Holding a press conference a day early because his budget proposal was leaked, Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday called to increase...

When they get more upset, you become calmer: not just outwardly, but inwardly as well. By Paul Fisher and Juli Adelman

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

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

In California, law schools accredited by the State Bar and unaccredited schools are much cheaper than the better known schools...

Words matter to Judge Daniel Brenner - whether in his role as FCC advisor, judge or stand-up comic.

The Garcia court's opinion and the new law are the direct product of two serious legal errors committed in the legislat...

Civil Code Section 1717 sounds straightforward and if it applied to every single suit involving a contract fee provision, it w...

On Jan. 7, nine lawmakers sent a public letter to Gov. Jerry Brown imploring him to impose a complete moratorium against frack...

General Counsel of Advent Companies Inc. San Juan Capistrano ...

California Judges Association plans to reformulate its attempt to seek legislation that would give judges more leeway to defen...

The city has settled a two-year challenge to its at-large election system and will let voters decide whether to usher in a dis...

JPMorgan's lawyers unsuccessfully tried to convince a Los Angeles County judge that litigation privilege surrounding the compa...

After nearly 15 years as one of the anchors of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP's white collar defense practice, Richard Drooyan ...

Sacramento-based Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corp. has expanded into Orange County by way of a merger with liti...

Shortly after Brinker, California employers saw an uptick in decisions denying class certification. Today, the opposite...

California counties that won a $1.15 billion award over lead paint contamination in a ruling finalized this week will probably...

Federal prosecutors accused a California man Wednesday of stealing DuPont trade secrets used to make a valuable white pigment ...

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

While U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. has come under criticism in past years for not bringing enough high impact cases, legal ...

China's efforts to combat pollution include new laws that may allow its citizens and NGOs to enforce environmental laws in Chi...

Suppose your client is arrested for a DUI. After he refused to consent to a blood draw, medical personnel - acting at the dire...

Francis J. Burke Jr. - who also launched and co-leads Seyfarth's fraud and abuse, false claims and internal investigations tea...

James Humes, a justice on the 1st District Court of Appeal who previously served as Gov. Jerry Brown's top adviser, is being v...

Sara M. Thorpe has helped to start a new insurance boutique with offices in Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. She is the...

Attorneys in Cooley's Palo Alto office are leading the firm's representation of CHC Group Ltd. through its planned initial pub...

Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer on Tuesday sued an oil company operating near the University of Southern California seeki...

When it comes to illegal immigration, even terminology is cause for debate. And the justices on the state Supreme Court are al...

The unspoken assumption underlying many statements in the media following the case is that one may work in the U.S. legally th...

The state Supreme Court on Tuesday considered the appropriate remedy when a judge fails to strike a juror for legitimate reaso...