Proponents of Proposition 8, California's gay marriage ban, announced Monday they will appeal Northern District Chief Judge Ja...

The U.S. Supreme Court summarily reversed a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision on Monday that had struck down a requir...

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will hear the Obama administration's case for restoring the federal regulations gov...

State courts do not have jurisdiction over foreign manufacturers for products sold in the U.S. by third-party distributors, th...

An economics consulting company quantified the widely held belief that the United States is injecting too many new lawyers int...

A Muslim woman who says she was fired by Abercrombie & Fitch subsidiary Hollister Co. for refusing to remove her religious...

The California Public Utilities Commission has accelerated deliberations on proposed rules for new energy storage facilities t...

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held Monday that state courts have no jurisdiction over foreign subsidiaries of an American...

In a challenge to a patent ruling brought by the Obama administration, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider the ri...

Matthew D. Powers' decision to leave Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP to form his own small plaintiffs' firm after he made a car...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether states are immune from claims for money damages made under a provisio...

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will take up a Los Angeles County deputies' challenge to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court...

Bruce Bennett is representing the Los Angeles Dodgers in its Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection case, filed in the District of D...

Smarting from a judge's comments impugning its integrity for objecting to a massive class-action settlement, Consumer Watchdog...

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt two law firms a defeat Monday when it decided not to inquire into the circumstances allowing for ...

A state audit has faulted the San Francisco County Superior Court for doing a poor job of keeping track of its money and acco...

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday to hear a dispute over a legal avenue that generic-drug companies use to get their produ...

In a securities fraud case, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether the plaintiff's ran out of time to bring ...

In a sign of shifting litigation strategies, the Securities and Exchange Commission has increasingly targeted companies rather...

Reaffirming its broad support of First Amendment protection, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a California law that would ha...

Pursuits off the bench help Commissioner Rocky Baio keep a level head in the courtroom

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

The most controversial politician in San Francisco may be its public defender. ...

General Counsel for the Writers Guild of America, West Inc. Los Angeles ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched a formal antitrust review of Google Inc.'s search and advertising business prac...

Don't underestimate the impact of Smith v. Bayer Corp., a recent class action decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. By St...

The playing field may be tilted toward the plaintiff, but a defendant can beat a meritless one-way fees claim. By Kurt A. Schl...

The Internal Revenue Service may soon levy a tax on anonymous individual contributors to political campaigns and committees. B...

Prompted by a request from the Commission on Judicial Performance, the attorney general's office is looking into the legality ...

Two pension funds filed a shareholder derivative lawsuit against executives and directors of Wells Fargo & Co., claiming t...