A new decision says the government may need to use eminent domain rather than "right-of-entry" statutes to gain access to prop...

Keeping a promise made last year, branch leaders finally approved a policy to open committee meetings to the public, a dramati...

Judges in some California courts may soon have no courtrooms to call home. With several bench spots empty, Sacramento and San ...

"After today's opinion all of us on the road, and not just drug dealers, are at risk of having our freedom of movement curtail...

Google Inc., Apple Inc., Adobe Systems Inc. and Intel Corp. settled the case for an undisclosed sum. The case alleged the lead...

The entry of Rockstar US Consortium LP into the smartphone patent wars has reopened the debate over what role patent holding c...

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Business Affairs for High Noon Entertainment Sherman Oaks ...

Late last year, Facebook hit the ground running with plans to create workforce housing near the social media giant's headquart...

Monday, the Supreme Court will hear argument in yet another patent case, the fifth of the term - but it could be the sleeper c...

Recently, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued guidelines implementing a new procedure for patent examiners. By Jeffrey...

Jenner & Block has seen steadfast growth during its five years in the city, growing from two attorneys to nearly 35 after ...

California prosecutors and defense attorneys are applauding a new U.S. Department of Justice initiative encouraging qualified ...

Irvine-based cosmetic drug developer Allergan Inc. announced late Tuesday that the company's board of directors had adopted a ...

UC Berkeley School of Law's acting dean Gillian Lester has been appointed the next dean of Columbia Law School, Columbia annou...

In an era of smartphones and online tracking, a state Senate bill meant to shield people's personal data from tracking by yet ...

The question before the U.S. high court is whether the 9th Circuit erred in holding that a private party cannot bring a Lanham...

Christopher J. Warner, a former San Bernardino County Superior Court judge, filed an opening appellate brief Wednesday in his ...

On Friday, Riverside Judge Gloria Trask will weigh whether California Baptist University violated the Unruh Civil Rights Act b...

A roundup of recent real estate deals and the attorneys involved.

When a federal judge unsealed an order clearing one Malaysian woman's name from a terrorist watchlist last week, a long-fought...

A recent survey plants some key signposts in terms of litigation trends across various industries. By James N. Kramer, Brian S...

As litigation costs have become prohibitive for most individuals over the past 25 years, mediation has become an integral part...

In October, the State Bar of California received a call from the government of Mongolia asking if the State Bar could help wit...

In an unusual alliance between an activist hedge fund and a corporate acquirer, Valeant Pharmaceuticals said it had joined for...

The U.S. Supreme Court grilled New York-based startup Aereo Inc. on its cloud-based television streaming model on Tuesday in a...

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling upholding Michigan's ban on racial preference in state university admissions was a big disappo...

Legislative efforts to challenge the project were derailed Tuesday in the Senate's Transportation and Housing Committee. ...

Tuesday's U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing traffic stops based solely on an anonymous tip drew sharp criticism from crimin...