State Supreme Court Justice Marvin Baxter will step down in September from an influential committee that advises judicial bran...

Influential San Francisco antitrust litigator Eugene Chatham Crew died Thursday at the age of 82. Senior counsel at Kilpatrick...

Private attorneys who defend indigent clients will have to work for less pay starting Sept. 1, the executive committee of the ...

A judge on Monday ordered Toyota Motor Corp.'s North American CEO to face questions about his company's brake override system ...

A judge slashed the attorneys' fees award Monday while approving the final settlement agreement in a long-running antitrust cl...

The Howrey LLP estate on Friday agreed to settle claims against Baker & Hostetler LLP worth $37 million over its recruitme...

A factfinder has yet to determine that a social media account contains protectable trade secrets. By Ellen P. Liu and Constanc...

Known as a transformative leader in legal education, Christopher Edley Jr. stepped down Monday due to health reasons. His app...

Law enforcement officers can be liable for failing to conduct background checks or to call a psychiatric team preceding their ...

Lawyers say it's only a matter of time before unpaid interns propose class action in California courts similar to the cases fi...

Worsening beach erosion has created a crisis for homeowners on a coastal bluff in Solana Beach near San Diego, but a fight ove...

California state officials and the state's three investor-owned utilities have reached a $750 million settlement with Canadian...

In a pair of recent decisions, the state high court expanded the scope of unfair competition liability, paving the way for mor...

Can law firms expect that a court would respect the privilege between a lawyer and the in-house lawyer for the firm for commun...

Robert L. Layton, who has has represented clients throughout numerous sectors of the health care industry, joined Polsinelli L...

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates has nabbed litigator Lisa Gilford, who has extensive experience ...

A year ago, O'Melveny & Myers LLP wasn't even on Mergermarket's top 20 list of law firms by combined M&A deal value. B...

Seattle investor Chris Hansen, who was revealed to have funded an $80,000 voter drive that would hamstring a new Sacramento Ki...

More than 12,000 appeals and original proceedings were filed in the 9th Circuit last year. Apropos, the court grants only a sm...

Steven A. Moore's jump occurs about a month before Goodwin plans to close its 18-attorney San Diego office.

Bar dues for most California lawyers will drop next year, but lawyers will be asked to donate $30 toward legal services progra...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill to ask judges and judicial candidates about disabilities and previous military service.

A federal judge is set to rule that a California-accredited law school can't hide its bar exam pass rate to prospective students.

Regardless of the fact that the need for privacy and cybersecurity legal specialists has exploded in California, general couns...

Kirkland & Ellis LLP patent litigator Christian Chadd Taylor left the firm this year and has no intention of coming back, ...

The first full week of testimony in $20 million bellwether litigation against Toyota Motor Corp. over alleged sudden accelerat...

State and federal court judges and lawyers say they expect Sherri R. Carter to display the same fearless, tough approach in he...

Sheldon Siegel's latest book, "The Terrorist Next Door," follows Detective David Gold and his new partner as they hunt a bombe...

Activists gathering signatures for various ballot initiatives can now rest assured that their activity is protected under Cali...

Given the general heightened presence of unions in California generally, we can expect California employers may be a future ta...