There is significant confusion among intermediate appellate courts regarding the proper appellate remedy for a defective speci...

For those of us who cannot just "pack it in," but must continue to ply our trade in this challenging environment, the question...

In California, as in other jurisdictions, the traditional rule was that an attorney could be held liable for professional negl...

The San Diego district attorney's office filed charges against two restaurant owners with felony counts of workers' compensati...

A state prison inmate who practices the Wiccan faith got some good news on her religious freedom claims Tuesday from the 9th U...

Cooley LLP has beefed up its Southern California corporate practice with the addition of two corporate partners from Sheppard...

An administrative law judge with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has ruled that several energy marketers overcharged ...

San Francisco litigation firm Sedgwick LLP announced Tuesday it will officially hire 19 lawyers from Oakland defense boutique ...

A bill by Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Wieckowski would keep businesses for claiming expemptions for punitive dam...

Long suspected of strangling his ex-wife and throwing her off a Mediterranean cruise ship in 2006, one-time O'Melveny & My...

Michael J. Plonsker, who co-chaired the entertainment and media practice at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP, is starti...

This year we are looking at even further cuts in the probate department of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. By Brian She...

When leaving a law firm, associates must navigate a minefield of legal and ethical obligations to avoid breaching the duties t...

Cooley LLP has scooped up two corporate specialists formerly at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, including C. Thom...

Regulators froze assets Friday linked to a Swiss trading account that cleared $1.7 million by placing an unusually large optio...

California judges and lawyers have considered reducing jury sizes before. This year, it might actually happen because of the o...

MGA Entertainment Inc.'s insurers voiced support for its request to void a preliminary arbitration award for unpaid legal fees.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP picked up former Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates partner Rick C. Madden...

Kirkland & Ellis LLP added Michael S. Ringler and Rick C. Madden as partners in the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices,...

Jeremy Matz, a 13-year veteran federal prosecutor in the state's Central District, joined Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessi...

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

Internet gaming companies Zynga Inc. and Electronic Arts Inc., which have been sparring in court over copyright issues announc...

San Jose business law firm Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel elected Daniel W. Ballesteros as president and managing shareholder.

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP represented the Republic of Guatemala in its recent senior notes offering.

Renowned San Francisco appellate attorney Sanford "Sandy" Svetcov died Friday morning after a long battle with pancreatic canc...

The California Legislative Analyst's Office reviewed Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed funding of the judicial branch.

The state Supreme Court has granted review in a case over whether Sonora County officials improperly avoided doing environment...

Hollywood visual effects studio Rhythm & Hues Inc. is the latest to buckle under global competition and the economic downt...

Attorneys for Silicon Valley companies say a U.S. Supreme Court case stemming from seeds, and being considered by the justices...

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