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

Today's confluence of belt-tightening by in-house legal departments and the "revolving door" at law firms have prompted some ...

San Diego-based Illumina Inc. announced its appointment of Charles Dadswell as the company's new general counsel. He joins the...

I read with interest the April 17 insert, "Intellectual Property 2013," in which the Daily Journal recognized 75 intellectual ...

Should a child's right to damages for the loss of a parent depend on the quality of the child's relationship with his or her p...

Vallejo. San Bernardino. San Diego. Riverside. Stockton. ...Los Angeles? By Brian J. Sheppard ...

The new law, effective July 1, affects all commercial property owners in California, whether or not they are ever sued for vio...

Defense lawyers responded to the decision with cautious optimism, but one question lingered: How would California trial courts...

A federal bankruptcy judge approved settlement agreements Tuesday between the Howrey LLP trustee and two firms that hired Howr...

A group of academics, judges, lawyers and others offered ideas to an American Bar Association task force on how law schools sh...

Charlotte Spadaro, a Riverside lawyer who once served as mayor of Beverly Hills, could be disbarred after the State Bar Court ...

Taco Bell lost its bid to end class proceedings in a suit that charges it denied meal breaks to workers in California. ...

Former employees have filed two suits against the Hollywood effects studio, saying it failed to give 60 days' advance notice o...

The New York State Supreme Court of Appeals reversed a lower court Tuesday, saying a safe harbor in the Digital Millennium Cop...

Morrison & Foerster LLP helped Caesars Entertainment Corp. form Caesars Growth Partners LLC, which consists of existing Ca...

A federal court judge issued a permanent injunction forcing three western states including California to adopt meaningful refo...

A federal jury found a former recruiter guilty Wednesday on all six counts of conspiring to steal trade secrets through unauth...

Fenwick & West LLP elected Mountain View-based corporate practice group chair Richard L. Dickson to replace longtime firm ...

Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP secured a 10-year fixed rate loan of $81 million through Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. for 475 S...

Some legal analysts say the expected appeals are less about convincing judges of the merits of the state's arguments than they...

We have had 20 years of MCLE. If the data fails to show the benefits, there is no reason to keep it. By David M. Marcus ...

It is true that there is uncertainty regarding the appropriate scope of CEQA analysis. Engaging in reverse analysis and shifti...

A recent case shows the need for federal anti-SLAPP legislation, as it exposes one of the biggest loopholes to the current sta...

On July 1 California will commence the realignment of sentencing low-level offenders who have historically cycled in and out o...

Depending on the outcome of these cases, estate planning for LGBT couples may change dramatically - or not at all. By Susan vo...

Dean G. Chandler of 1st American Law Center and Jon A. Divens of the Law Offices of John Divens & Associates face disbarme...

Monday's non-prosecution agreement between the SEC and Ralph Lauren Corp. - the first SEC agreement of its kind to deal with F...

Attorney General Eric H. Holder has rebuffed a California federal judge's order stating that a Malaysian Muslim woman who used...

The latest version of a report outlining proposals to require new lawyers to gain practical skills training before being admit...

Dewey & LeBoeuf's liquidating trustee filed a motion Monday to approve a settlement with Steven H. Davis, the firm's forme...