Notes from the "United States - China IP Adjudication Conference" in Beijing. By Howard Miller of Girardi | Keese ...

Legal sector hiring rose a tad for the second straight month, as the U.S. suffered its lowest net number of new jobs created...

The battle line for the enforceability of some arbitration clauses is whether Mitsubishi applies to both state and fede...

A federal appellate panel tried to pick its way out of a sticky situation Friday in the only case to have successfully challen...

The 9th Circuit sided with a Native American tribe, environmentalists and salmon in an en banc ruling Friday that pushes gover...

The Big Four firm is facing a unique SEC enforcement action; though its hands may be tied by foreign law. By John C. Hueston a...

Judges and lawyers have lauded the CRASH program, which happens again this week, as a start to helping the state's busiest tri...

A lawyer for the city of Bell says it plans to take legal action against an outside accounting firm for failing to catch finan...

Determine when a reviewing court will strike down an enhanced damage award. By James Kachmar of Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tob...

Oracle Corp. faces a daunting task winning significant damages or an injunction against Google Inc. on appeal, legal observe...

The big shootout over gun shows at the Alameda County fairgrounds fizzled Friday as a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en ban...

Ex-athlete Judge Richard Kirschner now dashes between trial and half a dozen judicial committees.

PubMatic Inc., the digital media platform company for publishers, added Nadine Stocklin as its first general counsel. Stocklin...

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

Judge Gary Friedman can be tough on defendants but promotes peace in negotiations.

Creators of the blockbuster "Call of Duty" war-simulation video game series and its publisher Activision Blizzard Inc. settled...

Individual artists who created works after 1977 will soon be able to reclaim their works, and whittle away at record label rev...

Many people don't realize that California law is sufficient to protect basic assets brought into marriage. By Veronika Melamed...

When State Controller John Chiang issued notice of a formal disciplinary action against the accounting firm Mayer Hoffman McC...

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed an unusual case that sought to force the government to make dramatic cuts in greenhouse ...

A state appellate court in Sacramento ruled Thursday that a juror in a criminal trial may be compelled to reveal his Facebook ...

PubMatic Inc., a Silicon Valley-headquartered digital media advertising company for publishers, announced on Wednesday the add...

Lieff Cabraser wants to represent more individual corporations and government entities, and take on more direct action cases. ...

What happens when someone takes your virtual goods? By Jeff Pietsch of Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin & Tobin ...

After two and a half years and three lawsuits, Westinghouse Solar and Zep Solar have settled a cantankerous patent dispute,...

The insurance industry and its attorneys are closely watching a bill that would increase what plaintiffs can recover from pers...

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to issue new rules to curb soot pollution by ...

A West Hollywood startup fighting a securities fraud lawsuit has turned to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking for review of an app...

Ted M. Handel, a former partner at Koletsky Mancini Feldman & Morrow, adds heft to Haight Brown's mostly litigation practi...

After receiving her degree from California Western School of Law in 1999, Elizabeth M. Brown joined the Peace Corps and spent...