It's not always clear whether the developer is truly receiving a subsidy or paying what the land is worth. By Jon E. Goetz of ...

A federal bankruptcy judge on Monday approved nearly $9 million in settlements that will provide a cash infusion to the bankru...

ADR professionals and lawyers who use their services said trial delays and staff layoffs could make it harder to negotiate res...

California's first judicial branch contract law is not progress but a step backwards for the courts. By Fred Cabrera of the Sa...

The first year that Torsten Bassell and Nicole Lari-Joni joined forces to set up a plaintiffs' litigation boutique, the pair s...

What counts as paid "vacation" that vests as it is earned and cannot be forfeited under California law? By D. Gregory Valenza ...

Monday's historic stock market plunge was a body blow to start-ups looking to go public-and the lawyers that advise them-just ...

A 9th Circuit panel filed separate opinions Monday in two cases, both holding that out-of-state Web companies can be sued in C...

Judge Chestopher L. Taylor presides over cases that affect the average person.

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

Alameda County Judge Christine Moruza took disciplinary proceedings against her to heart.

Vice President, Legal Affairs at Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. ...

Local governments across California are looking at the climate change impacts on everything from housing developments to oil r...

With the law governing meal and rest breaks up in the air, here are some steps employers can take to protect themselves. By Im...

The state Supreme Court makes it easier for taxpayers to challenge local tax impositions. By Stanley S. Taylor of Nossaman LLP...

Most attorney suspensions and disbarments result from all to common human foibles. By Stephen J. Strauss of Karpman & Asso...

Ford uses a questionable tactic to compete against the likes of BMW and Mercedes. By Jonathan Michaels of the Michaels Law Gro...

While cash-strapped San Francisco County Superior Court's decision to close its complex litigation departments has surprised ...

San Diego Superior Court Judge Runston G. Maino's robes don't hide his personal views.

Commissioner Darlene A. White has gone from law clerk to supervising attorney to bench officer.

Hewlett-Packard Co. hired Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP partner Gregg R. Melinson to serve as vice president of global govern...

Gov. Jerry Brown's realignment proposal will go a long way to reducing the state's prison overcrowding problem but won't satis...

The city of Vallejo has cleared the final hurdle to emerging from bankruptcy.

A San Francisco federal judge disqualified Fish & Richardson P.C. from representing plaintiffs in an antitrust lawsuit bec...

A Fresno County Superior Court jury returned a $46.5 million verdict Friday against participants in a Ponzi scheme.

The month of July was generous to the legal sector, showing job growth that brought back more than the nearly 3,000 jobs lost ...

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

Dealing the second blow in a week against corporate arguments that federal statutes trump state laws, a 9th Circuit panel on ...

The city of Victorville has made good on its threat to sue the federal government for shutting a jobs program aimed at stimula...

Allies of bond wiz Jeffrey Gundlach staged an elaborate grab of client data from Trust Co. of the West, according to testimony...