DLA Piper picked up a former assistant U.S. attorney and international arbitration practice co-chair from Morrison & Foers...

Bay Area-based defense lawyers at Cooley LLP are gearing up for trial after losing their bid to get a trademark infringement c...

Following a successful IPO in March of last year, Berkeley-based natural and organic food company Annie's Inc. on Monday anno...

Immigration lawyers have seen an uptick in work for companies applying for H-1B visas in what is expected to be the busiest in...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has invalidated Apple Inc.'s claims on a critical mobile device patent, a development tha...

U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller followed a love of public policy to a career in the law.

A 2011 law that lets litigants leapfrog state trial courts to take certain environmental disputes straight to appellate court ...

So, here are my predictions on the outcomes of the court's DOMA and Prop. 8 decisions. By Philip A. Rafferty ...

It's not just that there are lots of bad interpreters out there; language interpretation is not a precise science, and even th...

A recent state Supreme Court case showcases numerous errors in judicial interpretation regarding egregious forensic errors tha...

A 2013 report found that the special master "did not establish meaningful criteria" for determining executive pay at its cover...

The court's decision could prevent workers from utilizing the accessible and affordable administrative forum, requiring them t...

Sheriff's authorities' investigation into sexual quid pro quo allegations against an Orange County Superior Court judge could ...

William H. Ginsburg, a Los Angeles lawyer who was involved in hundreds of pivotal cases and gained notoriety as Monica Lewinsk...

Capitol Records LLC wins court ruling; ReDigi can't legally resell music downloads. ...

An upstart New York startup that streams broadcast TV shows over the Internet to paying customers while the programs are still...

A New York federal judge has dismissed several complaints brought against dozens of the world's biggest banks, which were accu...

Intellectual property specialist Mary T. Huser has returned to in-house legal work, leaving Bingham McCutchen LLP to take up ...

A federal judge indicated Monday he was hesitant to allow MGA Entertainment Inc. to revive its trade-secret claims that an app...

A new litigation firm opened its doors in Costa Mesa on Monday, spearheaded by two former Greenberg Traurig LLP shareholders. ...

Just under half of students who graduated from California law schools last summer - 48.9 percent - had full-time, long-term jo...

Just as Stockton on Monday became the most populous American city to receive court protection from its creditors, lawyers said...

U.S. mergers and acquisitions involving venture capital-backed companies dropped in the first quarter to their lowest level si...

Eileen Moore is known for her caring demeanor and enjoys the 'scholarly side' of the law.

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

General Counsel, Vice President & Secretary for SurveyMonkey Inc. Palo Alto ...

UC Hastings College of the Law has launched a program that seeks to provide fellows the opportunity to gain real world experie...

In most cases, our efforts are spent in trying to enforce a judgment. As a result, very little time is spent and very little i...

When you take a "FLARPL" against the community interest, you take it subject to the risk that the market or the facts of the c...

Why did the court back away from this reasoning in its most recent Miranda-warranting decision, Howes v. Fields?...