The U.S. Supreme Court rejected California's attempt to freeze a federal court order requiring the state to release thousands ...

Plaintiffs in the long-running gender discrimination case against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. lost their bid to certify a new class o...

An unhealed political wound looks likely to impede last week's nomination of John B. Owens to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap...

The city of Richmond on Friday sued Chevron Corp. for neglecting to prevent a fire that hospitalized more than 15,000 of its r...

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, which established a foothold in Germany three years ago, is expanding to a third ci...

With the worst of the downturn in the rearview mirror, transactional attorneys believe that California financial institutions ...

After stints in Alaska and as a prosecutor, Judge Stephen Mock says he isn't budging from the bench.

Cynthia G. Aaron enjoys tackling complex legal issues and asking attorneys tough questions.

Eight partners from Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth PC left the firm this month to start their own boutique, Stuart Kane L...

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

Once a young, quiet appellate justice, Patricia Benke is now known for her strong leadership.

Plaintiffs would be emboldened to forum shop were the 9th Circuit to reverse course after 14 years and refuse to apply the ant...

In "Those Damned Immigrants," Ediberto Román takes on critics, drawing on empirical evidence to refute charges of links betwee...

Today's mediators are more committed than the civil settlement judges of days past. This has allowed for an expansion of the m...

In fact, most U.S. trademark registrations of foreign nationals are probably vulnerable because they either did not hav...

A court recently found that a manufacturer has no duty to warn about the risks associated with another manufacturer's product,...

A residents group sued San Bernardino's city clerk this week after she refused to accept many of its signatures for a recall o...

The case is the first of many suits centering on sudden, unintended acceleration claims to be tried in California state court....

National League all-star teams bested their American League counterparts in a pair of games during the Landau Lawyers League's...

A group of Reed Smith LLP attorneys and clients gathered at the firm's San Francisco office to hear journalist and author Laur...

Vaughn R. Walker retired from the Northern District bench as chief judge at the end of 2010 to open shop as an arbitrator and ...

The Northern California Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers featured a presentation by state Supreme Court Ju...

The third annual U.S.-Korea Law Day brought legal professionals to Kia Motors America Inc. in Irvine on July 27 to discuss the...

A dispute between three fraternity brothers over ownership of mobile app Snapchat will rage on in the coming months. Whether Q...

Munger Tolles & Olson LLP litigation heavyweight Brad D. Brian was inducted into the exclusive International Academy of T...

Life could have been very different for Christina Y. Chen had she taken a job interview with a prominent San Francisco law fir...

Attorneys who defend companies and individuals in lawsuits by the Securities and Exchange Commission are concerned about a rec...

In a pair of unanimous decisions Thursday, the state Supreme Court opened the door for consumers to sue insurance carriers, ba...

Two Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP litigation partners were nominated by President Barack Obama on Thursday to seats on the 9t...

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.