A group of property owners sued the city of Vallejo for $70 million Thursday alleging the cash-strapped municipality is unfair...

Plenty of outside lawyers make names for themselves by successfully guiding startup after startup from infancy to exit. But a ...

Lawyers convicted of possession of child pornography have engaged in acts of moral turpitude and should be summarily banished ...

Non-English speakers who appear in California courts won a small but important victory Thursday as the Judicial Council voted ...

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...

Few attorneys can now claim to have a full-time robotics practice, but many propose that expertise in robotics-specific liabil...

General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer for Wickr Del Mar ...

Chair Mary Jo White's announcement last year that the SEC was abandoning its decades-old no admit/no deny settlement policy ra...

Federal securities laws are changing in a manner not seen in almost 80 years. By Julie A. Ryan and Robert R. Rugani ...

The justices' unanimous ruling on a mass action circuit split reinforces the 9th Circuit's rule. By John A. Vogt and Ann T. Ro...

Along with a slew of strategic concerns, a retrial is a minefield in the arena of discovery, especially expert discovery. By J...

The volume of motions increased as the civil courts reorganized last spring, and courts must adjust. By Richard Fruin ...

Three friends and colleagues strike out on their own and open up a litigation boutique in downtown Los Angeles. ...

The plaintiff says her wages average out to be $5 an hour in the Alameda County suit ...

Firm helps talent agency giant with its acquisition of N.S. Bienstock Inc. for undisclosed terms. ...

Marc R. Greenberg, who worked in the Central District's organized crime strike force, has jumped to Musick, Peeler & Garre...

A federal judge sided with Electronic Arts Inc. Wednesday, overturning a $3.6 million jury verdict for a former employee that ...

A federal appeals court on Wednesday handed a victory to the state of California in its effort to cut the carbon intensity of ...

In antother billion-dollar deal for the cybersecuity world, a Bay Area MoFo deal team helped longtime client VMware acquire At...

San Diego's major newspaper must pay a class of former carriers for treating the carriers as independent contractors rather th...

Gov. Jerry Brown chided judges at his State of the State address Wednesday when he spoke about the state's pension obligations...

The Supreme Court has been taking a more active role in patent cases as a rift between it and the Federal Circuit deepens. By ...

Jerry Brown invoked sweeping emergency powers that could alter water rights and water quality rules statewide. ...

Case seeks money for thousands of active and retired bench officers ...

Electronics giant has seen a string of wins in its battle with rival smartphone maker ...

While the act has lessened the burden of going public, the strength of the capital markets and of those companies going public...

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

Dogs used to provide emotional support to witnesses are becoming more common in the criminal justice system. But they're raisi...

Re: "There's No Room in the Debate for the Labeling of GMOs," Jan. 6. By Marsha N. Cohen ...