Thursday's state Supreme Court decision means that unless state lawmakers take immediate action, California's roughly 400 muni...

After two years of bruising litigation, Trust Co. of the West and the bond company’s former chief investment officer have rea...

At the National Labor Relations Board, 2011 was the year the federal agency embraced social media.

For weeks this summer, Barbara Cockerham carried her layoff notice around in her purse, a solemn reminder, she says, to "kick ...

A financier of the 2007 film "No Country for Old Men" is on the hook for part of a $15 million blunder the studio made in its ...

With analysts warning of an impending spike in municipal bankruptcies, a new law taking effect this year will try to blunt the...

This year may have marked the beginning of a slow and steady upswing as Hollywood studios and their deal-making lawyers discov...

Best Best & Krieger LLP, a 200-lawyer civil firm, leased 35,000 square feet in a new office tower under construction in Ri...

It's up to California judges - not an arbitrator - to determine whether defendants have waived their right to arbitration, a s...

This year's trade secret cases revealed that information could be a company's top asset. By Robyn C. Crowther of Caldwell Lesl...

Big law firms looking for marriage partners are now waiting until the fourth quarter before announcing their nuptials as a wa...

In her first week on the job last January, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye accepted the resignation of a colleague and was c...

A federal judge has awarded nearly $18 million in damages to the family of a San Diego woman who was killed with her two daug...

In 2012, be part of the solution - volunteer your time. By Amy Fitzpatrick of the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program Inc.

By staging a mock trial, judge and lawyers volunteer in after-school program for middle school students at risk of dropping ou...

Riverside County's presiding judge is launching a new program in which she will carve out several days a month from her admini...

As more couples opt to live together before marriage, more are seeking contracts to define their legal rights in case they bre...

Three decisions in 2011 may significantly impact future product liability cases. By Brendan M. Ford and Cassandra S. Jones of ...

Whether forced or voluntary, the environment is ripe for attorneys venturing out on their own. By Shannon Lamb of Stephens Fri...

Why "midnight raids" of luxury hotels is a trend likely to continue in 2012. By Teresa K. Goebel of Goodwin Procter LLP

Law firms that want to expand their Asian presence must consider a growing metropolis now open for business.

With a third straight year of record-setting deportations failing to clear the way for immigration reform, the Obama administr...

Health care reform could end the war over some mental health treatment options, but the fight most likely will continue for so...

The plaintiffs' bar is again attempting to legislatively fix what they believe is a procedural injustice -- the fact a judge's...

A showdown between two leading companies in the exploding video game industry will be decided in part by a jury, a state judge...

There rarely, if ever, is a good time to receive a layoff notice, but for one legal process clerk at San Joaquin County Superi...

San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Jerome T. Benson, a veteran prosecutor who spent 22 years on the bench, will retire ...

In reaction to growing consumer concern over toxic chemicals, the state has set out to revolutionize how companies make their ...

The courts took on a slew of environmental cases this year and issued major decisions touching on everything from climate chan...

Starting next month, all pre-trial motions involving foreclosures will be heard in a different department at San Francisco Cou...