Alston & Bird LLP added James R. Evans Jr. as partner in Los Angeles. Evans, a trial lawyer, has experience defending comp...

Judge Joseph Farris' personal history shaped him, but he defies molds.

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Social media, while not yet a main source of client interaction for most attorneys, is becoming increasingly popular to connec...

Neutral James Alfano begins mediation sessions by talking directly to lawyers' clients to put them at ease.

Bad cases make good law. Gideon and Miranda and Brady were not saints. But we are each freer because the ...

In cases where creditors are able to exercise non judicial remedies to recover their collateral to loans and then seek deficie...

In a move confusing many in the juvenile justice community, the U.S. Supreme Court last month sent a young defendant's habeas ...

On Nov. 10, John A. Girardi, partner at Girardi Keese and Loyola High School alumnus, '65, was honored with the Cahalan Award ...

The Law Foundation of Silicon Valley held an award ceremony and fundraiser for its Legal Advocates for Children and Youth prog...

Sidley Austin LLP securities litigator Sara B. Brody is representing Michael Mendes, the embattled Diamond Foods Inc. CEO who ...

Mitchell S. Zuklie, who will take over as chairman for Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in 2014, will have to juggle man...

Gov. Jerry Brown nominated two men for seats on California Court of Appeal on Wednesday, including one of his close advisers, ...

Boston Properties and Hines Properties formed a joint venture to acquire land for the so-called Transbay Tower project, a 1.4 ...

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

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will get a look at legal adversary Apple Inc.'s licensing agreement with HTC Corp., a San Jose ma...

A veteran Burlingame land use lawyer won a long struggle with disgruntled clients as a state appellate panel reversed a half-m...

The firm is one of a growing number beginning to thrust associates into bigger leadership roles to give them more responsibili...

Tax lawyers and accountants like to plan efficiently and to save clients money. But the tax treatment of casualty losses invol...

The DOJ is working on investigations of foreign banks which are not yet public and when it becomes public it may be too late. ...

If anyone reading this is thinking of entering the field: You cannot say you haven't been warned. By Robert M. Smith ...

The thorniest question often facing those drafting Environmental Impact Reports is how much detail the EIR must include. By Ma...

Internet company LegalZoom.com Inc. filed a federal suit Tuesday against competitor Rocket Lawyer Inc. alleging false and misl...

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will get a look at legal adversary Apple Inc.'s licensing agreement with HTC Corp., a San Jose ma...

Over a four-year period, U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real in Los Angeles made three rulings that benefited companies in whic...

The writer who accused ABC of stealing his ideas to create the hit castaway drama "Lost" will press on with his claims in Cali...

A federal court and the State Bar Court took aim last week at lawyer Chance Edward Gordon for allegedly cheating homeowners na...

MIPS Technologies Inc. announced Tuesday it has received an unsolicited bid from CEVA Inc. to buy the company after it recentl...

The state Air Resources Board dealt Los Angeles officials a setback in a fight over dust control in the far flung Owens Valley...

Presiding Justice Barbara J. R. Jones and two associate justices appeared ready Tuesday to side with four retirees of the Lawr...