O'Melveny & Myers gains a trio of patent litigtors from the dissolving Thelen.

A 25-year-old man held for two months at a Lancaster detention center because immigration officials doubted the validity of hi...

Partners at San Francisco-based Thelen completed the vote Tuesday to dissolve the 84-year-old firm, a firm spokesman confirmed...

Latham & Watkins associate Marc Wilson, center, with Election Protection, watches as election inspector Rose Jones, left, ...

California’s focus on sweepstakes as addressed by SB 1400 may mean that sweepstakes in general will face increased scrutiny, w...

The unequal distribution of health care resources undermines the promise of access for certain groups, regardless of insurance...

The Southern California economy is not bulletproof, but certain trends have offset the dramatic downturn in real estate and co...

Seven attorneys crammed into a tiny conference room in a downtown Las Vegas law office to help the Lawyers Committee for Civil...

The nation’s patent appeals court made its first appearance in Silicon Valley in more than a decade Tuesday, reminding everyon...

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared split Tuesday over whether the Federal Communications Commission acted legally when it tighten...

The California Supreme Court will hear two cases Thursday that will affect the ability of lawyers to collect fees for their wo...

Davis Wright Tremaine grabs four attorneys for its life sciences practices in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared to be leaning toward a narrow ruling in a key case argued Monday about whether state tort clai...

The Supreme Court should buck the pro-business judicial trend and reverse the Court of Appeal in 'Brinker.' - Forum Column ...

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it would review a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling over whether a convict...

Twelve hours before Chevron called upon the Nigerian military to subdue 150 protesters occupying an oil platform, company offi...

A federal judge has released a highly unusual brief he filed with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals slamming federal pros...

Jose Ledesma has spent two months locked up in a Lancaster immigration detention facility fighting a deportation order, even t...

Promoting transit-oriented development is the subject of recent state legislation, and over the past few years, several state ...

Judge Carol C. Yaggy, whose tough court calendar includes murders and sex offenses, seeks contentment through serene artworks ...

Richard Wiebe represented the Center for Biological Diversity in a case that used the Public Trust Doctrine to fight against a...

Heller Ehrman's demise has continued to scatter attorneys to various firms.

“If this case gets upheld, I don’t know why anyone would want to be a DA,” John Van de Kamp, a former Los Angeles district att...

Some legal representation is better than no legal representation. It may not be free, but that's the idea behind limited scop...

There is a growing support network for solo and small firm lawyers who want to do pro bono or "low bono" work. ...

Perhaps more than any profession, medicine excluded, lawyers are called on to provide service to those who can't afford it. So...

"If a little old lady needs help with a will, I'm going to give her a break," said Marie Galanti, a Bay Area estate planning l...

Nine judges from the nation's patent appeals court, based in Washington, D.C., are spending this week in Silicon Valley, where...

Research on how negative political ads affect the public can also be useful to those who practice law, writes Steven G. Mehta....

Another Texas plaintiffs' firm is setting up shop in San Francisco. ...