In an unexpected twist in the smartphone wars, Google Inc. subsidiary Motorola Mobility LLC dropped its second patent infringe...

A former San Francisco-based attorney for Kaufman Dolowich Voluck & Gonzo LLP, which handles business disputes and employm...

Corporate legal spending is finally on the rise in the United States and worldwide, according to a survey released Friday by H...

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has added a new partner in its Los Angeles office in a move to bolster its intellect...

It shouldn't come as a shock that law firms active in the lateral hiring market want to distinguish themselves from Dewey. By ...

Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl has defeated Dan T. Oki in an occasionally contentious election and will become next assistant presidin...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered immigration authorities to reconsider a negative ruling on a man slated for depo...

Companies hoping to challenge the validity of patents raced to prepare petitions to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in th...

The State Bar filed disciplinary charges against three lawyers for apparently lying about completing their continuing legal le...

Bet Tzedek entered a 10 year lease for the 13th and two-thirds of the 14th floor at 3250 Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles.

Several recent court decisions and legislative actions are reshaping the state's decisions when it comes to pursuing adult or ...

Superior Court Judge Imperial County (El Centro) ...

Recent activities with GM dealerships in the San Francisco East Bay market have many wondering whether GM is making another at...

In the court-annexed "mediation" and alternative dispute resolution processes, what has been historically a settlement confere...

In order for a Notice of Exemption to trigger CEQA's 35-day statute of limitations, it must be facially valid and properly fil...

The state Supreme Court justices wrestled Tuesday with whether a plaintiff who brings a disabilities access complaint against ...

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP has brought on a business restructuring lawyer who previously worked in investment banki...

A California appellate court decision Monday to uphold a 2010 victory by actor Don Johnson against the owners of the hit TV sh...

The attorney for a woman who wants to be allowed to pursue her lawsuit against a county hospital after failing to submit her c...

Oceanside attorney Dean G. Chandler has been indicted on fraud and money laundering charges related to an alleged $11 million ...

A prominent Beverly Hills-based plaintiffs' law firm says it has found an innovative way to lower the standard of proof in jet...

Venture-backed companies seeking to exit through a public offering or an acquisition may be discouraged by the latest numbers ...

The 2nd District Court of Appeal Tuesday rejected a trial court’s attempt to send a probation violator to state prison. ...

In a small but expected win for Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a San Jose federal judge has followed through on her promise to ...

Two new faculty members and a new lecturer will begin teaching at Stanford Law School this fall. ...

Nossaman LLP has selected an attorney to co-chair its newly formed practice group that will consolidate the firm's intellectua...

Gov. Jerry Brown's vetoes show the governor is leery of piling new regulations on businesses and a desire to avoid creating ex...

Veterans who participated in secret military experiments in the 1950s, '60s and '70s to identify the effects of toxic biologic...

Judge Rand S. Rubin turns to music to keep the sometimes-grim cases on his calendar at bay.

Mediation sessions typically begin with what Russell A. Bostrom calls the "offended/insulted" stage. But attorneys say that in...