A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.

As a neutral, DeVanon uses the skills he learned on the bench and as a criminal defense lawyer to connect with parties and thi...

Questions remain about the extent to which such waivers will be enforced in California courts. By Steven Zadravecz and John Sa...

The State Bar has refused to share information about test-takers with UCLA School of Law professor Richard Sander due to his c...

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

A state appellate court has ordered a new hearing for a mother who claims authorities wrongly accused her of child abuse for s...

The decision affects only older Samsung smartphones and tablet computers and is unlikely to be the knockout blow Apple is seek...

After nearly a decade at Russ August & Kabat, Steven M. Goldberg returned to the Los Angeles office of Manatt, Phelps &...

Having dodged a legislative effort to force open committee meetings, the judiciary is working to make its policy meetings publ...

Deal value in the Golden State increased by 11.9 percent in the first three quarters, according to a new report. ...

Nearly three years after a measure to legalize cannabis for recreational use failed by a narrow margin, a new movement is afoo...

Pressure to comply with both U.S. corrupt practices laws and Chinese privacy laws has put some U.S.-based businesses in a toug...

The effects of the budget impasse in Washington, D.C. are mounting as federal court workers are furloughed and lawyers and jud...

San Diego Judge Laura Halgren pivoted to the law after an earlier career in a dentist's office.

Ronald Gilbert is dynamic and unfiltered. He even challenges lawyers to rubber band wars.

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP named Menlo Park-based Susan M. Spaeth as its next managing partner. ...

While the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key portion of the federal Voting Rights Act this summer, civil rights activists in...

The San Francisco court is exploring a change in its rules that would significantly increase how much supervision the unpaid l...

Left largely unaddressed was who bears the initial burden of showing that a claimed invention is naturally occurring and what ...

Everyone knows social media can create legal issues for employers. For a cautionary tale, look no further than the Twitter acc...

A federal appeals court on Monday affirmed a permanent sales ban on products produced by Costa Mesa-based Emulex that were fou...

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation reforming the state's longstanding toxics warning law to make it easier for certain bu...

The move comes on the heels of his granting undocumented immigrants a number of unprecedented privileges ...

Intellectual property attorney Seth D. Levy took over as managing partner of Nixon Peabody's Los Angeles office this month. He...

AB 1412 reinstates tax breaks for stock sale profits earned by some 2,500 small California businesses between January 2008 and...

After years of legal briefing and input from groups around the country, it appears a state law will provide the pathway to leg...

When is a judgment final and appealable? The state high court just explained it. By Jens B. Koepke ...

The suit comes in response to a government fraud alert that deemed medical device manufacturers with doctor ownership interest...

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

This term the court seems to be reprising identical cases from the past, suggesting that some precedents may be contemplated f...