Gibson Dunn, Allen Matkins and O'Melveny are among the firms that guided the homebuilder's merger with a real estate unit of t...

The hospital chain, Sutter Health, has agreed to settle claims that it misled or defrauded insurance companies and patients wh...

Los Gatos-based Netflix Inc. and Saratoga-based Roku Inc. were cleared in a patent lawsuit brought by Rovi Corp. and its subsi...

A lawsuit disputing the ownership of popular photo-messaging mobile application Snapchat has added several Silicon Valley ven...

Reopening GM's bankruptcy would have threatened the viability of the reconstituted GM, and initiated a firestorm of litigation...

Attorneys representing Anthony Pellicano and five other defendants convicted in a massive wiretapping conspiracy that took dow...

Chief Justice John G. Roberts on Monday signed off on the deal, but raised "fundamental concerns" about settlement awards that...

After a slow start, David Thompson said he's 'about to start asserting' himself on the appellate court.

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

New zone allows for majority foreign ownership of certain companies looking to set up shop in China's biggest urban region ...

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Imperva Inc. Redwood Shores ...

Although sound policies are in place and management has the best intentions, issues arise in every workplace. By Emily L. Aldr...

From 1968 through 2012, there were 415,995 civil actions centralized for pretrial proceedings in MDLs, up from 393,676 in 2011...

An apex deponent has been described redundantly as a "corporate officer at the apex of the corporate hierarchy." By Benjamin T...

A 9th Circuit panel on Friday reversed U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real of Los Angeles and let go forward a potential class ...

The state's aggressive but so far unsuccessful efforts to fight an order requiring corrections officials to reduce the populat...

Two years after stockpiling patents formerly held by Nortel Networks Corp., a partnership of some of the world's largest elect...

Firms help Navajo Nation and Southern California Edison Co. in Navajo's purchase of a coal mine, among other matters. ...

A new lawsuit joins a recent case against the Agricultural Labor Relations Board. The first resulted in a finding that a labor...

Julie Emede handled child and spousal support issues as an attorney before joining the bench.

The state's trial lawyer lobby argues its ballot initiative to increase noneconomic damages for medical malpractice enjoys pub...

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.

John Sugiyama made one of his life's biggest transitions when he became a probate judge.

Judge John W. Kennedy has practiced and presided over criminal law matters his entire career.

Lawsuits arising from social media will only increase - from plaintiffs asserting First Amendment protection to defendants fac...

These days virtually all discovery is e-discovery. By Michael P. Carbone ...

The employee claimed the company took back a job offer because of her pregnancy. ...

Members of Goodwin Procter LLP's Los Angeles office last month participated in the firm's "Build Day," an all-day affair invol...

Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles gave its Legal Excellence Award to the late Sam S. Oh during the aid group's eighth...

Helene Wasserman of labor and employment law firm Littler Mendelson PC was appointed chair of the Conference of California Bar...