Unless climate change policy is neutral in terms of its trade impact, there will always be the possibility of disputes over im...

California law firm Garcia Calderon Ruiz expanded its reach in Denver, acquiring a regional shop largely known for its corpora...

No published opinion has weighed in on the split between two cases addressing anti-SLAPP suits, writes Jeremiah A. Ho. ...

Discount retailer Costco Wholesale Corp. and its allies among corporate defense attorneys tried hard to persuade the high cour...

The City of Vallejo has cleared two major hurdles on its road back to solvency, disposing of collective bargaining agreements ...

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger named a rash of new judges to superior courts this week — in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Alamed...

New SEC regulations may exacerbate the difficulty many mid-tier companies experience in recruiting and retaining board members...

The Writers Guild of America West said it plans to settle a long-running class-action suit brought against the union on behalf...

In "Environmental Litigation: Law and Strategy" Cary R. Perlman compiles an overview of the rapidly changing area of climate c...

Silicon Valley electric sports car manufacturer Tesla Motors Inc. has replaced its general counsel with the former head lawyer...

California will receive $34.8 million from Pfizer Inc. as part of a record-shattering $2.3 billion nationwide settlement to re...

E-discovery continues to be much like the weather: ungovernable, never-ending and sometimes disastrous, writes Fern M. Smith. ...

A California appellate court on Monday upheld a lower court's decision to throw out a $1.5 million arbitration award in a Vent...

Victor Schachter of Fenwick & West in Mountain View represents the California Employment Law Council. He is urging the Ca...

Observers are optimistic about the potential for one of the federal government's programs designed to help banks unload toxic ...

Every time a product is featured on a show like "The Oprah Winfrey Show," Web sites full of fake endorsements and "as seen on"...

A judge has allowed several complaints to move forward accusing a defunct technology company's executives of misleading invest...

In the absence of the Supreme Court's decision it remains to be seen whether business method patents have really been dealt a ...

Dewey & LeBoeuf's decision to hire a group of mergers and acquisitions partners led by Keith Flaum and Richard Climan away...

For too long, virtually the only consequence of prosecutorial misconduct has been the reversal of a conviction, writes Kathlee...

Attorney General Jerry Brown and four other state attorneys general have urged the U.S. Senate to ensure states can enforce vi...

Langley Productions Inc. - the people who brought you COPS - is prepping a reality show about the lives of deputies in the Los...

A former Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp partner has sued the firm for failing to refund more than $25,000 of his contributio...

San Mateo County Superior Court officials on Tuesday announced they will lay off 28 court workers - a significant drop from th...

Who controls the privilege in a corporate setting: An executive who spoke to the company's lawyers or the company's board of d...

While the Legislature continues to struggle through budget cut battles, the race to become the state's leading law enforcer is...

A recent 1st Circuit case dealt a frightening blow to taxpayers' rights ...

A watered down version of the state Senate's prison budget reduction plan was passed by the Assembly on Monday - leaving legis...

Pop star left massive debt - but also a potential for hundreds of millions of dollars in earnings. ...

Three non-lawyers who created and managed American Law Center, a Sacramento bankruptcy firm, have pleaded guilty to falsifyin...