With steady growth and expanding practices, the firm's L.A. office is making headway in accomplishing its goal: turning Decher...

The U.S. Senate has postponed until April 28 final confirmation of Michelle T. Friedland to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appe...

Alfred Nash Villalobos got three years for offering to have his client lie to a grand jury investigating alleged immigration f...

The lease - valued at $560 million over 15 and a half years - begins the first quarter of 2018. By value and square footage, t...

Thomas V. Girardi of Girardi Keese joins such notable figures as Clarence Darrow, Thurgood Marshall and Johnny L. Cochran in t...

The latest patent infringement mega-trial between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. sparked to life Friday, when Sam...

Ex-bartender Steven Gevercer says his background helps him as a Sacramento County judge.

Newly filed depositions shed light on genesis of Silicon Valley recruiting policies. ...

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

San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Michael Libutti is praised for efficiency, fairness.

The health care law includes provisions that could color a schedule change as retaliation. So corporate attorneys are clamorin...

In short, unless the 9th Circuit is willing to flout these Supreme Court decisions, it is difficult to see how it can do anyth...

Legislators at a committee hearing this week took an unusual step toward what critics call micromanagement of the judicial br...

Pushed by impending ABA standards, law schools are beginning to craft and use "student learning outcomes" to guide and evaluat...

The holding made clear that the anti-retaliation provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley apply to a range of industries, including lawyer...

When Darryl C. Darden retired from the military a few years back, the former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel looked to mediation ...

Free exercise of religion, unlike free speech, is not at heart a political right. It is instead a right of individual conscien...

A recent cases leaves the protection afforded by the "Right to Repair" act in doubt. By Andrew Azarmi ...

If a breach occurs while using XP, it is possible to argue that security measures used are neither "reasonable" nor "appropria...

If cyber activities - such as those in Crimea - escalate such that they are supporting violent efforts, then they could be dee...

Alston & Bird LLP recently presented its 10th annual Women of Distinction award to Lisa Harrington, associate general coun...

The U.S. Senate assurred the confirmation of Michelle T. Friedland to the 9th Circuit with a 56-41 procedural vote in her favo...

The Senate Judiciary Committee has once again delayed action on a bill aimed at reducing frivolous patent infringement lawsuit...

Two years ago, lawyers with McDermott Will & Emery LLP were disqualified for representing clients on both sides of a paten...

A federal three-judge panel appointed former California appellate justice Elwood Lui to a newly-created position in which he w...

The San Francisco-based software startup hopes to raise up to $150 million, according to its Securities and Exchange Commissio...

The bar's trial counsel has improperly withheld no contest pleas in the settlement of bar disciplinary matters, opening up cl...

The program will award $5,000 to $15,000 to bar associations, courts, law schools or other groups that propose to employ new l...

In this installment of our series, we share experiences unique to female attorneys and their interactions with male attorneys ...