An Islamic group that recently won a ruling from a San Francisco federal judge that the government unlawfully spied on it has ...
Joan Cotkin of Nossaman says two recent cases about the rights and obligations of defending insurers under different circumsta...
Mattel Inc. did not abandon its trademark to Crash Dummies toys and games and thus can block a smaller competitor's applicatio...
UC Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin Liu weathered wave after wave of sharp questions at his Senate grilling Friday, wi...
The Supreme Court has taken on its first cases regarding whether employees have a right to privacy when they send text message...
One bad apple may spoil the bunch for medical device companies seeking clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to...
As news of Department of Justice and SEC investigations into a German subsidiary of HP broke last week, the San Francisco offi...
Plaintiffs' attorneys in the national Toyota acceleration litigation met Friday in Orange County to discuss how to organize th...
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...
Courage of Her Convictions
A law intended to curb arbitration abuses by U.S. defense contractors may wind up giving a day in court to a much wider swath ...
Irell & Manella has recruited patent lawyer Greg Gardella in Los Angeles, the first partner-level addition since 2006, whe...
Guy N. Halgren has been re-elected to a fourth three-year term as chairman of the executive committee of Sheppard, Mullin, Ric...
Marine Sgt. Gary Stein's Facebook page, "Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots," is back up following a meeting Tuesday with his sup...
While many expect legal staff hiring to ramp back up this year, some question whether outsourcing could stand in the way of a ...
The newest edition of the often criticized but closely watched list of top law schools by U.S. News & World Report was rel...
UC Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin Liu will face a barrage of attacks today from Republicans who claim he's unfit to ...
Ask Margaret Hay what sets her apart from other mediators and arbitrators, and she'll laugh. "My accent," she said. "But there...
An audit of family court practices in Sacramento and Marin superior courts requested nearly a year ago remains in limbo follow...
San Francisco Superior Court could be on the verge of substantial layoffs to meet a budget deficit of at least $11.8 million i...
The U.S. has consistently emphasized the importance of the international legal system but simultaneously distances itself from...
The business judgment rule, when skillfully employed, is a formidable weapon against derivative lawsuits, writes Jeffrey W. Kr...
Perspective
Lianghui Shows China Is Moving Toward Parliamentary System
By Carla Pinedan
The annual conference, held in five-year cycles corresponding to the term of the NPC, appears willing to hold the government a...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Judges Debate Unpublished Opinions
By John Roemer
9th Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski isn't shy about his deep dislike of a new federal courts rule allowing lawyers to cite u...
A Superior Court Judge on Thursday ordered prosecutors to provide defense lawyers with hundreds of additional pages of documen...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Local and global forces are driving some law firms to shift their tax practices out West. ...
President Barack Obama has nominated Edward DuMont, a partner at WilmerHale and a Washington, D.C.-based appellate specialist,...