A budgetary solution proposed by the governor and codified by the Legislature must now survive state Supreme Court scrutiny. B...

A proposed ballot measure will attempt to plug the holes in the state's medial marijuana law, which many have said offers scan...

Arguing that the value of its Java programming language is suffering "irreparable damage," attorneys for Oracle Corp. want the...

In a resounding win for Internet companies, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a video sharing website V...

New York-based Burford Capital Ltd. has grown to become the largest player in litigation funding and has gained a significant...

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

Hiring one "bad apple" can create lasting consequences. By Barbara McCloud, Kevin Jackson and Ahron D. Cohen. of Snell & W...

With nearly 400 published opinions interpreting the anti-SLAPP statute, filing these motions is more daunting than ever. By Je...

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement trends international businesses should know. By F. Gordon Lee and Pete Van Hartesvel...

The America Invents Act is poised to alter the landscape of inventive activity in the U.S. By Michael M. Rosen of Fish & R...

Maximize your chances of getting a case before the state Supreme Court. By Steven Graff Levine

The intellectual property head of Jones Day's Irvine office is decamping the firm after nearly 25 years of employment and taki...

As Congress chugs forward with internet piracy legislation favored by Hollywood, a San Diego-area lawmaker's effort to make th...

AT&T Inc.'s announcement on Monday to end its bid to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG for $39 billion will re...

As companies encourage fan interaction by soliciting user-generated content and ideas through contests, lawyers say they're be...

American Apparel Inc., a Los Angeles-based clothing manufacturer, will pay $60,000 and modify its American with Disabilities A...

A former federal prosecutor is asking the state Supreme Court to intervene in his crusade to hold insurance giant American Int...

Nearly three months into California's criminal justice realignment, new prosecution tactics and strategies are slowly emerging...

Government regulators took the first steps toward potentially expanding oil drilling off the California coast Monday by announ...

Beverage giant Coca-Cola Co. announced Thursday that its general counsel, Geoffrey J. Kelly, is retiring after working at the ...

In an effort to expand its white-collar criminal defense practice on the West Coast, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP has picke...

A recent decision in Fresno County Superior Court preventing the Legislature from taking funds from First 5, a child advocacy ...

Type in the name of a law firm into a search engine and a slew of search results pop up - locations, phone numbers, a Wikipedi...

While the sputtering economy continues to depress construction activity across much of California, land use lawyers say a rece...

Nearly a quarter of UC Irvine School of Law's first graduates have landed judicial clerkships next year, a higher percentage t...

Apple Inc. won a narrow victory Monday in its first showdown at the U.S. International Trade Commission with a cell phone man...

Much to their chagrin, some employment lawyers say workers can get around carefully crafted non-solicitation agreements with s...

The California Air Resources Board approved changes to its controversial low carbon fuel standard rule Friday to tackle issues...

Hundreds of miles and several years removed from his days as police chief of Mesa, Arizona, George Gascon finally feels his st...

Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP and McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, which entered merger discussions in November, bot...