The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $295 million settlement of a class action that alleged South African diamond company...

This January, the fate of the individual mandate will belong to the U.S. Supreme Court. By Timothy Sandefur of the Pacific Leg...

LBA Realty LLC bought four warehouses in Northern California totaling more than 1 million square feet.

Trouble at San Francisco snack company Diamond Foods Inc. has meant an influx of litigation at Fenwick & West LLP and a ra...

Was arresting the protestors a legitimate exercise of police power? By Shawn Khorrami and Alison Wilson of Khorrami Pollard &a...

California passes a law requiring financial institutions to help collect delinquent taxes. By Stuart Simon and Daniel Wheeler ...

Don't be fooled, running afoul of international franchise laws can carry severe consequences. By Susan Grueneberg and Joshua S...

A new wave of mobile applications created by legal professionals has made its way into the marketplace in an effort to streaml...

A Superior Court judge on Tuesday signed off on a settlement of a long-running insurance class action that could result in pla...

Two California lawyers have been appointed bankruptcy judges for the Central and Northern Districts, the 9th U.S. Circuit Cour...

Randal I. Klein, a workers' compensation trial attorney and managing partner of Tobin Lucks LLP's Los Angeles office, died on ...

In the midst of a costly legal battle to outsource public employees, the city of Costa Mesa announced this week that it finish...

Borrowers and lenders find ways to adjust as the market continues to struggle. By John Easterbrook of the Silicon Valley Law G...

A budgetary solution proposed by the governor and codified by the Legislature must now survive state Supreme Court scrutiny. B...

A proposed ballot measure will attempt to plug the holes in the state's medial marijuana law, which many have said offers scan...

Arguing that the value of its Java programming language is suffering "irreparable damage," attorneys for Oracle Corp. want the...

In a resounding win for Internet companies, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a video sharing website V...

New York-based Burford Capital Ltd. has grown to become the largest player in litigation funding and has gained a significant...

A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

Hiring one "bad apple" can create lasting consequences. By Barbara McCloud, Kevin Jackson and Ahron D. Cohen. of Snell & W...

With nearly 400 published opinions interpreting the anti-SLAPP statute, filing these motions is more daunting than ever. By Je...

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement trends international businesses should know. By F. Gordon Lee and Pete Van Hartesvel...

The America Invents Act is poised to alter the landscape of inventive activity in the U.S. By Michael M. Rosen of Fish & R...

Maximize your chances of getting a case before the state Supreme Court. By Steven Graff Levine

The intellectual property head of Jones Day's Irvine office is decamping the firm after nearly 25 years of employment and taki...

As Congress chugs forward with internet piracy legislation favored by Hollywood, a San Diego-area lawmaker's effort to make th...

AT&T Inc.'s announcement on Monday to end its bid to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG for $39 billion will re...

As companies encourage fan interaction by soliciting user-generated content and ideas through contests, lawyers say they're be...

American Apparel Inc., a Los Angeles-based clothing manufacturer, will pay $60,000 and modify its American with Disabilities A...

A former federal prosecutor is asking the state Supreme Court to intervene in his crusade to hold insurance giant American Int...