Jurors began deliberating Friday after a nearly two-week patent trial in which Creative Integrated Systems Inc. accused Ninten...

What do you have when there is no written documentation at all among the three co-founders of a wildly successful startup said...

A letter from the state's pension fund over the court's use of retired workers has sparked an internal review and prompted one...

The jury award to a former Playboy executive adds to a climate of increased liability for whistleblowing violations faced by e...

Santa Clara Judge Stephen Manley is known for his dedication to the collaborative justice concept.

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

Programs that fail to take these issues into account can compromise proprietary information, increase tensions with employees,...

Successfully settling a class action case through mediation requires finding a mediator with considerable expertise in class a...

Powerful, little-known statue protects autographed memorabilia collectors from dishonest dealers by requiring dealers to provi...

Carol Ruth Silver was arrested as a Freedom Rider in June of 1961 and chronicled her time in jail on hidden scraps of paper. I...

Why in the world would I ever agree to a former plaintiff's bad faith attorney? By Arnold Levinson ...

As an appellate advocate, Donna Bader focuses on law. But as an appellate-level mediator, she says she pays more attention to ...

The duo behind the Law Offi ces of Lady Justice in Victorville employ an aggressive marketing campaign that they say is payin...

The Anti-Defamation League held its annual Helene & Joseph Sherwood Prize for Combating Hate luncheon and awards ceremony ...

The Busch Firm partnered with Michael W. Caspino to create a firm concentrating on business, estate and tax planning, corporat...

Asked for their opinion by the 9th Circuit, state Supreme Court justices will look into whether employers are obligated to pro...

California jurisdictions must make a public warning for each new red light camera installed, the state Supreme Court has ruled...

A group of lawyers filed several proposed class actions on behalf of McDonald's workers throughout the country, including thre...

San Francisco-based private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC relied on counsel from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP i...

U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford of the Central District, left, accepts the American Inns of Court charter from Judge Ri...

The National Labor Relations Board petitioned the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear a much-watched case over one of ...

Attorneys, managing partners and other law firm leaders gathered March 4 to hear from speaker and author David Avrin about bui...

A ceremonial groundbreaking for the new San Diego Central Courthouse was held March 10 at the corner of Union Street and C Str...

Court leaders say the probe is duplicative and could complicate ongoing internal reform efforts, but audit proponents argue it...

Jordan recently won in a very different court when an appeallate court ruled that he could pursue claims against a grocery sto...

It's two years and counting since a Fresno federal judge announced he would take senior status. The Obama administration still...

The tiny fish, hovering near extinction, scored a big victory Thursday after a federal appeals court ruled the government is a...

The court barred removal of certain overtime and other claims from state courts to federal. ...

A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

Judge Cathcart initially bucked the family tradition and took a very different career path before turning to law ...