Extending courtroom and ballot successes by the genetically modified food industry, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ...

Sacramento native Raquel Marquez was the first Latina judge in the Inland Empire.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP added two partners in the past week: Michael R. Heimbold in the Century City offic...

A near-death experience changed Santa Clara County Presiding Judge Brian Walsh's outlook.

Pamela Davis, a veteran Los Angeles traffic court commissioner, is known as a 'less-threatening' and 'warmer' version of a jud...

This generally results in fewer people being included in the representative action (though it might not mean less exposure giv...

It is certainly true that patent exhaustion was no defense, but the court got it wrong when it comes to the word "makes." By K...

Occasionally we all want to start over and try again, but can you ever really go back? ...

The job of counsel is to advise their respective clients as to both liability and potential damages. But without the benefit o...

With just a dozen attorneys, the Prison Law Office has arguably done more to change state prison policies than any other firm ...

The state Supreme Court gave a reprieve Thursday to a trustee whose mistake led to a foreclosed home being sold at auction for...

James Spaltro has an interesting history as a rock performer and in a top secret military program during the Vietnam War. Now,...

Judges will get more protection in investigations under new rules adopted by the Commission on Judicial Performance, but the C...

The Justice Department's surreptitious look at Associated Press phone records in an effort to identify an alleged national sec...

The Anti-Defamation League Centennial Entertainment Industry Dinner was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 8. ...

On May 10, the Association of Corporate Counsel Southern California Chapter hosted its 18th Annual Gala Dinner and Pro Bono Si...

Pre-litigation demand letters were under the microscope Thursday in the 2nd District Court of Appeal, as a panel of state cour...

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP hired Jung Son as a corporate partner for its Palo Alto office, the firm announced...

Since Jeffrey V. Dunn helped convince the state Supreme Court to uphold Riverside's ban on marijuana dispensaries, other local...

Lawyers may soon have to pay $40 more in annual State Bar dues thanks to their unscrupulous colleagues. ...

The appellate court focused on the question, "Who can waive the privilege on behalf of a dissolved corporation with no officer...

A federal court Thursday said Wal-Mart Stores Inc. can be held liable when its contractors violate labor laws, in an unprecede...

The Daily Journal hosted a reception in Beverly Hills on May 8 for California's leading women lawyers. Joanne Lichtman, of Bak...

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

In the past, midsize firms usually only had to watch for competition in one direction - up to big firms. But a new trend is fo...

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for CoreLogic Inc. Irvine ...

The state Legislature has recognized the right that a child's voice be heard in family law matters. By Aaron Dishon and Chandr...

If the decision did not announce a new rule of law, it surely explained the law in a groundbreaking manner. By Scott L. Henges...

Although there are published federal cases finding that such claims constitute an "occurrence," there is no support for that t...

Kelly M. O'Haire filed a retaliation lawsuit against Chief of Police Greg Suhr and the city and County of San Francisco Wednes...