Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP added Bennett Young and Jon Welner as partners in San Francisco.

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

Judge Salvatore T. Sirna applies the same spirit of service to the robe as he did his army green.

Judge Andrea Flint wants to engage the community she serves, not rule in a vacuum.

Last year, hotel sales amounted to $14 billion in 2011 nationwide. And California was a shining star in that recovery, with ho...

Even if you think you've mastered the art of legal writing, there's still a way to improve your work. By Thomas W. Temple ...

With oral arguments next month, a preview of the issues before the state Supreme Court. By Gerald Knapton and Kim Karelis of R...

The Legislative Analyst's Office released a report Thursday criticizing Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal on how to spend the hundre...

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel published its opinion Thursday affirming a $200,000 damages and attorney's fee summa...

Former O'Neill Lysaght & Sun partners reunite with other longtime colleagues to build successor litigation boutique Murphy...

Cisco Systems appealed the European Commission's approval of Microsoft's acquisition of Skype months after the deal closed and...

The role that legal institutions can play in protecting the rights of people with an intersex condition. By Julie Greenberg of...

When Patrick A. Long isn't crafting settlements, he spends much of his time chipping away at what he likes to call the great A...

The uncomfortable resurgence of the responsible corporate officer doctrine. By Mike Emmick of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Ha...

The American Wind Energy Association announced Thursday that it was not able to get a much sought-after tax credit extension t...

After reports that mobile applications, including Twitter, were accessing information from users' address books, frustrated pr...

Three former UC Davis women wrestlers announced a $1.35 million settlement Thursday in what may be the first suit to ever go t...

San Francisco-based Yelp Inc. disclosed it will pay Cooley LLP $1.2 million in legal fees and expenses in connection with its ...

Court battles over a wide-ranging San Bernardino County government corruption scandal are stacking up, with lawyers filing a p...

Merger talks between Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, appear to have slowed down accordin...

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held on Wednesday for the reopening of the downtown San Diego Law Library. The 121 year-old law ...

Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP hosted its 6th annual pre-Grammy party at the Hotel Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles on S...

K&L Gates LLP held its annual Chinese Lunar New Year party in San Francisco. Shown here, left to right, are K&L Gates ...

The Thomas Jefferson School of Law student team celebrated a big win at the 5th Annual Tulane National Baseball Arbitration Co...

Death penalty foes are preparing to mount an aggressive campaign to persuade voters to ditch what they see as a multi-billion ...

In tough cases, Judge Donald Alvarez takes steps to ensure the record is robust for eventual appeals.

Senior vice president, business and legal affairs for Image Entertainment Inc. Chatsworth ...

What every practitioner should look for when deciding whether an arbitration issue is appealable. By Anna M. Grignon and Paul ...

Some federal and state judges who oversee class actions have turned against so-called "professional objectors" but do these l...