The mid-sized firm has expanded from its tax-focused roots to focus on infrastructure projects.

After lying dormant for almost one year, the agency in charge of interpreting the country’s main labor law erupted in December...

The specialized unit to prosecute animal abusers was created in November, and is gearing up to be fully operational in January.

After almost 11 years of work by a team of attorneys with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Gov. Jerry Brown has commuted the s...

The head of an EB-5 regional center is accused of abandoning his sinking ship near the Port of Los Angeles and leaving a marin...

Joni L. Ostler helped secure a landmark settlement with Kern High School District

Two key rulings, including one by the U.S. Supreme Court, are affecting where plaintiffs file patent infringement lawsuits in ...

Deputy Public Defender Steve Binder has played a central role in the program’s spread.

Twice this year, the pro bono arm of DLA Piper headed to Nepal to teach women lawyers new branches of the law and create a for...

Finnegan attorneys help alleviate the Bay Area housing shortage.

In 23 years as a neutral, Richard Chernick has emerged as a leader in a field that has blossomed into a significant sector of ...

Mindbody Inc. chief legal officer Kim Lytikainen has been a certified yoga instructor since 2013.

Colin Kaepernick’s appeal and the potential legalization of sports gambling were the leading topics of 2017

Allstate Insurance Company received a bitter surprise after a federal judge reversed a favorable jury verdict right before the...

Plaintiffs’ attorneys won a major battle in their long war to limit forced arbitration this year. New campaign finance regulat...

As a law student, Laura Donaldson took on the case of a 40-year-old man who was sentenced to life for his part in a murder as ...

Partners Denis Moriarty and Kenneth Anderson found that many of the firm’s employees were already volunteering.

Several agencies will launch a collaborative human trafficking calendar aimed at tearing young girls and boys away from forced...

Large and medium-sized law firms continue to scale back office footprints as costs for premium space increase, according to re...

Allegations of misconduct have dominated the back end of 2017 in entertainment law.

San Francisco and two other cities filed a lawsuit Monday against the U.S. Department of Defense, alleging that the federal go...

As plaintiffs’ employment lawyers brace themselves for the U.S. Supreme Court’s judgment on their last, real hope to mitigate ...

Ann Taylor Schwing, a lawyer with Best Best & Krieger LLP, is spending a lot of time working to address damage to property...

California is already unusual in requiring sexual harassment workplace training, and, starting Jan. 1, that training will expa...

In the latest large settlement stemming from the financial crisis, Royal Bank of Scotland Group has agreed to pay $125 million...

A man wrongfully convicted of murder was granted his freedom this year after 21 years in prison with the help of a Keker, Van ...

The governor is making progress on filling all judicial vacancies, but he still hasn’t picked a state Supreme Court justice.

U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has asked the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to review employee guid...

According to industry experts, the most in-demand practice areas of 2017 were employment, intellectual property, real estate a...