The Judicial Council took a first step in implementing a historic new funding allocation formula for the state's courts Tuesda...

A federal agency has halted the search for a permanent home for the Silicon Valley branch of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Off...

A provision of realignment that went into effect at the beginning of July has mooted a more than decade-long lawsuit in federa...

Litigation in China involves a unique set of challenges - one of them being collecting evidence. By Song Zhu ...

In a case observers say could help define whether entities can collect taxes on Indian land, a Palm Springs water agency is su...

Is it legal for a health insurance company to deny doctor recommended procedures to patients, even when the treatments are in ...

Lawyers say Solano County Presiding Judge Paul Beeman loves helping to achieve resolutions.

Prologis Inc., a global owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, purchased its partners' 72 percent interest i...

Dozens of tech entrepreneurs gathered for the second annual Silicon Beach Fest. But peel away the hype and industry experts ca...

Whatever the result, there has already been one result: The law, itself, has been defiled. A young man has been killed without...

A recent case underscores the importance of creating a good record at trial to provide the foundation to win an appeal. By Jam...

Raymond J. Lucia, a nationally syndicated radio host and San Diego-based financial adviser known for his "Buckets of Money" re...

A San Francisco-based defense attorney is on the hook to pay thousands of dollars in paralegal fees that the lawyer thought sh...

Steptoe & Johnson LLP snagged a former administrative law judge from the International Trade Commission for its intellectu...

A trademark infringement case over the phrase "app store" ended abruptly Tuesday after Apple Inc. issued a covenant not to sue...

Silicon Valley-based Wi-Fi product competitors Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard and Ruckus Wireless are taking the offensive aga...

Dashing the hopes of state judges and justices who wish to retire early but are blocked by an anti-moonlighting rule from taki...

Redwood City-based online employment platform oDesk Corp., announced on Tuesday its hire of the company's newest general couns...

Construction of new office and multifamily structures will continue to rise over the next three years across much of Californi...

A Glendale lawyer accused by the State Bar last year of ripping off an elderly widow was fully exonerated in a State Bar Court...

As part of a push to reform the state's medical malpractice law, tort lawyers and consumer advocates are also taking aim at do...

Lawyers counseling the alcohol industry are noticing an increase in business, as clients reach out for advice on how to avoid ...

Attacks on prosecutorial immunity have become a feeding frenzy on the Internet. By Joseph Sorrentino ...

This holding heralds far-reaching and positive implications for medical device manufacturers that conduct business in Californ...

Law firm mergers and acquisitions nationwide are on pace to reach an all-time high in 2013, according to a report released Mon...

A U.S. District Judge denies one appeal, but urged President Barack Obama to halt the practice. ...

Washington, D.C.-based Arent Fox LLP, which opened its San Francisco office last month, landed top commercial litigator Arthur...

McGeorge School of Law laid off nine staff members last week, part of a plan to cut the Sacramento school's student body and s...

Orange County must provide the Sierra Club mapping data about the county's land parcels at a minimal cost, the state Supreme C...

The Mickey Rooney Elder Abuse Pro Bono Project, started last year by Holland & Knight LLP, seeks to protect senior citizen...