Law firms with well-established intellectual property practices in California are likely to come out of the gate hiring at th...

A report by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office hailed Gov. Jerry Brown's pension reform proposal as a "bold" startin...

In what could be a bellwether case for privacy protections in the digital age, the U.S. Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with wh...

A San Francisco federal judge sentenced the wife of a former Deloitte Tax LLP partner to 11 months in prison Tuesday. ...

Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Eli Lilly and Co. announced a settlement Tuesday that will resolve a lawsuit stemming from the...

In an expansion effort to attract work from plaintiffs with more lucrative assets , four family law firms have merged into one...

Dykema Gossett PLLC beefed up its corporate finance group with an addition from SNR Denton, the firm announced Tuesday. ...

The U.S. Supreme Court underscored the limitations on federal habeas corpus review of state convictions in a unanimous opinion...

As companies across the country update their social media policies to protect what they say is proprietary information, sites ...

The state Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed to be leaning strongly toward giving workers the flexibility to skip meal breaks. Bu...

Judge Charles E. Stafford has found balance between his personal and professional lives.

Six partners are decamping the Los Angeles office of Washington D.C.-based Hogan Lovells US LLP and taking their commercial en...

The judiciary is worried about Gov. Jerry Brown's call for major, across-the-board changes to public employee pensions. ...

Judge John M. Davis gives first-time offenders leeway but throws the book at hardened criminals.

The FEHA administrative process gets a makeover. By Margaret Gillespie of Littler Mendelson PC and Phyllis Cheng of the Califo...

For claims you may believe aren't covered, you might just need to think outside the box. By Peter S. Selvin of Raines Feldman ...

While the couple executed a prenuptial agreement, their divorce may not be that simple. By Ty Supancic of The Law Collaborativ...

Courts debate over how the anti-SLAPP statute applies to certain claims against lawyers by their clients.

Two well-known Orange County plaintiffs' law firms have filed lawsuits against the man who allegedly killed eight people last ...

A 9th Circuit panel held Monday that a judicial recommendation on prison housing is not part of a sentence and cannot be appea...

In orders handed down Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced two summary reversals and three new cases granted, but it won't...

In one of the largest lease transactions in California in the last decade, DIRECTV Inc. signed a 15-year, 630,000 square-foot ...

In a case involving the owners of an L.A. area restaurant chain, the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument Monday on whether the S...

Former Linklaters managing partner Tony Angel will serve as a global co-chairman and senior partner at DLA Piper after partner...

The plaintiffs claim Pfizer and other companies entered into an illicit agreement that delayed the generic version of choleste...

The 9th Circuit joins other circuits in holding corporations potentially accountable for war crimes. By Richard Kellner and Sc...

Video gamers packed stores Tuesday to get their hands on the third installment of Activision Publishing Inc.'s wildly popular ...

City charter provisions supersede state law on issues of employee pay, a Superior Court judge tentatively ruled Monday setting...

Two doctors filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court in Oakland seeking a declaration that California's medical disciplinary he...

An employment defense litigator with Bingham McCutchen LLP has joined Dickstein Shapiro LLP's Los Angeles office, the firm ann...