A U.S. appellate court on Monday revived a fraud claim against Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP over allegations by a Palo Alto...

Marriage sought with other firms seen as potentially disastrous because it would rely on mass lateral hires. ...

Several judges who attended the meeting described it as productive and successful, although members of the Alliance of Califor...

Fenwick & West LLP advised Facebook Inc. on its $550 million purchase of patents from Microsoft Corp. ...

Despite a $100,000 reward for information leading to resolution of the case, no formal suspects have been named, no arrests ha...

A Google Inc. executive raised doubts about his own company's argument Monday in a landmark copyright trial against Oracle Cor...

A roundup of recent real estate deals and the attorneys involved.

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to release its decision next month on the constitutionality of the Obama administration's A...

Regardless of size, you can improve efficiencies and concentrate on what you do best to operate more efficiently. By Paul Lipp...

Bridge financing lenders are advised to consider important precautions when providing financing to companies in which they hol...

Borrowers should be wary of the recent Michigan decision involving 'limited' guarantees. By Gordon L. Gerson of Gerson Law Fir...

City Attorney, Long Beach ...

The spring legislative session has seen a number of hotly contested bills affecting the criminal justice system, with various...

A Hollywood film financier facing bankruptcy proceedings has struck back against his creditors' lawyers from the firms Stroock...

A guide to some of the most important legal issues facing lawyers in California. ...

The state Supreme Court has granted review in a case over whether California State University San Diego should be on the hook ...

Absent agreement to resolve a dispute by different means, relying on information contained in an agreement which the parties a...

A Los Angeles appellate panel on Friday slapped two Sherman Oaks lawyers with a $22,000 sanction and referred them to the Stat...

A class of artists can proceed in an action against UMG Recordings Inc. alleging that the sale of digital music and ringtones ...

A billion-dollar copyright infringement battle between Michael Jackson's music publisher and an online karaoke disc retailer c...

After declining to speak publicly on political issues for years, former Gov. George Deukmejian has emerged from retirement wit...

Cox Castle & Nicholson hired prominent development lawyer Tim Paone as part of an ongoing push to expand and polish the la...

A controversial 9th Circuit decision that bars alien children from joining parents eligible to immigrate to the U.S. will get ...

Financial, staff, and judicial resources shrink ever year, but not the caseload. By Dave Rosenberg ...

The Central District court gets nearly a third of all bankruptcies filed without lawyers in the nation. ...

The recent erasure of a nine-figure trial court judgment against The Boeing Co. was more than just a stinging defeat for the p...

Lawyers pushing for a judicial overhaul of Men's Central Jail because of inmate abuse allegations have a new witness they hope...

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

Palo Alto-based Nest Labs Inc. named Richard "Chip" Lutton Jr. as its new general counsel. Lutton Jr. spent the past 10 years ...

Judge Nancy Newman, an avid equestrian, says her job is to keep neck-and-neck with evolving law.