A U.S. judge allows a lawsuit seeking the reinstatement of three gay military servicemen to proceed. ...

As Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to shutter California's redevelopment agencies hits new challenges, a new proposal has emerged. ...

RPX Corp., a San Francisco-based company that acquires patents for technology company clients to defend against infringement c...

Days after a similar suit in San Francisco, BP faces accusations by 100 gas station owners that they were forced to purchase a...

Just months after the resolution of a similar case filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, seven leading technology companies...

Japanese drug company Asahi Kasei Pharma Corp. has won two huge verdicts in its case against a Swiss company over a hypertensi...

Ever wonder how and why law firms "crash on the roadside," leaving unsuspecting partners and employees to suffer the conseque...

On Wednesday, the State Supreme Court seemed ready to side with Los Angeles attorney Robert A. Brown, who sued a debt collecto...

The Los Angeles City Attorney has sued the financial instution for hundreds of millions of dollars over dilapidated properties...

The Senate boosted the chances for one stalled California judicial nominee Wednesday, but the lawmakers' action did nothing to...

Federal prosecutors face the heat again in their second trial against Brocade CEO Gregory L. Reyes. By Maurice Possley and Kat...

National boutique hotel operator Morgans Hotel Group Co. sold the Mondrian Los Angeles to an affiliate of Pebblebrook Hotel Tr...

The state Supreme Court indicated Tuesday it's ready to hold public officials to a higher standard than the average person whe...

Lacking the familiarity with European languages needed for a doctorate in history, Katherine Bacal switched to law, where her ...

Attorneys for now-dissolved Howrey LLP are seeking to dismiss a petition for involuntary bankruptcy filed against the firm las...

Silicon Valley's top law firms have returned their associate salaries to pre-recession levels. On Tuesday, Gunderson Dettmer S...

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act's whistleblower protections do not extend to employees who disclose information to members of the media...

Treating physicians who testify as to causation in personal injury-type cases are subject to the written expert report require...

Matthew J. Jacobs, a former federal prosecutor in San Francisco, has left McDermott Will & Emery LLP, where he headed the ...

An ABA commission released proposed changes this week to lawyer ethics rules involving the use of technology, use of legal pro...

What the U.S. Supreme Court justices have to say about class arbitration. By Rex S. Heinke and L. Rachel Helyar of Akin Gump S...

Trustees for a bankrupt real estate venture are suing the law firm and one of its lawyers for more than $100 million alleging ...

A group of Latham & Watkins LLP lawyers guided sports apparel company Volcom Inc.'s sale to French giant PPR S.A. for $607...

Companies seeking to build brand awareness are targeting non-traditional locations where the customers come to them. By Susan ...

As the trial of two Southern California executives accused of bribing Mexican officials draws to a close, defense attorneys ar...

The state Assembly Judiciary Committee voted to pass the controversial Trial Court Rights Act out of committee Tuesday, keepin...

State Bar Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn may be a leading candidate to replace retiring 4th District Court of Appeal Presid...

Deputy public defenders in Sacramento are suing the county on the novel legal theory that it is illegally outsourcing their wo...

Magistrate Judge Margaret Nagle works hard and expects the same from others.

Vice president, general counsel and secretary for DaVita Inc. Denver, Colo. ...