While there are great advantages and efficiencies provided by the explosion in technology, social media and personally-owned d...

On Jan. 8, in Los Angeles Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council, the U.S. Supreme Court held that...

A popular oyster farm near San Francisco will be fighting for survival in federal court on Friday, hoping to reverse a governm...

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP represented Irvine-based Allergan Inc. in its purchase of MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $958 mi...

Richard F. Runkle, an original member of American Board of Trial Advocates whom friends remembered Wednesday as a true, "old s...

International labor and employment law firm Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC opened a San Diego office with the...

A 1st District Court of Appeal panel on Wednesday invalidated race-based housing segregation practices at California's super-m...

Shareholders of San Diego-based retailer PriceSmart Inc. voted Tuesday to approve the company's plan for executive pay, but no...

A merger between Spirit Realty Capital Inc. and Cole Credit Property Trust II Inc. creates one of the largest publicly-traded ...

Lawyers with the Century City and Los Angeles offices of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP helped Kilroy Real...

A federal bankruptcy judge in Santa Ana last week approved a plan by which Rancho Santa Margarita-based MMD Components may sel...

In an exclusive interview, Warner Bros. General Counsel John Rogovin and lead outside counsel discuss how they turned around t...

In a warning to alternative dispute resolution providers across the state, an appellate court vacated an arbitration award bec...

By Jan. 1, 2014, California must have in place a so-called health insurance exchange, and that mandate is causing providers ac...

It's hard to see how the prison overcrowding crisis can be deemed "over" while the state crams nearly 120,000 people into pris...

Lawyers filed an opening brief Tuesday challenging the criminal convictions of 11 Muslim UC Irvine students who verbally inter...

Associate Justice Kathryn Doi Todd of the 2nd District Court of Appeal announced her retirement on Tuesday. Appointed to the L...

From 2008 to 2011, only one-fifth of individuals arrested in four California cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, ...

Disgruntled former Howrey LLP employees who sued the defunct law firm over how they were laid off will be represented by Los A...

A Redwood Shores-based partner emerged victorious Tuesday after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit absolved his...

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP advised AT&T Inc. in it purchase of Allied Wireless Communications Corp. from its parent, Atla...

A State Bar judge on Friday found a Santa Clara prosecutor guilty of suppressing evidence because he didn't disclose a videota...

Alameda County Judge Alice Vilardi is formal in court and thoughtful in making her rulings.

Longtime Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Chairman and CEO Ralph H. Baxter Jr. told the partners of his firm Friday he i...

Now the State Bar wants to allow more people without the proper background and insurance to practice "limited" law? By Brian S...

California is popularly remembered as the home of the campus free speech movement. But today, far too many of California's col...

Tax lawyers long have been able to import attorney-client privilege to accountant communications by using a Kovel lette...

Attorneys for Julie Veronese, the daughter-in-law of prominent San Francisco lawyer Angela Alioto Veronese, requested review f...

Communication between startup founders has played a big role in how they approach investors, and they're relying on lawyers to...

Lawyers for Santa Clara chipmaker Intel Corp. may have successfully staved off a patent infringement suit from the University ...