Nine-attorney land use boutique Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac LLP added Damon P. Mamalakis, who joins former Latham attorn...

Attorneys and court funding advocates argue the latest round of court fee increases in Gov. Brown's budget proposal is harming...

Attorneys Dave Sampson (back, 3rd from left), Gary York (back, 3rd from right), Alan Petlak (back, 2nd from right), Ethan Cher...

San Francisco Assemblymember Tom Ammiano proposed a piece of legislation Wednesday addressing an issue that has frustrated def...

Redwood Shores-based Fortis General Counsel LLP, a boutique that that originally provided guidance to emerging companies, has ...

Family courts in Marin and Sacramento counties have improved in response to a two-year-old report from the state auditor's off...

Attorneys at Irell & Manella LLP scored a triumph of more than $130 million for their client, San Jose-based Tessera Techn...

On Feb. 6, Women in Securities (WISe), a new network for women securities defense litigators, held its first event at Bingham ...

The overwhelming success of crowdfunding via sites like Kickstarter raises questions about what could happen if the people beh...

There are three choices after an audit: settlement, protest, or pay and file for a refund. Taxpayer representatives must couns...

While unlawful detainers are entitled to priority over other lawsuits and intended to be summary proceedings, a savvy defendan...

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again," they say. The Department of Toxic Substances Control is certainly putting th...

A federal judge sanctioned two objectors and their attorney, J. Darrell Palmer, more than $9,000 Tuesday for failing to show u...

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge laid into law firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP for the "excessive" number of hour...

After dealing with the specter of impending budget cuts for the last several months, many federal court officials in Californi...

The state Judicial Council will vote next week whether to delay 11 courthouse construction projects for a year in light of the...

A prominent music and media litigator joined the ranks of King & Spalding this week in a move intended to bolster the firm...

Workers now have to meet a higher standard of evidence to prove an employer discriminated against them, but the change appears...

Jones Day continued to expand its presence in Silicon Valley by nabbing two intellectual property partners and a benefits and ...

Let me start by saying that I have finally found the ultimate keyboard for use with my iPad. By Paul Kiesel

For the second time in a year, a federal judge has declared a mistrial in a criminal case against two former top executives of...

As the Oracle v. Google copyright battle proceeds to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, third parties have wei...

Dunbar Real Estate Investment Management purchased two industrial buildings in Riverside. The properties include a 34,573-squ...

Environmentalists have filed a lawsuit claiming the agency charged with protecting Lake Tahoe has turned its back on its missi...

The latest victory in the Myriad Genetics case in Australia, allowing Myriad Genetics to patent isolated DNA, has spark...

There is significant confusion among intermediate appellate courts regarding the proper appellate remedy for a defective speci...

For those of us who cannot just "pack it in," but must continue to ply our trade in this challenging environment, the question...

In California, as in other jurisdictions, the traditional rule was that an attorney could be held liable for professional negl...

The San Diego district attorney's office filed charges against two restaurant owners with felony counts of workers' compensati...

A state prison inmate who practices the Wiccan faith got some good news on her religious freedom claims Tuesday from the 9th U...