NBCUniversal Inc. has nabbed a well-known entertainment attorney as its next vice president of legal, the company announced t...

San Jose-based electronic component manufacturer Fairchild Semiconductor lost a patent infringement case brought by competitor...

The U.S. high court recently heard oral argument in two patent cases that could make it much easier for prevailing defendants ...

Two men were found guilty Wednesday of stealing and selling trade secrets owned by chemical company DuPont, which developed a ...

Attorneys at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, on the defensive for their handling of confidential documents for clie...

The U.S. International Trade Commission has dismantled an infringement complaint pursued by San Jose-based LSI Corp., invalida...

The defendants in a major education suit began presenting their case Wednesday, reiterating that well-run schools offer good e...

A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.

The state Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to throw out a $15 million judgment awarded to 260 bank employees who claimed t...

New legislation aims to limit the purposes for which K-12 educational websites, online services and mobile applications may co...

Do you ever wonder how much clients, jurors and the public at large understand the role of lawyers, the legal process or our c...

Broadcasters attempting to prove a major video-streaming service provider is violating copyright law may have gained a huge ba...

Tuesday's ruling grants opponents an opportunity to argue their case that the rail project's design violates the very 2008 bal...

A former special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation who attempted to hide his prolific gambling habit was sentence...

Lawyers for Irvine-based medical device company Masimo said arbitrator Richard Neal, a retired California Court of Appeal just...

Members of a Judicial Council joint working group were in Los Angeles on Tuesday for the second of three public hearings to di...

The number of California lawsuits filed by whistle-blowers could significantly increase in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ru...

The U.S. International Trade Commission dismantled an infringement complaint pursued by San Jose-based LSI Corp., invalidating...

A new bill would amend a controversial rule that prohibits judges from taking public-sector employment until the end of their ...

Circuit Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain blasted a September ruling that Newport Beach's ordinance regulating group homes for rec...

The court has in some circumstances expanded the public's rights and in others curtailed them. By Joseph M. Lipner and BJ Ard

While critics have long argued that fracking risks contaminating groundwater, they are hoping the drought will bring attention...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted review in a securities case; is set to hear arguments in another; and has just issued ...

The 9th Circuit's recent decision in the 'Innocence of Muslims' case could turn film owenrship on its head. By Mark Litwak ...

General Motors recently issued a recall of 778,000 vehicles; two weeks later it upped that to 842,000. But when did GM know? B...

In the wake of the U.S. high court's ruling in Fernandez v. California, many are writing the Fourth Amendment's obituar...

Sherman Oaks-based Ancora Technologies Inc.saw its patent infringement claims against technology giant Apple Inc. revived foll...

Crowell & Moring LLP has grabbed the general counsel for two state energy regulators and will bring them on as partners in...

John A. Schulman will bring 25 years of in-house perspective and industry expertise to Alternative Resolution Centers, or ARC,...

The California Court Reporters Association told members Monday that it had been informed that a proposed audit of the Administ...