A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.

A new rule has quickly gained favor among transactional lawyers who have long searched for faster ways to close deals structur...

If certain loopholes are not closed, low wage, part-time employees and taxpayers may end up with the bulk of the burden. By Br...

There are a lot of lawyers out there, and not everyone (if anyone) is competent to do everything. But each of us is competent ...

Currently, if you are enrolled on a health insurance policy not held in your name, a request for insurance reimbursement may t...

On Oct. 1 this year, almost three years after that deadline, DTSC's "Safer Consumer Products" regulations will at last become ...

Publicly funded insurance plan can't deny treatment, says Court of Appeal ...

A federal judge Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a group of banks against the city of Richmond for its preliminary moves ...

Law firms may safely hire law students as unpaid interns to work on pro bono projects, according to a letter from the U.S. Dep...

Case filings fell last year amid budget cuts to the branch, with small civil cases and petty crimes making up most of the drop...

Search giant plans to move into former Mayfield Mall ...

In a unanimous verdict Tuesday, a jury found that Silicon Valley Law Group was not negligent in its representation of the owne...

Confusion over how to tally damages in disability rights lawsuits led a federal appellate panel Tuesday to ask the state Supre...

The 9th Circuit Wednesday will reconsider en banc a controversial appellate decision that said prison doctors and dentists ca...

Brown wants his pension reform and his federal transit money, too. That's why he's gearing up to fight a U.S. Department of L...

Family lawyers say Commissioner Michael Torchia will 'go the extra yard' to see a case to resolution.

An elderly man who had his leg amputated after being hit last year by a Southland Transit Inc. bus reached a settlement just b...

Law schools across the state and country are putting more emphasis on skills-oriented and experiential learning offerings. ...

The state Legislature approved a bill last week to begin regulating the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fra...

Law firms apparently may safely hire law students as unpaid interns to work on pro bono projects, according to a letter from t...

The state's tort lobby leaders say they're happy with ballot language describing their initiative to increase pain and sufferi...

They say LA County is racking up big legal bills on cases that end up settling. Defense lawyers say their strategy is necessar...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California asked for en banc review Monday of an appellate panel's decision str...

For what it's worth, my prediction is that the court will strike down the aggregate contribution limits being challenged. By E...

Toyota wants Judge Edmon to dismiss the first of some 80 sudden acceleration personal injury lawsuits against the automaker to...

One recent survey found that women general counsel are expanding their presence into historically male-dominated industries, b...

The TV production company that makes a documentary series could be on the hook for damages after it disclosed the identity of ...

John True hails from a family of public servants, including a state Supreme Court justice.

John Doyle, an avid music collector, balances 'rules and all that' with a more informal approach.

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