Circuit courts are split over the issue of mooting a plaintiff's claim - namely, the "mootness-by-unaccepted-offer" theory. By...

The common misstep for three appellants at the end of 2013 was failing to recognize that a "judgment" was sufficiently final t...

Researchers estimate that, if we could increase graduation rates by 10 percentage points, murders and assaults would fall by 2...

The unpublished opinion upheld an Orange County trial judge's 2012 ruling that the client's complaint against Callahan & B...

Elisabeth B. Krant, a Tulare County Superior Court judge, died last month following a nearly yearlong battle with lymphoma. Sh...

On the heels of reported merger talks with Nixon Peabody LLP, Philadelphia-based Blank Rome LLP is acquiring two Los Angeles b...

Trial got underway Tuesday in a civil case against two Los Angeles Police Department officers who allegedly beat a former Deut...

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP strengthened its white collar criminal defense practice Tuesday with the addition of a former h...

A federal judge gave final approval Tuesday to a $280,000 settlement between Kmart Corp. and a class of cashiers from two Cali...

Verizon announced plans on Tuesday to purchase assets of Intel Corp.'s streaming video service, OnCue. Weil advised Verizon on...

The proposed "affluenza" bill regarding lenient sentences is misplaced hysteria, giving the public a further false sense that ...

While transfers from union leadership to management happen frequently, labor law experts say, the timing of the promotion can ...

An appellate decision finding it unconstitutional for trial lawyers to strike a juror on the basis of his or her sexual orient...

California has long been a hot area for overseas investment, and burgeoning real estate, medical device and biotech communitie...

In October, the Legislature enacted Senate Bill 558, which amends the California Shield Law to allow greater protections for j...

Senate Bill 538 overhauls the anti-fraud provision of the California Securities Law of 1968. By Michael Mugmon and Matthew D. ...

Senate Bill 510 changes the Map Act law and takes away one of the most basic property rights - the right to subdivide land. By...

Before Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 493 into law on Oct. 1, the Pharmacy Law permitted pharmacists to perform only limi...

Before, when an employee maked a claim for unpaid wages and loses, the employer could recover attorney fees reasonably incurre...

Many local agencies currently discipline peace officers because they have been placed on a "Brady list." By Gage Dungy ...

The Legislature has turned back the clock with Senate Bill 292, which specifies that under FEHA establishing that harassment w...

After a difficult legislative battle, California took a surprisingly small step into the world of 21st century electronic comm...

On Oct. 8, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 239 into law, extending the state's hospital quality assurance fee, which was o...

In the fall of 2013, however, after significantly simplifying earlier shared solar proposals, California's support for communi...

On Sept. 20, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 4, one of several bills regarding the controversial practice of hydr...

A number of online service providers may, for the first time, be subject to California's data breach notification requirements...

Assembly Bill 1091 amends certain sections of the California Financial Code collectively known as the California Finance Lende...

Poll workers, legally known as "precinct board members," are seldom mentioned in media coverage of elections, yet they play an...

In Assembly Bill 748, the state Legislature recently amended the statutes that compel public entities to pay interest rates on...

Veterans join active service members as being protected against employment discrimination under state law. By Jacqueline J. Ha...