Total pay for in-house lawyers at all levels increased modestly last year, according to a survey released Wednesday. ...
San Diego Superior Court Judge George "Woody" Clarke, best known for specializing in the use of DNA evidence in court, includi...
San Francisco-based automobile service Uber Technologies Inc. is the target of a proposed class action filed Wednesday allegin...
Judges and Judiciary
Courts' new lobbying leader could ease tension in Sacramento
By Paul Jones
More than two months after promoting the judicial branch's head lobbyist to an administrative position, Chief Justice Tani G. ...
Bankruptcy
Former Dewey lawyer submits request for $13 million for Dodgers work
By Kevin Lee
Defunct law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is seeking compensation exceeding $13 million for its work on the Los Angeles Dodgers...
Judges and Judiciary
Obama nominates Los Angeles judge for federal bench in post-election push
By John Roemer
Signaling the importance he places on swiftly filling federal bench vacancies, President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated s...
Government
Los Angeles County Superior Court to cut $85 million from fiscal budget
By Blake Edwardsn
In the latest in a string of local courts cutbacks, Los Angeles County Superior Court announced Wednesday it must slash up to ...
Litigation
Riverside officials face onus of litigation over cross on public land
By Katie Lucia
After receiving threats of a lawsuit over an alleged violation of the Establishment Clause, Riverside city officials have said...
Duane Morris LLP helped negotiate a series of transactions for the State Bar, including its acquisition of an office building ...
For the first time since the recession hit, a small group of property managers are planning to develop untapped land in the In...
I love the Christmas season. For those who love technology, as I do, Christmas does come early. By Paul Kiesel of Kiesel Bouch...
Lenders are seeking backdoors to full recourse through strict enforcement of the terms of non-recourse carve-out guaranties. B...
Is looking only to big projects, at the expense of quickly pursuing a number of smaller projects, prudent? By Paul Kaufman of ...
Las Vegas-based trade association The National Conference of Personal Managers on Monday filed a federal lawsuit challenging t...
Environmental
Chamber of Commerce sues to block state's new carbon trading market
By Fiona Smith
On the eve of California's first auction in its groundbreaking carbon trading market, the California Chamber of Commerce sued ...
Intellectual Property
Orrick helps Canadian drug company get $65 million settlement
By Rachel Swan
Attorneys at the Menlo Park offices of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP scored a huge win by helping a small Canadian ph...
Real Estate/Development
Lawyers line up as apartment housing market heats up
By Ameera Buttn
In what could be a sign of a housing market recovery, the apartment market is heating up, and lawyers are lining up to get a p...
Following the announced retirement of its longtime general counsel, Applied Materials Inc. has named a new chief legal officer.
Bankruptcy
Bankrupt Kodak working on $525 million digital imaging patent sale
By John Roemer
Eastman Kodak Co. is working out a deal to sell its digital imaging patent portfolio for about $525 million to an unnamed buye...
The unsecured creditors in the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP bankruptcy are seeking permission to sue Dewey's former management team...
Real Estate/Development
Lawyers hopeful as housing market heals
By Alexandra Schwappach
The housing market's recovery, observers agree, relies heavily on continued job growth and careful steps in the marketplace, a...
Corporate
'Poison pills' used less often to block corporate takeovers, attorneys say
By David Ruiz
Fewer companies are using 'poison pills' to thwart corporate takeovers, attorneys say.
The question of whether cashiers should get to sit on the job went to trial Tuesday in the first such test of a little-known C...
In the latest in a string of local courts cutbacks, Los Angeles County Superior Court announced Wednesday it must slash up to ...
A personal account of a homeowner's claim. By Chet A. Kronenberg of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
William Follett has become known for his expertise appraising pro per habeas corpus petitions.
A San Francisco federal judge will consider a settlement this week of a privacy class action against Facebook Inc. that is aga...
An employee in Texas was terminated from his employment after a web reporter exposed his online activity. How would the case p...
Sociological data supports the premise that television may be the culprit for growing lawyer disenchantment. By Joseph Sorrentino
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.