A recent 2nd Circuit case involving Internet radio and webcasting is an important guidepost on the path to the digital society...

The Superman comics illustrate how the value of the rights to copyrighted works can explode over time, write Miles J. Feldman ...

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft is not immune from a lawsuit by an American convert to Islam who claims he was wrongly d...

The Latham & Watkins lawyer who helped shepherd a deal between a big pharmaceutical company and a Carlsbad-based dermatolo...

The co-founders of a company that sued Facebook Inc. for stealing its ideas is now owned by Facebook, and that fact requires i...

Gordon & Rees has grown from a small, San Francisco-only litigation shop to a mid-tier firm with 16 offices around the cou...

A divided state appellate panel has upheld an Alameda County ordinance cutting the length of time employable individuals can c...

As the summer draws to a close, judges across the country are stamping out subprime-securities fraud class actions like nascen...

A reader weighs in on the admonishment of an L.A. family law judge.

Jeffrey Carr, Patrick Lamb, Patrick J. McKenna and Edwin B. Reeser join forces to address how to approach this issue with BigL...

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...

Coming from a family that included a civil rights lawyer, aeronautical engineer and southern belle, it's not surprising Judge ...

During a rough summer of big-name partner departures from Palo Alto-based Cooley, firm leaders hoped to hang onto Craig Waldma...

The son of a cattle rancher, Ronald P. Kreber worked as a homicide detective and a criminal defense attorney before becoming a...

The Legislature is considering a measure that for the first time would consider the sexuality and gender identity of inmates i...

Pro bono attorneys from Hogan & Hartson have convinced a San Mateo judge to block East Palo Alto's largest landlord from e...

The Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit Thursday charging Ventura County with discrimination for not hiring a job applica...

Rather than playing the victim, most consumers are strongly focused on paying their debts on time, writes Harvey Moore. ...

Judicate West's Thomas Sharkey is one of the few mediators who have an intimate grasp of airplane mechanics. He bought his fir...

Recent guidance by federal and California labor agencies makes it easier for employers to implement shortened workweeks, write...

Class counsel have an obligation to use all available tools to promptly dispose of opportunistic objections, writes Matt C. Ba...

Local crime increases when parolees return to a neighborhood - but those effects can be curbed under the right conditions, a n...

A state appellate court has given a big boost to a $250,000,000 nationwide class action against a subsidiary of H&R Block....

Results of a new public opinion poll shows that Californian's support for the death penalty is slipping. Of 800 respondents, ...

For California law students pondering what to do with their futures, lower-paying government and public interest jobs are sudd...

Despite a devastating economic downturn and a hiring freeze, the Administrative Office of the Courts has continued to hire new...

With a comprehensive strategy for rebuilding our middle class, we can do more than pay lip service to the work of Americans on...

Readers weigh in on malpractice insurance, and California's continuing budget woes.

J. Michael Hennigan, left, and his manager, Jack Smith, at Quail H Farms in Livingston, are in process of harvesting about 60 ...

Billionaire Henry Samueli spent what was likely an uncomfortable Wednesday morning before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal...