Medical marijuana advocates and the city of Oakland lined up in federal court Thursday to try to derail a U.S. government crac...

With tweets and "friend" requests crowding the Internet, another social media network is jumping into the marketplace - but th...

Alexander L. "Lex" Brainerd, a veteran intellectual property lawyer, has been busier than he expected since joining JAMS as a ...

On Dec. 14 the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic and its chorus, Legal Voices, performed a holiday gala concert for a capacity ...

Loyola Law School hosted the 11th annual National Civil Trial Competition, presented along with Greene Broillet & Wheeler ...

An appellate court sided this week with lawyers allegedly jilted in a fee-sharing agreement in a decision that could have broa...

Three nominees to the state appellate courts won unanimous approval from the Commission on Judicial Appointments Thursday, inc...

New assignments for several judges on Friday shocked attorneys and members of San Francisco County Superior Court, which will ...

Initial public offerings rose in 2012, apparently boosted by entrepreneur-friendly provisions of the JOBS Act. ...

Most attorneys specialize in one or two areas and to require that they catch up on areas that they never use is just unproduct...

The Federal Circuit issued an important en banc opinion in August in two related cases involving the divided infringement of m...

Although cultural competency is a developing area of scholarship, the use of culture in criminal defense strategies is not a n...

Want to try a civil case after we go off the fiscal cliff? Don't hold your breath. And don't look to the state court...

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped Agoura Hills-based video game company THQ Inc. in a Chaper 11 agreement wherein affilia...

Director of legal affairs for the San Francisco 49ers Santa Clara ...

Eastman Kodak Co. announced the sale and licensing of its digital imaging patent portfolio Wednesday for $525 million to a gro...

Every year, TV networks try to transplant the success of their strongest shows in the form of spinoffs. But if a new show shar...

A jury delivered a resoundingly pro-defense verdict late Wednesday in a federal lawsuit accusing former Los Angeles District A...

A Los Angeles judge under fire from a developer after she ruled against it in a high-stakes environmental case has recently be...

Plaintiffs' lawyers who won a $41.5 million class action settlement in a business-litigation case may be obligated to pay one-...

San Francisco County Superior Court Presiding Judge Katherine A. Feinstein announced her retirement after twelve years on the ...

A bankruptcy judge is expected to rule Friday on whether San Bernardino can renege on payment obligations to the California Pu...

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates is advising the Greenbrier Companies Inc. in negotiating a hosti...

Greenberg Glusker lawyers say the firm's hiring sweep has helped advance its long-term succession plan, part of which includes...

A team led by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP partner Tony Natsis assisted Kilroy in closing several major ...

The State Bar is beginning a close look at continuing legal education requirements, including minimum hours, provider standard...

After more than four-and-a-half years of expensive and time-consuming litigation, an employer is back to square one. Is this a...

How did firms with so much capital fail? Because what was said, and what was happening, were very different things. By Edwin R...

Lawyers delivered closing arguments on Tuesday in a federal lawsuit accusing former Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve...

Firm leaders say they're responding to an increased demand for tax services as the latest crop of technology companies grows m...