New job numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the legal industry saw its most significant jump in employment i...

A $1.25 million settlement reached last week doesn't just put to rest claims that the Oakland Raiders should have paid wages a...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC has seen explosive growth recently across all practice areas in its San Francisco offi...

The Woman's Club of Hollywood - a century-old entertainment hub once frequented by stars like Charlie Chaplin - is in the mid...

San Francisco-based cloud communications company Twilio Co. has hired the former vice president and deputy general counsel of ...

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

Hoping to persuade a federal judge not to allow a former accounting firm executive to intervene in a settlement with Hewlett-P...

In a loss for those fighting the growth in trains carrying crude oil into California, a San Francisco judge on Friday rejected...

George Wu's great-grandfather was a justice minister, but lawyers credit his accomplishments to hard work.

Technology has changed the practice of law, allowing one lawyer to be in two places (and two coasts) at the same time. By Paul...

Coverage ratios are relevant for evaluating rate of return risk on investment, by calculating what is left after servicing deb...

What happens when a complaint is dismissed in lieu of opposition to an anti-SLAPP motion? By James J. Moneer ...

How is confidentiality impacted when an attorney is subject to acts that give rise to a potential employment claim, and seeks ...

Recently, four college students invented nail polish that allows its wearer to detect a rape drug mixed into a drink, raising ...

A lawsuit that alleging a dozen major banks including Goldman Sachs and Bank of America fixed prices and limited competition ...

Some legal futurists believe nonlawyer ownership of firms is inevitable and good for consumers. Many lawyers and the organized...

Alexander Macgillivray named new deputy U.S. chief technology officer. ...

Chief Judge Alex Kozinski didn't let one of Attorney General Kamala D. Harris' deputies off easily when the question arose of ...

Following a nearly two-year hiatus from being a mediator with the Inland Valley Arbitration and Mediation Services in Rancho C...

Google Inc. reached an agreement Thursday to pay $19 million back to parents whose children sometimes bought hundreds of dolla...

Criminal and civil actions were filed Wednesday against Justin Moongyu Lee, an L.A.-based immigration attorney who allegedly d...

The patent infringement case between plaintiff Digital Reg of Texas LLC and defendant Adobe Systems Inc. is now in a federal j...

Texas-based law firm Buckley Madole PC has hired the former general counsel of a foreclosure services company as its first sen...

Imbued with the same entrepreneurial spirit that animates his firm's technology startup clients, Bryan I. Springmeyer started ...

Sen. Barbara Boxer on Thursday named Luis J. Rodriguez to her committee that recommends potential nominees for the Central Dis...

Two San Ramon family law attorneys have announced the merger of their solo practices into the new firm Whipple, Mercado, &...

Robb Adkins of Winston & Strawn LLP discuss a case limiting the international reach of Dodd-Frank's whistleblower protecti...

When it comes to impeachment material in police personnel files, even well-meaning prosecutors may be unable to carry out thei...

In a surprise victory for Uber Technologies Inc., U.S. District Judge Edward Chen changed his mind and ruled California employ...

Two California lawyers were at the heart of Thursday's blockbuster federal trial court ruling exposing BP PLC to as much as $1...