A federal judge granted class certification Monday to plaintiffs in a labor dispute against Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. ...

Should the FBI get away with destroying a priceless car simply because it was being detained for evidence? By Jonathan Michael...

Authorities can conduct invasive strip searches on anybody joining the general inmate population of a jail even if they were a...

State Controller John Chiang has launched an investigation into the financial practices and reporting of Stockton, a city teet...

A federal judge gave a class of homeowners the green light to pursue claims against Countrywide Home Loans Inc. and other mort...

Law firm mergers continued at a steady pace through the first quarter of 2012, a sign that mergers are back on the rise follow...

Although flawed, the JOBS Act represents a step in the right direction. By Stephen Graham of Fenwick & West LLP ...

Oracle Corp. and Google Inc. have reached an "irreconcilable impasse" in negotiations to settle a copyright and patent case, a...

Seattle-based environmental boutique Marten Law PLLC, which is making a major push to expand throughout the West, announced M...

A federal judge has denied a motion by Electronic Arts Inc. to dismiss a class action filed by retired National Football Leagu...

Suzy Loftus, formerly a special assistant attorney general, has left the state Department of Justice for a leadership role at ...

Four trial courts will assume responsibility for courthouse maintenance, as part of a two-year pilot project to decentralize s...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take an arbitration case, gave a grand jury witness immunity to a lawsuit, and annoucned it...

A San Francisco landmark might be shutting its doors because of an overlooked provision in its new lease. By Gerald M. Murphy ...

Jeff E. Scott and his longtime client Edward J. Weiss have grown accustomed to a very fluid business relationship. ...

A fresh effort by civil rights groups to roll back California's ban on affirmative action got nowhere Monday at the 9th U.S. C...

Using a legal argument eliminated by last year's patent reform law, attorneys with Morrison & Foerster LLP persuaded a New...

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A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

As Internet use becomes a pervasive force in the world, policing individuals who use the web to exploit children has become a ...

Senior vice president, general counsel, secretary for NetSuite Inc. San Mateo ...

Patents must contain sufficient elements to ensure that it is not a claim on natural law itself. By Jason G. Harp and George Y...

A former employee's allegations regarding the culture at Goldman Sachs raises questions of its liability for breach of fiducia...

Plea offers are not required, but if one is made, it becomes a critical stage of the proceedings that demands effective assist...

As one of the state's best-known securities firms, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP has collected tens of billions of doll...

Choosy cable TV viewers who want to buy individual channels a la carte lost their argument that the industry's practice of mar...

Policymakers, lawyers and judges plan to converge in front of San Francisco's City Hall on April 18 to rally against budget cu...

A Palm Springs nudist resort's no-children policy has triggered an unusual court fight in which a group of anonymous dissenter...

Petaluma-based solar product manufacturer Enphase Energy Inc. began trading Friday, after slashing its anticipated per share...

The U.S. Supreme Court has an opportunity to further bolster the binding power of arbitration contracts if it agrees today to ...