California Attorney General Jerry Brown and 32 other state attorneys general announced Thursday that they and private plaintif...

A memorial service will be held July 6 for Jeffrey M. Rawitz, the late Jones Day partner who co-defended Orange County Sheriff...

A Superior Court Judge has ruled that plaintiffs suing health insurance companies are not bound by a general two-year statute ...

A San Diego jury ordered two title companies to pay several investors nearly $7 million in damages after finding some of the f...

Environmental and fishing groups sued state officials Thursday, claiming they are failing to protect a Northern California riv...

The U.S. Supreme Court avoided ruling Thursday on whether the names of supporters of a Washington state ballot initiative oppo...

Monolithic Power Systems has won battles on two separate fronts against rival chipmaker O2Micro International Ltd. over patent...

Fred von Lohmann, one of the nation's most high-profile advocates for a more expansive view of copyright law, has left the Ele...

Former California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso and his wife remained hospitalized Thursday following a serious car accid...

Looking for raw human emotion, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, with a touch of mayhem? Benjamin Shatz of Manatt, Phelps & Ph...

Mediator Mitchel Goldberg of Judicate West says his job is to 'make you open up your eyes' and settle the case. ...

Allowing company technology usage policies to become stagnant is practically an invitation for judicial intervention, say Jaso...

Most attorneys enter the profession fueled by a passion for justice and the law, but somewhere along the way, the job just fee...

Plaintiffs' lawyers are sponsoring a bill to allow Californians injured by foreign nationals driving rental cars to serve laws...

Former Brocade Communications Systems Inc. chief executive Gregory L. Reyes was sentenced to 18 months in prison and a $15 mil...

Stopping short of striking down the federal honest services fraud statute, the U.S. Supreme Court nevertheless gave hope to wh...

Arbitration is not a run-up to settlement, says Gordon Ownby of Cooperative of American Physicians Inc.

As it gears up for a second round in its fight with Mattel Inc. over the Bratz dolls, MGA Entertainment Inc. is also battling ...

Almost $700 million worth of relief could be on the way for struggling homeowners in California, the U.S. Treasury Department ...

A San Francisco lawmaker said Wednesday he will ask the California legislature to reconvene a special task force to provide re...

Manufacturers of thin film transistor liquid crystal display panels are attempting to knock out the claims of three major comp...

Four partners and one associate from the West Los Angeles legal powerhouse Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro ha...

Lawyers for Toyota Motor Corp. ignited controversy Wednesday by objecting to the proposed appointment of former state Court of...

A lawyer who advised on the purchase of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer six years ago is now helping the cash-strapped movie studio draw u...

Philip O'Neill explores the most urgent arms control issues facing the world community, providing historical background and su...

Thousands of Wells Fargo investors, who were shocked to find their holdings frozen during the financial crisis in 2008, have r...

What are the worst consequences for failing to engage in proper estate planning? Howard Klein of Feinberg MIndel Brandt & ...

How you draft your fee agreement affects tax treatment and how much money you ultimately recover, says Robert Wood of Wood &am...

In a sweeping victory for YouTube parent Google Inc., a New York federal judge dismissed Viacom Inc.'s $1 billion copyright in...

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. has agreed to pay $12.5 million to settle allegations it knowingly submitted false claims to go...