The so-called Big Wave Project recently given a green light by San Mateo County officials would transform 19 acres near the lo...

In our global society, stay out of the Internal Revenue Service's cross-hairs with proper tax planning. By Laura A. Zwicker of...

In order to hold on to their associates, law firms should learn to adapt to the new generation of incoming lawyers. By Wendy B...

A group of gas station franchise owners are suing BP in federal court, accusing the company of manipulating gas pricing. ...

Federal prosecutors obtained a third felony plea deal in their ongoing prosecution of executives from an Orange County-based v...

The inability of prosecutors and defense attorneys to see a case from both sides has created a hyperadversarial system. By Had...

Most judges and commissioners in Alameda County received high marks in bar survey. ...

A judge gave plaintiffs the green light in a class action against Toyota by drivers who say the value of their vehicles plumme...

In the wake of last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision that companies can ban class arbitration in consumer contracts, the big...

A federal appeals court knocked aside a legal challenge Friday to California's landmark law designed to slash vehicle green-ho...

Jones Day and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC are helping guide a plan by French oil giant Total S.A. to buy a control...

LeClairRyan PC lured a former Bullivant Houser Bailey PC venture capital team to its San Francisco office.

Judge Peter J. Wilson, who moved to Orange County frustrated by the unfairness of his native South Africa, takes pride in runn...

After warning executives they may face sanctions for fraud traced to their companies, federal prosecutors are making good on t...

Superior Court Commissioner Kern County (Bakersfield) ...

On April 20 at the Los Angeles City Hall Rotunda, the Latina Lawyers Bar Association honored Maria Blanco, vice president of c...

The Entertainment Law Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association honored Ken Kleinberg, founding partner of Kleinberg Lopez...

Four legal leaders received honors from the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County at the organization's 14th annual awards lun...

The American Bar Association awarded DLA Piper its Business Law Section's 2011 National Public Service Award for its commitmen...

The lawyer who advised clients to break into their foreclosed homes lost his right to practice law Thursday. ...

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced Thursday her endorsement of San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon in his b...

One month after state Administrative Office of the Courts' Director William C. Vickrey announced his decision to retire in Sep...

How one attorney overcame loss by writing a simple thank-you note once a day, for a year. By John Kralik of the Los Angeles Co...

An unexpected act of violence rattles the lives of all those involved. By Michael Link. ...

When a client displays antisocial characteristics, attorneys are wise to have their guard up. By Paul Fisher of Pepperdine Uni...

Gary W. Osborne and Dominic S. Nesbitt were content representing insurance companies in business disputes, until they took a c...

Proskauer Rose LLP has named Michael Woronoff managing partner of the firm's Los Angeles office. ...

A federal law designed to combat computer hacking can be used against people who steal company trade secrets, the 9th U.S. Cir...

Bankrupt investment giant Lehman Brothers looks to California morgtage companies to recoup losses. So far, the federal courts ...

The Heller estate sued 49 other firms for taking business away from it amid its dissolution, but at the same time, it's facing...