San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Donna Alyson Little on Monday announced her retirement after 21 years with the court...

The new federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has shut down the offices of Los Angeles lawyer Chance Edward Gordon. ...

Large law firms are more successful in recruiting diverse associates than smaller firms, and law firms with more minority part...

The USOC should come clean about the "true nature" of the Olympic brand, over which Congress has so graciously granted a monop...

The operators of the Law School Admission Test are under fire for allegedly discriminating against disabled test-takers by den...

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Superior courts have a better idea of just how deep the state may go in slashing their budgets after a meeting Friday of the...

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

Los Angeles litigator James W. Spertus secured a $300 million judgment against Iran last week for the grandson of an assassina...

Senior Vice President and General Counsel for St. Joseph Health System Orange ...

This past year I parted ways with my trusty Blackberry and welcomed Siri into my life. By Paul R. Kiesel of Kiesel Boucher &am...

Trial courts continue to receive very inconsistent direction regarding the proper interpretation and application of the Federa...

To "expound" means to set forth and teach; to interpret; to comment upon. It does not mean to "expand." By Sarah P. Condor-Fis...

Local drugmaker McKesson Corp. will pay $151 to California and 28 other states to settle allegations that the pharmaceutical g...

As the trial in the epic patent showdown between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. opens today in San Jose federal c...

As fee disputes between TV show owners and distributors cause screens across the country to go dark more frequently, lawmakers...

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP advised Apple Inc. in a recent $356 million acquisition of Florida-based digital security compa...

The daughter of a man who died of penile cancer after being refused treatment by the state Department of Corrections and Rehab...

As foes of the federal law banning same-sex marriage seek to speed its demise, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday...

The Judicial Council on Friday announced the appointment of retired Shasta County Superior Court Judge Steve Jahr as the new...

San Francisco-based Practice Fusion Inc., an electronic medical records company, named Riyad A. Omar as its first general coun...

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

Judge Victor Kenton knew how to relate to his future criminal clients; his father was a warden.

Judge Teri Schwartz dabbled in acting and politics before settling on a career in criminal law.

California lawyers have advised London organizers, handled arbitrations for the Court of Arbitration for Sport and represented...

It's surprising how many times I encounter clients in mediation who have no clue about the process and are completely unprepar...

Regardless of where the fault lies, if ever there was an argument for mediation, then surely the McCourt case must have been a...

The term "Grandfather Clause" has been applied to laws that allow application of an old rule to an existing situation, while a...

A defendant's wealth has always been an essential consideration in imposing punitive damages under California law. By James L....

In light of recent court decisions, mergers & acquisitions lawyers need to take a closer look at their confidentiality agr...