A federal judge on Friday dismissed one count of criminal mail fraud entered by a jury against former KB Home CEO Bruce Karatz...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has been tapped to advise Scotts Valley-based computer disk drive manufacturer Seagate Te...

With hundreds of litigants and lawyers left waiting in long lines, the Orange County Superior Court shut down its two main cou...

As creditors continue their efforts to jam Hollywood financier David Bergstein's film companies into Chapter 11, he has ramped...

Republican candidate for state attorney general Steve Cooley has the backing of the defense bar, individual attorneys general,...

Should campaign materials factor into our courts' interpretation of constitutional amendments and statutes? By Allen L. Lanstr...

Justice Richard M. Mosk of the California Court of Appeal comments on "The Intersection of Two Lives." ...

The future expansion of the collateral source rule is before the state Supreme Court. Will its decision cost insurers millions...

The nation's new health care reform laws apply differently to "grandfathered" and "non-grandfathered" plans. By David McFarlan...

Courts have turned the act governing employer-provided insurance into a shield for insurers, leaving claimants with few option...

Six of the country's 10 largest venture capital investments in the third quarter in 2010 went to California companies, illustr...

Countrywide Financial co-founder Angelo Mozilo could end up paying less than one-third of the massive $67.5 million settlement...

Judge Nancy Ayers shows patience from the bench and with guide dogs in training.

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...

Thanks to several key court cases this year involving profit-participation deals, accounting maneuvers that usually are shroud...

The Republic of Ecuador has won another victory in an ongoing discovery battle related to the massive environmental lawsuit Ch...

The Department of Insurance's high-profile crackdown on companies dealing with Iranian businesses hit a snag this week when th...

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David Moon, of Judicate West in San Diego, uses the principles of fly fishing to help parties reach agreements. ...

Jeffrey A. Milman and partner Daniel Martin Hodes make it a practice to work with other lawyers who seek their help on medical...

A Riverside County judge temporarily barred state officials from spending $33 million in federal stimulus money for renewable ...

The pharmacy giant struck a $77.6 million agreement to ward off any federal criminal charges related to its sale of pseudoephe...

The U.S. Department of Justice Thursday filed a notice stating it intends to appeal a federal judge's ruling blocking enforcem...

Know how to prepare for an interview, it can make or break your business. By Asha Blake of Goldenheart Media, and Los Angeles ...

How to choose the most appropriate business entity for passing client investments on to their younger family members. By Louis...

Society must wrest the Constitution from conservative judges who have eroded our rights to liberty and equality. By Erwin Chem...

Worlds apart, a comparison of mediator standards in the European Union and the U.S. By Randall Kiser and Nicole Ginder. ...

We need more from our politicians than just posturing about how tough they are on crime. By W. David Ball of Santa Clara Unive...

Traffic citations are up in California. Some say increased revenues, not safety, is the reason. ...

When Chief Justice Ronald M. George was summoned to Sacramento the day after announcing his retirement in July, he knew the go...