A group of sugar producers suing to ban an advertising campaign that markets high-fructose corn syrup as "natural" and "corn s...

An Orange County jury cleared two Catholic priests of sex abuse claims, but the priests' religious order still will pay the pl...

A federal judge signaled that she will certify a class of mentally disabled immigrant detainees in California, Arizona and Was...

California's prevailing wage law cannot be avoided by artfully drafted contracts. By Kevin Collins of Alston & Bird LLP ...

Further delaying release of the Proposition 8 trial video, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday ordered the rec...

A judge doused a spat between the producer and the distributor of the 2005 Ryan Reynolds film "Just Friends" Monday when he or...

Public Counsel Law Center is one of six nonprofit legal service organizations and four bar associations operating a network of...

An effort by seven U.S. solar panel companies to impose duties on Chinese solar panel imports has a long way to go - and even ...

As budget cuts continue to ripple throughout the judiciary, court leaders are looking for new savings in courthouse constructi...

Mattel Inc. has agreed to pay $680 million in cash to acquire HIT Entertainment from a group led by Apax Partners, ...

Judge Blaine Bowman shows compassion to kids.

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

It's easy to round up a moot court at Dowling, Aaron & Keeler in Fresno. Just yell down the hall for Jim, Nick and Steve, ...

General counsel for the University of San Diego San Diego ...

The 1st District Court of Appeal on Friday ordered a San Francisco plaintiffs' lawyer to pay his former co-counsel $92,000 in ...

Litigation rollover accounts may be the answer to your client's objections. By David M. Higgins of Higgins Settlement Law ...

Avoid crippling liability by prospectively reclassifying your independent contractors as employees. ...

Before you sign up that next non-English speaking client, make sure your fee agreement conforms to state law. By Omar S. Anorg...

What was an essential ingredient of the Fourth Amendment is now a 'bitter pill' to swallow. By Brian M. Hoffstadt of the Los ...

Consumers seeking to enjoin AT&T's $39 billion merger with T-Mobile USA Inc. by filing more than 1,000 arbitrations across...

The general counsel for retail chain Williams-Sonoma Inc. has left his role to work for apparel manufacturer Levi Strauss &am...

As the economy begins to recover, hiring among California's in-house counsel is on the rise, and so are their salaries, accord...

Senators, litigators and alumni are increasing their pressure on the ABA to change how law schools report employment data for ...

A federal judge made official an earlier tentative ruling tossing out a $3 billion antitrust case in which Bratz manufacturer ...

Groupon Inc. has taken its share of lumps since filing to go public in June, but after setting the long-awaited initial publ...

A litigator at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips will co-chair a non-partisan program dedicated to involving American judges, lawy...

Two California firms long major players in insurance defense are making a concerted effort to shed that image and rebrand them...

When a campaign collects the allowed from a donor only to see its war chest wiped clean by theft, can the same donor be tapped...

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

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP picked up Nagendra "Nick" Setty as co-chair of its Intellectual Property practice ...