Part Three of a five-part series. By Edwin B. Reeser

Following news of a rare internal election for presiding judge at San Francisco County Superior Court, several judges have sai...

Judge Richard Strauss has helped manage the court, as well as complex civil trials.

The ruling lowers the proof required to assert a prima facie claim of intentional age discrimination. By Brian W. Franklin of ...

There is broad consensus that the new "IPO On-Ramp" is a useful tool for growing companies. By Sey-Hyo Lee, Marc M. Rossell an...

If the AIA is undoubtedly innovative, the question is whether it is innovative in a good way. By Marc E. Hankin of Hankin Pate...

The human and societal cost of a downsized judicial system will have a ripple effect in all areas of the lives of citizens. By...

Four insurance companies have filed a lawsuit to obtain what they claim is their share of $140 million in attorney fees awarde...

Sidley Austin LLP has hired former Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Hill as a litigation partner in its San Francisco office, th...

The federal EPA has announced it will not regulate greenhouse gas emissions from ships or non-road engines such as constructio...

An undocumented immigrant fighting for admission to practice law in California got support before the state Supreme Court Mond...

Prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys were grappling Monday with how to interpret a U.S. Supreme Court decision curbing t...

Replying to two U.S. senators' criticism of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' upcoming judicial conference on Maui, Chief...

Riverside County is trying to knock out a lawsuit filed by two energy industry associations challenging the county's decisi...

The decision clears the way statewide for what had already become a common practice in some counties, and may have a broad imp...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed down decisions in two separate cases impacting Native American tribes and agreed to he...

A New York federal judge Friday tossed out Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A.'s lawsuit against Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ove...

Building projects are springing back to life because of funding through the federal EB-5 program, in which foreign investors c...

In a huge boost for drugmakers facing wage-and-hour lawsuits, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that pharmaceutical sa...

Simmering discontent with the leadership of the San Francisco County Superior Court may boost the candidacy of a rare challeng...

SunPower Corp., a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of solar cells and solar panels, announced Tuesday the appointment of Lisa...

Making the move from a law firm to an in-house legal department use to mean fewer hours. But many in-house lawyers say that st...

Part Two of a five-part series. By Edwin B. Reeser

A roundup of the week's mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions and the California lawyers who handled them.

Less than half of last year's graduates from California law schools have found full-time, long-term jobs as lawyers, new data ...

The bench has long faced criticism for failing to reflect the diversity of the communities it serves, and many attorneys say t...

General Counsel of The Aerospace Corp. El Segundo ...

The 2nd District Court of Appeal determined that Concepcion "conclusively invalidates the Gentry test." By John ...

While some have questioned the effectiveness of filing supplemental proxy solicitation materials, it is often important to do ...

Another former executive at Control Components Inc. has entered a guilty plea over what prosecutors say was a wide-ranging con...