" bill regarding lenient sentences is misplaced hysteria, giving the public a further false sense that ...

While transfers from union leadership to management happen frequently, labor law experts say, the timing of the promotion can ...

An appellate decision finding it unconstitutional for trial lawyers to strike a juror on the basis of his or her sexual orient...

California has long been a hot area for overseas investment, and burgeoning real estate, medical device and biotech communitie...

In October, the Legislature enacted Senate Bill 558, which amends the California Shield Law to allow greater protections for j...

Senate Bill 538 overhauls the anti-fraud provision of the California Securities Law of 1968. By Michael Mugmon and Matthew D. ...

Senate Bill 510 changes the Map Act law and takes away one of the most basic property rights - the right to subdivide land. By...

Before Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 493 into law on Oct. 1, the Pharmacy Law permitted pharmacists to perform only limi...

Before, when an employee maked a claim for unpaid wages and loses, the employer could recover attorney fees reasonably incurre...

Many local agencies currently discipline peace officers because they have been placed on a "Brady list." By Gage Dungy ...

The Legislature has turned back the clock with Senate Bill 292, which specifies that under FEHA establishing that harassment w...

After a difficult legislative battle, California took a surprisingly small step into the world of 21st century electronic comm...