A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.

U.S. Magistrate Douglas McCormick questions policies and procedures, looking for inefficiencies.

Longtime prosecutor and part-time woodworker, John Cope is thriving as a Contra Costa judge.

In labeling cases filed in the Northern District of California, federal judges have yet to approve of an adequate method of de...

Despite an affirmative ethical duty to encourage clients to settle and to not delay resolution, consensual dispute resolution ...

Two years ago, the Los Angeles County Superior Court reduced the number of individual calendar civil courts in the downtown Mo...

Emphasis on the use of social media within the practice of law has increased. But ignorance of the rules, no matter how new or...

While a recent California Supreme Court decision paved the way for construction of the state's high speed rail and groundbreak...

Former Chief 9th Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski and his wife have agreed to withdraw an objection to a settlement involving probl...

Sauer & Wagner added just three attorneys over the course of 17 years, even as it litigated matters for big names like Son...

Attorneys Timothy R. Busch and Michael W. Caspino will end their partnership in Busch & Caspino, after less than a year t...

Sofaer, who in 2007 founded the private adjudication service Federal Arbitration Inc., known as FedArb, is known for his exper...

U.S. District Judge James Otero ruled Thursday that construction of an amphitheater at the West L.A. Veterans Affairs Medical ...

In a decision favoring laborers who work 24-hour shifts, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that security guards who are r...

City Attorney Dennis Herrera has been sued by his former deputy chief trial counsel, who accuses him of firing her after she d...

Shortened sentences under Proposition 47 and SB 1310 will help reduce deportations ...

The firm brings on video game litigator Bruce Isaacs and entertainment dealmmaker Bob Wyman from Wyman & Isaacs. ...

The proposed opinion, the first in the nation on the topic, concludes blogs by lawyers fall under advertising rules if they ex...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals clarified a key question of when class actions can be removed to federal court, ruling e...

The holiday season brings with it much tradition. One tradition being the National Labor Relations Board dropping new law-chan...

A federal judge is sorting through a discovery dispute in a case on the legality of selling used digital music. ...

A financial company that holds $50 million worth of San Bernardino's pension obligation bonds and the bond insurer say the cit...

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

Echoing frequent criticisms, a state audit released Wednesday faulted California judicial leaders for poor management that le...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently expanded the available equitable remedies and set forth a road map for claimant...

Just months after a big Lanham Act victory against Coca Cola at the U.S. Supreme Court, Pom Wonderful has prevailed again. By ...

California's support of secured lenders has meant that the well-publicized 'robo-signing' cases that appeared nationwide sever...

A recent case demonstrates once again the importance of strictly complying with court rules before and during the filing of an...

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP announced the firm is opening a Seattle office with the addition of former U.S. atto...

A California prison inmate classified as male but identifying as a transgender woman got some relief on her civil rights claim...