Legislation that would force out-of-state, online retailers to collect a use tax passed the California Assembly 47 to 16 Tuesd...

The lives and careers of the seven candidates for Los Angeles County district attorney have crossed at various paths, and the ...

South San Francisco-based biofuel company Solazyme Inc. raised $197.6 million in an initial public offering by attracting clea...

Less than four months after its trademark dilution lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch Trading Co. was revived by the 9th ...

The current tax laws provide estate planning attorneys with both a new exemption amount and portability. By Michael Burstein o...

The Orange County District Attorney's Office escaped sanctions Tuesday after being accused of hiding exculpatory evidence in a...

In a win for Silicon Valley firms fighting suits from patent trolls, the U.S. Supreme Court tightened the standard for proving...

A federal judge in Oakland dismissed key parts of U.S. Army veterans' case against the CIA and other government agencies claim...

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday that former Attorney General John D. Ashcroft is immune from a civil suit cla...

As a handful of California cities roll out programs to check workers' immigration status using the federal E-Verify program, c...

Federal immigration authorities should join the digital age and let people file deportation appeals electronically, the 9th U....

Kern County (Mojave and Lake Isabella) ...

More than a decade after digital music made its debut, recording artists and their labels are hashing out the distinction betw...

Chief Campus Counsel for UC San Diego San Diego ...

Superior Court Judge Kern County (Bakersfield) ...

The Ministry of Justice's guidance to the 2010 U.K. Bribery Act may not be perfect, but it provides clues as to how liability ...

A new study found extensive business travel may be bad for your health, but that hasn't stopped lawyers from heading to the ai...

A state appeals court refused to disqualify a Sacramento-based environmental law firm from representing the Orange County Wate...

Judicial administrators provided a peek inside the pocketbooks of the U.S. Supreme Court justices with the release of their an...

A new Senate bill revives a longstanding debate over who bears the responsibility when things to wrong in construction project...

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP will replace the managing partner of its Los Angeles office on Wednesday, replacing longtime head G...

In the lawsuits over unintentional acceleration against Toyota Motor Corp., one looming judicial decision could should steer t...

Fed up with a state agency's foot-dragging on increased payments to foster parents, U.S. District Judge William H. Alsup on Fr...

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

A rondup of recent law firm moves.

Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego has been accused in a lawsuit of luring students to campus under false promises th...

Not even surgery can keep 2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Victoria G. Chaney from getting the job done. And when tough de...

Former Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker of San Francisco will no longer be required to appear at a June 13 hearing o...

Dedicated lawyers at immigration law firm Schoenleber and Waltermire in Sacramento work long hours to help immigrants gain leg...

In the midst of the renewable energy boom, land-use and environmental attorneys are increasingly working on deals to turn form...