One of the nation's top real estate agents has settled his part of an industrywide patent dispute, siding with plaintiffs who ...
An arbitrator has awarded $29 million to the families of five people killed by an apartment fire in the Kings County city of L...
Kaye Scholer nabs a corporate partner from Winston & Strawn.
The Justice Department announced Wednesday proposed changes to its policy of seeking attorney-client privilege waivers in corp...
RealtyTrac's monthly report found a 3 percent decrease in foreclosure activity for June when compared with the previous month,...
Michael Steel, a prominent environmental litigator and onetime managing partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's San Franc...
A Westminster city councilman and local Republican official running for Orange County judge has filed campaign finance reports...
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal added three Wilson Sonsini outsourcing lawyers to various offices on Wednesday, including on...
Being overly antagonistic and aggressive at trial can do more damage than good to your case, writes G. Christopher Ritter. - F...
Legal professionals and academics were shocked last week by the death of one of their own, Xia Zhao, 1969-2008, a Sillicon Val...
In a blow to the Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has approved its labor agreement...
A recent decision in Delaware case is an emphatic statement on the boundaries of securities holders' rights and importance of ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Expect the Election to Continue Delivering the Unexpected
By Sara Libbyn
Given the unpredictable nature of this election, America could witness the first modern electoral tie, which would trigger an ...
An immigration law firm and a San Francisco software company are the latest targets of a federal investigation involving appli...
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court Will Review Award of $55 Million in Punitives
By Laura Ernden
Attorneys for Ford Motor Co. convinced the California Supreme Court Wednesday to reconsider an $82.6 million judgment against ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
With Online ADR Service, Carbon Is Also Neutral
By Greg Katzn
Jack A. Draper has the solution for lawyers worried about their carbon footprints: mediate online.
A longtime O'Melveny & Myers labor and employment partner has jumped to Jones Day.
Rachel Folberg put her law career on the line to testify in Sacramento against the appointment of her former boss, Robert A. J...
Superior Court Judge David. S. Wesley displays the same talents on the bench that he showed as a sandlot ballplayer - speed an...
Litigation
Former Pro Football Linebacker Settles Lawsuit for $5.5 Million
By Pat Broderick
A former San Diego Chargers linebacker, who contends that his football career was ended when he was shot by an off-duty police...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Blue Cross Settles With Hospitals Over Rescissions
By Evan George
The state's largest for-profit health insurer has agreed to pay $11.8 million to California hospitals for unpaid medical bills...
Out-of-state law firms remain keenly interested in acquiring or merging with California firms, consultants say. But statistics...
A rising tide of consumer disgust with "greenwashing" - false, deceptive or simply meaningless environmental marketing claims ...
U.S. District Judge Stephen G. Larson of Riverside is presiding over two high-profile cases, the business dispute over who own...
Judges and Judiciary
Commissioner Retires, Leaving Backlog of Undecided Cases
By Cortney Fieldingn
Superior Court officials are investigating how a former family law commissioner piled up 31 undecided cases before retiring, c...
Prison officials routinely deny crucial testing and treatments to the thousands of inmates who are infected with the hepatitis...
In creating "free speech zones" where protestors are confined to a particular, often isolated location, the government is miss...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
UC Schools Shouldn't Water Down Admissions Requirements
By Sara Libbyn
Rather than eliminate subject tests, UC schools should work with high schools to make sure that qualified students understand ...
Seyfarth Shaw grabs DLA Piper's labor and employment chair.
Howrey attorney Daniel Shvodian was on the legal team that seized on the Supreme Court’s “obviousness” test for patents to cha...