Paul D. Seeman was formally censured and barred from seeking further judicial assignments, the Commission on Judicial Performa...

Non-appealability clauses in arbitration agreements are unenforceable when they seek to insulate an arbitrator's fee allocatio...

At issue is the impact of a round of layoffs in 2008 on five workers, each of whom worked at the lab for more than 20 years. ...

2013 saw fewer Chapter 11 filings nationwide, but lawyers say a spike in interest rates could spell trouble for middle market ...

John Adams, whose legal career initially focused on air quality issues, now hears criminal cases.

As the one-year mark of President Barack Obama's second term approaches, the comprehensive immigration reform that many litiga...

The Innovation Act, which aims to curb abusive patent litigation behavior by entities whose sole business is to license patent...

In a win for Microsoft Corp., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a U.S. International Trade Commission d...

The former president of a San Francisco immigration law firm has agreed to pay more than $400,000 to resolve charges accusing ...

An undisclosed settlement has been reached between Bratz doll-maker MGA Entertainment Inc. and its multiple insurance provider...

With the hire of litigator Joseph M. Barrett for its Los Angeles office, the firm now boasts two leaders in the state's plaint...

Latham & Watkins LLP is providing counsel to longtime client Avago Technologies Ltd. in the chip manufacturer's planned $6...

After more than 18 years of occupying temporary quarters, the San Francisco Law Library has found a permanent home down the st...

Labor negotiations have been ongoing for months. ...

A quarterly survey of law firm managing partners showed growing optimism for the legal industry in 2014. ...

A judge has ruled that a massive petroleum company must pay between $5 billion and $14 billion in one of the largest bankruptc...

Companies that once manufactured lead paint must pay $1.1 billion toward neutralizing its hazards in 10 California counties an...

State judicial officials recently announced that judges will receive their first pay raise in five years. Now employees at the...

Justice Kenny Yegan devotes much of his time to mentoring disabled veterans on the ski slopes.

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Southern California Edison Co. Rosemead ...

As he approaches the end of his tenure as chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Alex Kozinski is drawing prais...

Re: "How to Create an Appeallable Judgment After Kurwa," Dec. 12. By Robert Gerstein ...

The countdown to 2014 will include a watchful eye over the integrity of this new marketplace, where an estimated 30 million Am...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in a case to address the patent eligibility of computer-implemented inventi...

A number of credit default swap class actions against major U.S. banks were consolidated in federal court in the Southern Dist...

Members of the judicial branch's leadership body voiced concern last week that opening up committee meetings could chill speec...

Toyota Motor Corp. will begin negotiating with hundreds of plaintiffs suing the automaker in state and federal court over alle...

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge denied the state's motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit taking on employment sta...

John G. Gabbert, a retired 4th District Court of Appeal justice who was remembered as "larger than life," died Dec. 9. He was ...