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. ...

Cheri Pham, whose family had to adjust to a new culture after fleeing Vietnam, has the delicacy to handle touchy issues in dom...

A 29-year-old Harbor City man pleaded guilty in Los Angeles federal court Monday to illegally copying and distributing copyrig...

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion Monday could put new limits on defendants who transfer class actions from state to...

Dechert LLP picked up intellectual property litigation partner Stephen J. Akerley for its Mountain View office from O'Melveny ...

A state appellate court overturned a $540,000 attorney fees award Monday for several law firms, finding the trial judge in the...

The Century City office of Minneapolis-based Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP has absorbed local boutique real estate l...

A 9th Circuit panel gave new life Monday to a long-running lawsuit challenging an Alameda County gun ban. ...

In a case involving executive branch authority and Middle East politics, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whet...

Lawyers should not overlook victim restitution, which can offer more money for your clients. By Antonio R. Sarabia II ...

Settling a legal skirmish over water rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Wyoming's irrigation system doesn't viol...

The U.S. Supreme Court summarily reinstated a death sentence Monday against an Ohio inmate convicted of killing two people, in...

New federal privacy and security enforcement rules subject violators to significant civil monetary penalties. By Callan Carter...

As the federal criminal trial of real estate magnate Ezri Namvar opens today, federal prosecutors have dismissed one count aga...

A few days after a key appellate ruling, TiVo Inc. agreed Monday to a $500 million settlement from Dish Network Corp. and Echo...

One year after the Toyota calamity, little has been done to fix the nation's vehicle recall program. By Jonathan Michaels of M...

A recent twist in a key trademark case has sports and entertainment heavyweights clamoring for a rehearing after the 9th U.S. ...

On the heels last week's pro-arbitration ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether arbitration agreemen...

Jones Day is advising San Jose-based solar energy company SunPower Corp. in its $1.4 billion acquisition by French oil company...

This week's planned initial public offering by San Francisco-based RPX Corp., which acquires patents for defensive purposes, w...

General Counsel and Senior Vice President of External Affairs for Southern California Gas Co. Los Angeles ...

A federal judge rejected the claims of Blockbuster Inc. online DVD subscribers who claimed a deal between Wal-Mart Stores Inc....

Retiree health benefits are not a vested right for city employees and may be changed through labor negotiations, a San Diego C...