The first guests to this party could reap the greatest rewards. By Mitchell A. Kamin and Jessie Kornberg of Bird, Marella, Box...

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Applied Materials Inc. ...

Doctors, hospitals and other caretakers have at least two opportunities under last year's federal health care reform law to im...

Next time you need to settle, consider this creative option. By Lawrence P. Riff, Elizabeth M. Johnson, and Colleen O'Brien of...

What lawyers should keep in mind when deciding whether or not to object. By Michael Masuda of Noland, Hamerly, Etienne & H...

The fallout of the subprime mortgage crisis has racked up the amount of baseless lawsuits. By Janis H. Ozaki of Huron law grou...

Apple founder Steve Jobs' mantra of focus and simplicity is worth following. By Jeffrey R. Glassman of Ervin, Cohen & Jess...

With traditional markets closed to logical investors, alternative asset classes have suddenly become more attractive. By Jonat...

A pair of Inland Empire medical groups sued the prominent local surgeon who manages them, accusing him and his business partne...

If the State Bar joins a billionaire philanthropist to aid the state courts' controversial case-management system, it could ta...

Keker & Van Nest LLP won a defense verdict for Twitter Inc. against a Virginia attorney whose holding company sued the mic...

Politicians who say their war chests were depleted by an indicted campaign treasurer should, in some cases, be permitted to ta...

The Heller Ehrman LLP estate has sued its former counsel at Greenberg Traurig LLP for malpractice. ...

A divided U.S. Supreme Court weighed Monday the right of criminal defendants to effective assistance of counsel during plea ba...

With the Obama administration turning a keen eye on illegal immigrants, Seyfarth Shaw LLP has launched an Immigration Complian...

The state Supreme Court on Monday gave prosecutors wide latitude to elicit testimony from criminal gang experts. ...

The U.S. Sentencing Commission issued a report Monday calling on Congress to reassess the current mandatory minimum penalties ...

Federal prosecutors abruptly agreed to return material they seized from a developer under investigation in an alleged San Bern...

The state Supreme Court on Monday made it easier for litigants to win attorney fees when they fight court battles in the publ...

Gary M. Paul of Waters, Krause & Paul LLP leads the American Association for Justice, the plaintiffs' bar's national lobby...

California's 4th District Court of Appeal ruled Monday that patent settlement agreements related to the antibiotic Cipro do no...

Defense lawyer calls cases a classic attempt by plaintiffs to go after what they perceive as 'a deep pocket' ...

A roundup of cases reversed by the Supreme Court ...

In its recent Los Angeles hiring spree, Snell & Wilmer LLP, a 400-lawyer Phoenix-based full service firm, has joined with ...

After 21 years at the helm of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, firm Chairman and CEO Ralph Baxter is preparing to step d...

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a California rule banning a type of arbitration agreement in employment contracts on Monday...

Despite accusations to the contrary, Edward M. Chen is known for weighing all sides of an issue.

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

Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Antelope Valley) ...

The duty to defend raises interesting issues in the context of environmental remediation statutes. By Jordan Stanzler and Deb ...