The govenor unveiled legislation he said would meet a U.S. court order to reduce the inmate population by several thousand wit...

Ruling is a setback for plaintiffs wanting to keep their cases in state court, and is test of the U.S. Class Action Fairness Act.

The CEO of Toyota North America told jurors he had insufficient knowledge to answer questions regarding the procurement and pr...

The harassment complaint against the San Francisco Housing Authority is the first of three to go to trial.

Investors have jumped into biotech IPOs with unprecedented zeal this year, but that enthusiasm has yet to spread to the privat...

Law firm that referred a case says it deserves a cut of the $13.5 million fee award for a class action.

David Enzminger, a high-ranking IP attorney at the firm, will move from LA.

There has been concern of possible abuse by athletes if new muscle-building drugs are approved by the FDA for the treatment of...

Courts will be able to issue writs to levying officers electronically under a new law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown Tuesday.

Despite their jammed dockets, overworked immigration judges must find time to afford due process to persons facing deportation...

The American Bar Association's recent about-face on fee sharing with firms in Washington, D.C., the United Kingdom and Austral...

IPOs in the life sciences sector have skyrocketed, spurring increased competition among law firms trying to nab startup compan...

Costa Mesa says Lackie, Dammeier, McGill & Ethir and a police union tried to influence labor talks by making a false DUI r...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. descends from above to address the progress of minorities in law. By Yakub Hazzard

The closely intertwined relationships that often exist between doctors and biotechnology companies may soon be viewed in a new...

Hoping to capitalize on crippled courts and broaden product lines, companies are beginning to expand private resolution servic...

Re: "Client Data: Secure as the Weakest Link," Aug. 23. By Lawrence R. Jensen

A pending case before the state high court concerns a physician's right to sue a hospital for retaliatory peer review without ...

Plaintiff attorneys' will receive a little less than $5 million on the $20 million class settlement stemming from Facebook's u...

Famed entertainment attorney Irwin E. Russell, who represented clients from former The Walt Disney Company CEO Michael Eisner ...

San Diego-based Histogen Inc. has notched another court win in a biotechnology patent infringement battle with Carlsbad-based ...

San Francisco-based Gordon & Rees LLP opened a new office in Raleigh, N.C., the firm announced Monday.

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

San Francisco-based financial holding company UnionBanCal Corp., whose primary subsidiary is Union Bank N.A., has named Michae...

Hernan Vera and Mariam Krinsky are known as advocates for the disadvantaged

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP represented Thousand Oaks-based biotechnology giant Amgen Inc. in its $10.4 billion acquisition of...

The blood sugar level of a diabetic Upland woman who died after driving her Toyota into a tree was within a target range advis...

Nixon Peabody LLP recently poached the head of Sedgwick LLP's employee benefits practice to become a new partner in its San Fr...

A group of truck drivers argued California minumum wage laws apply to their pay Monday as they asked the federal appeals court...

State's newest Supreme Court justice says decisions are lopsided, lax and speculative