Plaintiffs have increasingly sought to use statements by so-called "confidential witnesses" to show scienter in securities fra...

Opening statements kicked off Tuesday in a federal trial alleging the price fixing of flat panel displays. ...

California lawmakers including Sen. Dianne Feinstein are pushing to restore funding for a Silicon Valley satellite office of t...

A state appellate court Tuesday interpreted a Depression-era law in favor of underwater homeowners trying to escape foreclosur...

After hiring two partners for its Los Angeles office, BuckleySandler LLP bid farewell to litigation partner Donna L. Wilson, w...

For the second time, the state Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an immediate stay of same-sex marriage license issuance. ...

PacWest Bancorp plans to purchase CapitalSource Inc. for $2.3 billion. ...

The U.S. Sentencing Commission, made up of presidentially-appointed federal judges, has identified reform of sentencing guidel...

The 4th District Court of Appeal found that Integrated Healthcare Holdings couldn't prove the employees had agreed to arbitrat...

Cisco Systems Inc. announced Tuesday its pending acquisition of Internet security and firewall company Sourcefire Inc. for $2....

Despite problems that will delay portions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, much of the legislation will go i...

Judge and lawyers whittled down potential jurors at the end of the second day of jury selection in a bellwether case to determ...

Electronic Arts Inc. used source code derived from developer Robin Antonick in a handful of its successful John Madden Footbal...

In what appears to be the largest all-bitcoin acquisition to date, a relatively little-known online gambling hub, SatoshiDice,...

Inmates' attorneys have deployed a new argument in their fight to force the state to reduce its prison population, arguing the...

While known for using humor to cut tension, Judge Roy O. Chernus also sets a respectful tone.

The contentious back-and-forth spat over how much Dell Inc. is worth seems to be motivated by more than just a dispute over do...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the invalidation of two interactive online browsing patents held by...

A court recently dismissed a complaint against Sony for the use of a William Faulkner quote in Woody Allen's 2011 film "Midnig...

A recent case illustrates the extreme narrowness of the "illegality doctrine" in distinguishing a pre-litigation demand letter...

A Federal Circuit decision last year changed the landscape of willful patent infringement litigation. See you California court...

Attorneys practicing in California - whether admitted in the state or elsewhere - will be ensnared by the bill's provisions be...

Attorneys for San Jose and its employee unions laid out their arguments at the start of a trial that will decide the fate of a...

Anthony E. Shafton, a longtime insurance attorney and founding partner of law firm Berger Kahn ALC who was known for his trial...

A money-losing clothing line inspired by professional surfer Kelly Slater may end up costing Quiksilver Inc. more than $3.6 mi...

Environmentalists can sue a scrap metal recycler in Butte County for Clean Water Act violations for allegedly discharging haza...

A proposed class action has been filed against Instagram LLC in San Francisco County Superior Court, accusing the photo sharin...

Will retirees who had been promised pensions have priority over Wall Street creditors if the city that employed them goes bank...

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

With several new cities discussing disincorporating, municipal leaders are pushing hard for legislation to extend a property t...