An Oakland federal judge sentenced former Linklaters LLP lawyer Igor Purlantov to 24 months in prison for stealing money from ...

Long Beach-based medical provider Molina Healthcare bought the 460,000-square-foot office building it had been leasing in the ...

Three executives of Hitachi-LG Data Storage Inc. agreed to plead guilty for their role in a price-fixing conspiracy in the opt...

A new rule would require manufacturers of drugs and medical devices to report all payments or other transfers of value they ma...

Fremont-based Lam Research Corp. agreed to buy San Jose-based Novellus Systems Inc. in a $3.3 billion all stock deal.

A would-be reality producer with an award-winning idea is suing Discovery Communications Inc. after a highly similar version o...

A unit of shipping giant UPS will pay $95,000 and agreed to a three-year consent decree to settle a lawsuit after the Equal Em...

The city of Long Beach, which was thrust into the medical marijuana spotlight after an appellate court said federal law pre-em...

UCLA Health System found itself on the receiving end of a proposed class action Wednesday for its admitted loss of an external...

Some legal ethics experts are questioning why a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge failed to notify all counsel in a pend...

Federal court officials unsealed an indictment Wednesday charging several real estate investors and an auctioneer in a conspir...

Seeking to rein in bird deaths from wind turbines, a nonprofit has asked for regulations to protect birds from the growing num...

Despite steep cutbacks in legal services funding and growing demand from clients, the Legal Aid Society of Orange County for t...

A popular incentive for renewable energy projects was dealt a blow this week when the Republican-led U.S. House of Representa...

Looking forward to next year, we decided to take a look back at five key lateral hires of 2011 and the consequences that flowe...

A tale of caution for attorneys representing insureds that are in, or considering, bankruptcy. By John J. McLeod, Daniel H. Ry...

There's one potential liability that may come as a surprise to many charity board members. By Fred Reish and Bruce Ashton of D...

A federal appellate court held Monday that California overtime laws apply to out-of-state residents working here, a ruling exp...

Cooley LLP has opened its first international office in Shanghai, China, the firm announced Tuesday.

Pacific Gas & Electric said Tuesday it will admit liability for a 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion that killed eight peop...

Despite qualms from some trial judges facing their own budget woes, the Judicial Council on Tuesday approved $2 million in eme...

Here are five insurance bad faith scenarios where the anti-SLAPP statute can be used. By Theona Zhordania of Luce, Forward, Ha...

There are deeper challenges, besides the economic slow-down, facing clean-tech investors. By James C. Chapman of Foley & L...

Political fundraising entered the digital frontier this week as California allowed political contributions via text messaging...

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP partner Paul J. Watford enjoyed a brisk, controversy-free hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday for h...

Testing federal courts' power over the executive branch, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday heard oral argument ...

How do California's privacy laws protect consumers? By Brian Kabatack and Evan Zucker of Kabatack Brown Kellner LLP

Jive Software Inc. started trading on Tuesday after raising $161.3 million dollars in its initial public offering. Wilson Sons...

Only district judges can enter final judgment in certain suits stemming from law firm bankruptcies, a federal judge ruled Tues...

Many high-tech companies are getting into the health care data business, but not all of them fully understand the responsibili...