Lenders are seeking backdoors to full recourse through strict enforcement of the terms of non-recourse carve-out guaranties. B...

Is looking only to big projects, at the expense of quickly pursuing a number of smaller projects, prudent? By Paul Kaufman of ...

Las Vegas-based trade association The National Conference of Personal Managers on Monday filed a federal lawsuit challenging t...

On the eve of California's first auction in its groundbreaking carbon trading market, the California Chamber of Commerce sued ...

Attorneys at the Menlo Park offices of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP scored a huge win by helping a small Canadian ph...

In what could be a sign of a housing market recovery, the apartment market is heating up, and lawyers are lining up to get a p...

Following the announced retirement of its longtime general counsel, Applied Materials Inc. has named a new chief legal officer.

Eastman Kodak Co. is working out a deal to sell its digital imaging patent portfolio for about $525 million to an unnamed buye...

The unsecured creditors in the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP bankruptcy are seeking permission to sue Dewey's former management team...

The housing market's recovery, observers agree, relies heavily on continued job growth and careful steps in the marketplace, a...

Fewer companies are using 'poison pills' to thwart corporate takeovers, attorneys say.

The question of whether cashiers should get to sit on the job went to trial Tuesday in the first such test of a little-known C...

In the latest in a string of local courts cutbacks, Los Angeles County Superior Court announced Wednesday it must slash up to ...

A personal account of a homeowner's claim. By Chet A. Kronenberg of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

William Follett has become known for his expertise appraising pro per habeas corpus petitions.

A San Francisco federal judge will consider a settlement this week of a privacy class action against Facebook Inc. that is aga...

An employee in Texas was terminated from his employment after a web reporter exposed his online activity. How would the case p...

Sociological data supports the premise that television may be the culprit for growing lawyer disenchantment. By Joseph Sorrentino

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

A dour report from the state Legislative Analyst's Office knocking the cost of a controversial Long Beach courthouse construct...

Brian Chase and Scott Ritsema of Newport Beach's Bisnar & Chase LLP were named Consumer Attorneys of California's 2012 Con...

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority finalized a $3.5 million personal injury settlement with a 28-yea...

Former Howrey LLP employees who sued the defunct law firm for providing insufficient warning of firmwide layoffs may get some ...

In a significant breakthrough for the smartphone wars, Apple Inc. and HTC Corp. announced a settlement that would resolve a pa...

The case against Eric Fagan, 78, comes as part of a push by San Bernardino County prosecutors to file charges in similarly len...

Next year, the California Energy Commission will require industrial and retail buildings to disclose energy consumption. Attor...

A recent AOC report updates the data on the need for judgeships in various counties. The report uses standards that are not un...

The NLRB is already limiting what employers can say in their social media policies. Now it is attempting to regulate employer'...

The major credit reporting agencies suffered a major blow last week when a federal court in California ruled that equitable re...

Although the question presented is stated in terms of trademarks, the holding in this case will clearly be applicable to paten...