Giving a boost to the state's nascent cap and trade market, a San Francisco judge has ruled that regulators acted within their...

A recent appellate court ruling is ruffling feathers among some attorneys, who call the decision "radical" and claim it opens ...

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has preliminarily won $23 million in an arbitration involving alleged unpaid attorney fe...

Born to field workers, Emily E. Vasquez discovered the law's potential to bear fruit

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

A pair of prominent former London lawyers disbarred by British authorities have brought a $10 million RICO and race bias laws...

General Counsel of Box Inc. Los Altos Size of legal department: 4 lawyers ...

Gideon Kanner's argument that union grocery clerks are "strangers" with no right to "intrude" on Ralphs Supermarkets' property...

As a former prosecutor for the State Bar, I commend the State Bar Board of Trustees exploration into the issue of limited lice...

Justice Scalia has lamented that Heller represents the Supreme Court's first in depth look at the rights bestowed by th...

Patent holders used to limit their damages cases to domestic activities; resolution of disputes today may not be so simple. By...

Dallas-based AT&T Inc. announced it's purchasing dozens of licenses from Verizon Wireless with help from Sullivan & Cr...

The frontman of a Los Angeles rock band called Lights Over Paris has been charged with defrauding banks of more than $6 millio...

Chief among their tasks is obtaining prison files for inmates eligible to be resentenced under the proposition. But with scant...

A federal judge on Friday appeared skeptical that an oyster farm, operating in a spectacular estuary north of San Francisco, s...

As many courts across the state have closed courthouses in response to budget cuts and could close more as funding constraints...

Nearly a month after Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal provoked protest from courts funding advocates for keeping funding at ...

San Bernardino County officials are trying to force Caltrans, the county's transportation agency, and the city of Upland to pa...

A vicious fee-sharing fight waged by the San Francisco-based Alioto Law Firm and Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP will co...

In vacating a decision from the NLRB, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals fround that the early January 2012 appointments didn't o...

Magistrate Judge David Bartick, once a defense lawyer, now helps parties find neutral ground.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP added former Kirkland & Ellis LLP intellectual property litigator Laura M. Bur...

Former high-profile Republican legislator keeps a low profile in his role on the appellate court.

Judge David Sotelo transformed his passion for philosophy into a basis for judicial wisdom.

Attorneys say it may be difficult for plaintiffs in California, including five municipalities that filed claims against banks ...

The court cuts are going to be an unfathomable and enigmatic burden on everyone who participates in the litigation process. By...

While certain provisions of the tax code are meant to ensure that illegal drug dealers can't deduct their business expenses, a...

A district court judge ruled on Wednesday that California's Invasion of Privacy Act does not exempt service-observing recordin...

Retired Napa County Superior Court Judge Richard A. Bennett's down-to-earth attitude and friendly presence make it easier for ...

The nomination of former federal prosecutor Mary Jo White to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday caused a bu...