Plaintiffs would be emboldened to forum shop were the 9th Circuit to reverse course after 14 years and refuse to apply the ant...

AB 788 proposes to allow purchasers of court transcripts to make paper copies for parties involved in the case. ...

George Souliotes, a 72-year-old man who two federal judges rulled was "actually innocent" of murder and arson convictions, was...

Monster Beverage Corp. has been hit with a second wrongful death lawsuit blaming the Corona-based company's energy drinks for ...

With the help of a San Diego patent litigator, a German company took a major step toward overturning a $23.5 million patent in...

Former paralegal Ana Lissa Reyes of San Leandro pleaded guilty in Oakland federal court Tuesday to mail fraud and tax evasion,...

Plaintiffs' attorney Joseph M. Alioto has dodged a $28 million bill, for now. A federal judge has ruled that her court is not ...

The US high court's vicarious liability decision in June not only narrowed the definition of "supervisor," it was the second t...

Lawyers for a Guatemalan housepainter who was beaten by an unlicensed security guard successfully persuaded a jury that the se...

As same-sex advocates celebrated their breakthrough win over Proposition 8, lawyers promoting the controversial practice of co...

Prominent labor law firms Weinberg Roger & Rosenfeld PC and Leonard Carder LLP are helping drive the contract dispute betw...

The past several decades have seen a paradigm shift in the American criminal justice system, a change that has led to stiffer ...

Just because you label something "fiction" does not mean it necessarliy is. By Mark Litwak ...

Considering that there were 14.4 million sold in the U.S. in 2012, we have officially reached the era where more vehicles are ...

As a result of the ACA, school districts may be forced to limit substitute opportunities and forgo a major operational benefit...

The Supreme Court's holding suggests that if a corporate officer agrees to a voluntary interview and, thereafter, declines to ...

The state Supreme Court formally placed prominent Los Angeles litigator Pierce H. O'Donnell on suspension based on convictions...

The recent settlement of a lawsuit between the Los Angeles city attorney's office and Deutsche Bank could cast doubt on a leg...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Mercury Public Affairs agreed to settle an unfair labor practice charge filed by Warehouse Workers Un...

California's tough, three-day bar exam should be shortened to two days, the State Bar panel that oversees the test declared Fr...

With many predicting the eventual, widespread use of unmanned aircrafts, or drones, in California airspace, one state senator ...

Perkins Coie LLP brought labor and employment partner Jonesh G. Daryanani on board as a partner in the Los Angeles office Mond...

Canadian jumbo-screen movie specialist Imax Corp. is alleging that a former employee stole trade secrets related to its 3-D an...

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP hired partner Patrick M. Ryan from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP to chair the firm'...

Regional litigation shop Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo PLC added a high-stakes trial lawyer to head its litigation...

Latham & Watkins LLP is representing Westlake Village-based financial software developer Intuit Inc. in the pending sale o...

Google scored a legal victory Monday when the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned class certification for a group of ...

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

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the tragedy that took place at 101 California Street in San Francisco in 1993, when a dist...

In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court found that a governmental denial of a permit to build on wetlands property could con...