In a complaint filed Tuesday, Hewlett-Packard Co. said Mark Hurd would carry trade secrets to his new job at rival Oracle Corp.

Stenographers in California are becoming increasingly vulnerable as the prospect of replacing them with computers and voice re...

Lawyers who represent defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial are grappling with a backlog that's keeping many o...

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...

The latest transactions by California attorneys.

Spurred by stories of sick and injured policyholders whose disability claims are denied and then tied up in court, state lawma...

Patent litigator Stephen Korniczky has joined Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton's San Diego office as a partner and co-cha...

Manufacturers are presenting hybrid and electric cars as the definitive solution to our fossil fuel problem. But is this accur...

For entertainment lawyers like Corey Field, negotiations over intellectual property usually focus on money. When it comes to h...

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

A dispute between two major record labels involving royalties from the online sale of rapper Eminem's songs is set to head bac...

When the judge has made your case, adding more layers to the discussion will only complicate things, by Nathaniel Bruno of She...

The legal sector gained 1,000 jobs nationwide in August, according to a preliminary report released Friday by the U.S. Departm...

Pacific Gas & Electric is facing mounting consumer complaints over allegations that its smart meters are overcharging them...

In a major test of the limits of executive power, the California Supreme Court will hear argument Wednesday on whether Gov. Ar...

The latest topic of conversation around law firm water coolers? Hollywood socialite Paris Hilton, by Michael Garfinkel and Sch...

The $600 million in fines that Irvine-based Allergan Inc. must pay for off-label promotion of Botox may be a shot in the arm f...

Lawyers at Katten Muchin Rosenman in Los Angeles will have to answer to conspiracy and fraud charges, a state appellate panel ...

As federal prosecutors ramp up the criminal investigation of alleged doping in U.S. pro cycling one question that has stumped ...

The Southern California chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel hosted its 12th annual charity golf tournament Monday ...

A state appellate court won't force Attorney General Jerry Brown to defend California's same-sex marriage ban. ...

An attorney for retired NFL players suing Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and Dallas-based McKool Smith for legal malpractice ha...

Reid & Hellyer, one of the largest law firms in the Inland Empire, has opened an Orange County office. Partners Jim Mannin...

It is a necessity for ADR Services neutral Keith Parker's work sorting out complex insurance disputes. ...

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Orange County Superior Court judges elected Thomas J. Borris to be their new presiding judge next year, and David A. Thompson ...

A nationwide janitorial services contractor agreed to pay a $5.8 million to settle dramatic allegations of chronic sex harassm...

Two female Chinese immigrants who were asked for bribes and sexually assaulted by a federal asylum officer can sue for inflict...

An outspoken critic of Scientology who alleges that one of its members assaulted him during a 2008 protest is suing the church...

By family law and appellate law attorney Robin Yeamans. ...