Many prosecutors say Proposition 35 is having its desired effect - giving them powerful means to attack human trafficking. Som...

One of the most significant ERISA developments in the last two years has been the expansion in the availability of claims for ...

Ronald I. Toff developed a passion for the law as a child and now hears felony criminal trials.

The judge's involvement as an objector in class action litigation is extremely rare, and several legal ethics experts could fi...

The most important step in getting an appeal off the ground is the designation of the record on appeal - and the rules are cha...

Lawyers say the satellite, which has been running temporarily in Menlo Park, will help the Alexandria, Va.-based office greate...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal denial is another blow to the long-running Dukes case centering on gender bias. ...

Environmentalists sued local officials this week claiming a new ordinance allows too much development near a creek that is key...

Colleagues and friends remembered Myrna S. Raeder as a humble and genuine person whose tireless efforts in legal education mad...

The public funds will receive a portion of the bank's $13 billion settlement with the Department of Justice. The money puts to...

The San Francisco Veteran Police Officers Association argues a measure banning the possession of high-capacity magazines runs ...

In what has amounted to one of the largest settlements for a case of this type, Mission Viejo based Ensign Group will settle c...

The PTAB is now the third busiest venue for challenging patents. By Ben M. Davidson ...

An Apple Inc. attorney asserted Tuesday that a low patent damages award against rival Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. would hinde...

The health care manufacturer will pay to settle 8,000 lawsuits concerning the medical devices. Some 3,000 others cases are not...

Lawyers say Terry B. O'Rourke's experiences help him put cases in 'the proper context.'

Superior Court Judge, Sonoma County (Santa Rosa) ...

As the Bay Area continues to absorbs the shockwaves caused by labor negotiations in two of its main commuter transit systems, ...

Outraged protestors forced New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly to cancel a recent lecture at Brown University - a unive...

A recent lateral hire by labor and employment law firm Jackson Lewis LLP is set to become managing partner of its San Francisc...

A lawsuit brought by tenants of the low-income residential Huntington Hotel claimed the owners improperly increased the rent a...

The only way jurors could find an Irvine lawyer not guilty of planting drugs in a school volunteer's car or calling in a phony...

At a conference in San Francisco, California's consumer attorney lobby emphasized its intention to fight the state's cap on me...

Better to be a careful writer, and avoid even the smallest mistakes, so the reader will infer that you are also a careful thin...

The CFPB has not been shy about targeting lawyers. By Richard Gottlieb and Jonathan Cannon ...

Alex Kozinski, the chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, spoke up Monday against a proposed class action settl...

Apple's push for a permanent sales ban against Samsung will be reconsidered by a district court judge, a Federal Circuit panel...

Palmdale attorneys have asked a California appellate court to overturn a Los Angeles County Superior Court injunction and allo...

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

Companies are flocking to the public markets this year, and attorneys say the surge is having a discernible impact on mergers ...