Fenwick & West LLP and Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP guided two California companies in...

Stanford Law School's new Religious Liberty Clinic aims to train students in conflicts between church and state. ...

Despite meeting for a third time and facing an April deadline, the Judicial Council's Trial Court Funding Workgroup continued ...

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston has awarded $23.5 million to plaintiffs' attorneys this week in an ongoing class action alle...

Shartsis Friese LLP doubled its female partner ranks this week with the addition of Winston & Strawn LLP partner Nicole Do...

Locking in interest rates that continue to linger near all-time lows, cable giant Comcast Corp. closed a $3 billion Securities...

Los Angeles-based international asset management firm The TCW Group named a former Irell & Manella LLP partner as the fina...

State Supreme Court Justice Marvin Baxter recused himself from deciding on an employment discrimination case Tuesday one week ...

Rejecting a request from the state judges association, the Commission on Judicial Performance said it will not change its rule...

The U.S. Tax Court has the authority to go beyond Internal Revenue Service fact-finding to aid an "innocent spouse" who would ...

Activity among private equity firms has seen an uptick over the past year, which has meant more work for deal lawyers involved...

Despite its theoretical promise, when Congress adopted the JOBS Act, it left many of the details on the mechanics of crowdfund...

Employers are increasingly relying on Internet searches to identify the best candidates. However, there are a number of hidden...

Employers need to become knowledgeable about what the laws require, and much savvier in the way they treat this increasingly l...

The 38-year run for Silicon Valley's Murray & Murray PC ended Monday after five lawyers from the bankruptcy boutique offic...

Kevin Morris, longtime lawyer for the creators of "South Park," helped shepherd the pair's founding a film and TV production s...

San Bernardino County officials say they plan to challenge a recent ruling pushing forward a case by taxpayer groups battling ...

Financial services law firm Smith Dollar PC announced the expansion of its California footprint this week with the opening of...

Intellectual property and entertainment litigation boutique One LLP is expanding into the Hollywood deals space with the addit...

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge John Shepard Wiley Jr. tentatively awarded plaintiffs' lawyers about $27 million in at...

A San Jose federal judge sentenced hedge fund founder Albert Ke-Jeng Hu to 12 years in prison Monday for defrauding investors ...

Venable LLP attorneys Mitch Evall and Brett Garner negotiated the sale of naming rights for iconic Grauman's Chinese Theatre i...

The state Supreme Court broadened the scope of evidence admissible to prove a contract's validity, overturning a 1935 preceden...

State Bar officials may explore allowing nonlawyers to engage in "limited" law practice. In a meeting on future regulatory eff...

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Neil Bason is adjusting to his new turf after a move from San Francisco

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

With its community feel and the hotbed of emerging companies, Orange County continues to draw law firms from around the countr...

General Counsel and Senior Vice President for The Automobile Club of Southern California Costa Mesa ...

The IRS recently released guidance dealing with identifying "full-time employees" who must be offered coverage under the new h...

I spent two weeks delivering mediation training in three cities in Ecuador. What I learned about the systemic differences betw...