A rock band's unauthorized showing of a graphic artist's drawing as part of a video backdrop at concerts was fair use under th...

The state Supreme Court will hear oral argument in early September to determine whether Sergio C. Garcia, who immigrated to th...

Over the past 20 years, we have witnessed the development of encryption and myriad other security technologies. By Rodney R. P...

Led by Chicago-based lawyer Ben Barnow, a small group of attorneys who objected to the federal Toyota settlement are seeking $...

Monrovia-based AeroVironment Inc., a top provider of aerial drones to the Pentagon and maker of charging equipment for plug-in...

Decision will substantially decrease the attorney fees in the age discrimination case against the federal weapons research lab...

The family of a man who committed suicide in prison will be able to seek damages against a number of prison officials, a 9th U...

While it is true that the U.S. has a comprehensive set of laws that define the conditions for government access to data, these...

Apple Inc. can continue to pursue a customs ban against Google Inc. mobile phones and tablets after the nation's top patent ap...

Redwood Shores-based Covington & Burling LLP intellectual property partner Andrew C. Byrnes is leaving the firm next mont...

The panic defense tactics are relics from a time when the LGBT community faced widespread hatred and discrimination with few o...

A state appellate court rebuffed a San Francisco judge this week, ruling that he may not hold a private interview with two sea...

A lawsuit filed Tuesday alleging that CalPERS misled its long-term care insurance policyholders and unfairly raised rates is p...

Justices affirmed monetary sanctions against sole practitioner Lori J. Sklar, co-counsel to a class of Toshiba laptop users, f...

Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg responds to skepticism that proposed reforms to the landmark California Environment...

Agenda for the six-day gathering centers on challenges facing the legal profession and mirrors the changing demographic of bar...

High-stakes antitrust litigation between big pharmaceutical companies over HIV drug pricing has taken an unusual appellate swe...

While lawyers await the state high court's decision in Iskanian, the 9th Circuit has issued an opinion in an unrelated ...

Resolutions addressing gay-panic defense and juror questions in criminal and civil trials are among the topics up for a vote n...

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP represented Beverly Hills-based Omninet Capital LLC in its purchase of Pacific Pointe...

When removal occurs despite naming a local defendant. By Brian Kabateck and Douglas Rochen ...

On July 24, the 1st Circuit decided a case of first impression regarding whether a private equity fund could be liable to a mu...

The doctrine of jurisdictional parity, gleaned from congressional intent, has guided national bank jurisdictional questions fo...

Though insurance attorneys will disagree on the degree of influence the Zhang decision will have, it certainly exposes ...

Several nonprofit groups sued the state Department of Toxic Substances Control Tuesday alleging it has authorized the disposal...

Karyn Smith, general counsel of San Francisco-based Meltwater Group, confirmed Tuesday she will be leaving the media software ...

State Bar activist and legal services organizer Tamara Claudia Agnes Dahn died of cancer-related causes on Sunday in Auburn. ...

A State Bar Court judge has recommended that Mark D. Wenzel, convicted of secretly filming customers using restrooms at two Lo...

An attorney who lured dozens of underwater homeowners into paying to join so-called "mass joinder" lawsuits against big banks ...

At its peak in 2006, Thelen LLP employed more than 600 lawyers and had offices abroad. Since its dissolution in 2008, many of ...