The Heller Ehrman LLP estate and its former dissolution counsel, Greenberg Traurig LLP, have reached a proposed $4.9 million s...

The calm, unassuming aura James R. Trembath projects is one of his key assets as a mediator, say those who have seen him at wo...

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a creditor's bid to nab more than $28 million that it claims San Francisco-based plainti...

On the heels of former general counsel Damien P. Eastwood's departure from Sunnyvale-based network equipment and software vend...

For the second time this year, a 9th Circuit panel has taken a case away from the frequently-reversed U.S. District Judge Manu...

The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office failed to reveal exculpatory evidence that could have vindicated the Irwindale city...

A federal appellate court on Thursday threw out a settlement between the government and environmentalists over protecting impe...

O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Mayer Brown and Venable LLP are helping guide San Francisco-based industrial real estate giant ProL...

Nelsen, Thompson, Pegue & Thornton has established itself as a fixture in insurance coverage work - a niche area that's se...

The Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association held its 38th annual installation and awards banquet on April 5 at the Emp...

Gordon K. Davidson, who has led Fenwick & West LLP as its chairman since 1995 and become one of the best known corporate l...

Federal prosecutors can keep coming to work every day for the next five months, and will not face the 10 percent cut in pay th...

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

Today's confluence of belt-tightening by in-house legal departments and the "revolving door" at law firms have prompted some ...

San Diego-based Illumina Inc. announced its appointment of Charles Dadswell as the company's new general counsel. He joins the...

I read with interest the April 17 insert, "Intellectual Property 2013," in which the Daily Journal recognized 75 intellectual ...

Should a child's right to damages for the loss of a parent depend on the quality of the child's relationship with his or her p...

Vallejo. San Bernardino. San Diego. Riverside. Stockton. ...Los Angeles? By Brian J. Sheppard ...

The new law, effective July 1, affects all commercial property owners in California, whether or not they are ever sued for vio...

Defense lawyers responded to the decision with cautious optimism, but one question lingered: How would California trial courts...

A federal bankruptcy judge approved settlement agreements Tuesday between the Howrey LLP trustee and two firms that hired Howr...

A group of academics, judges, lawyers and others offered ideas to an American Bar Association task force on how law schools sh...

Charlotte Spadaro, a Riverside lawyer who once served as mayor of Beverly Hills, could be disbarred after the State Bar Court ...

Taco Bell lost its bid to end class proceedings in a suit that charges it denied meal breaks to workers in California. ...

Former employees have filed two suits against the Hollywood effects studio, saying it failed to give 60 days' advance notice o...

The New York State Supreme Court of Appeals reversed a lower court Tuesday, saying a safe harbor in the Digital Millennium Cop...

Morrison & Foerster LLP helped Caesars Entertainment Corp. form Caesars Growth Partners LLC, which consists of existing Ca...

A federal court judge issued a permanent injunction forcing three western states including California to adopt meaningful refo...

A federal jury found a former recruiter guilty Wednesday on all six counts of conspiring to steal trade secrets through unauth...

Fenwick & West LLP elected Mountain View-based corporate practice group chair Richard L. Dickson to replace longtime firm ...