California unions spend member dues on a wide array of political causes. Though members can opt out, few do so, partly because...

In a move that's becoming increasingly common for Hollywood studios, DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. announced a new joint ventu...

San Francisco has moved one step closer to having the country's first-ever city funded pro bono civil litigation program with ...

A federal appeals court dealt a blow to public health and environmental groups Friday, ruling that the Obama administration ac...

9th Circuit Judge N. Randy Smith's dissent proposes a sweeping test that would leave Proposition 8 challengers eternally disen...

Solar company Westinghouse Solar is mulling a merger in which it would be absorbed as a new subsidiary of CBD Energy, an Austr...

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP advised Australia-based Billabong International Ltd. on a deal that will keep the company public a...

A San Francisco judge has ruled that a company that aggregated information so computer users could view all of their social ne...

A $60 million legal malpractice lawsuit waged against Holland & Knight LLP by three real estate investors, claiming the fi...

While not the easiest to negotiate, any buy-sell agreement is better than none. ...

Errant attorneys face far more than an administrative suspension when they fib about MCLE compliance. By Stephen J. Strauss ...

Courts are getting strict about the 60-day filing requirement for anti-SLAPP motions. By Jens B. Koepke of Morris, Polich &...

Sergio Garcia, a partner with Reed Smith LLP in San Francisco, was named the first general counsel of Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc. ...

Online material may be hosted anywhere in the world, making it difficult to determine who is responsible for what. By Michael ...

As details of the wind-down process for the state's roughly 400 redevelopment agencies begin to take shape, experts say one th...

The federal Environmental Protection Agency announced last week it had reached a $10 million settlement with a Northern Califo...

A state court judge's decision to give lawyers nearly half a year to try the first lawsuit in the Toyota sudden unintended acc...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday on whether a federal law used to convict a Pomona politician for ...

A reader responds to "Entering the legal twilight zone: a lesson in trust law." ...

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

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP added Bennett Young and Jon Welner as partners in San Francisco.

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

Judge Salvatore T. Sirna applies the same spirit of service to the robe as he did his army green.

Judge Andrea Flint wants to engage the community she serves, not rule in a vacuum.

Last year, hotel sales amounted to $14 billion in 2011 nationwide. And California was a shining star in that recovery, with ho...

Even if you think you've mastered the art of legal writing, there's still a way to improve your work. By Thomas W. Temple ...

With oral arguments next month, a preview of the issues before the state Supreme Court. By Gerald Knapton and Kim Karelis of R...

The Legislative Analyst's Office released a report Thursday criticizing Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal on how to spend the hundre...

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel published its opinion Thursday affirming a $200,000 damages and attorney's fee summa...

Former O'Neill Lysaght & Sun partners reunite with other longtime colleagues to build successor litigation boutique Murphy...