In a case involving executive branch authority and Middle East politics, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whet...

Lawyers should not overlook victim restitution, which can offer more money for your clients. By Antonio R. Sarabia II ...

Settling a legal skirmish over water rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Wyoming's irrigation system doesn't viol...

The U.S. Supreme Court summarily reinstated a death sentence Monday against an Ohio inmate convicted of killing two people, in...

New federal privacy and security enforcement rules subject violators to significant civil monetary penalties. By Callan Carter...

As the federal criminal trial of real estate magnate Ezri Namvar opens today, federal prosecutors have dismissed one count aga...

A few days after a key appellate ruling, TiVo Inc. agreed Monday to a $500 million settlement from Dish Network Corp. and Echo...

One year after the Toyota calamity, little has been done to fix the nation's vehicle recall program. By Jonathan Michaels of M...

A recent twist in a key trademark case has sports and entertainment heavyweights clamoring for a rehearing after the 9th U.S. ...

On the heels last week's pro-arbitration ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether arbitration agreemen...

Jones Day is advising San Jose-based solar energy company SunPower Corp. in its $1.4 billion acquisition by French oil company...

This week's planned initial public offering by San Francisco-based RPX Corp., which acquires patents for defensive purposes, w...

General Counsel and Senior Vice President of External Affairs for Southern California Gas Co. Los Angeles ...

A federal judge rejected the claims of Blockbuster Inc. online DVD subscribers who claimed a deal between Wal-Mart Stores Inc....

Retiree health benefits are not a vested right for city employees and may be changed through labor negotiations, a San Diego C...

The so-called Big Wave Project recently given a green light by San Mateo County officials would transform 19 acres near the lo...

In our global society, stay out of the Internal Revenue Service's cross-hairs with proper tax planning. By Laura A. Zwicker of...

In order to hold on to their associates, law firms should learn to adapt to the new generation of incoming lawyers. By Wendy B...

A group of gas station franchise owners are suing BP in federal court, accusing the company of manipulating gas pricing. ...

Federal prosecutors obtained a third felony plea deal in their ongoing prosecution of executives from an Orange County-based v...

The inability of prosecutors and defense attorneys to see a case from both sides has created a hyperadversarial system. By Had...

Most judges and commissioners in Alameda County received high marks in bar survey. ...

A judge gave plaintiffs the green light in a class action against Toyota by drivers who say the value of their vehicles plumme...

In the wake of last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision that companies can ban class arbitration in consumer contracts, the big...

A federal appeals court knocked aside a legal challenge Friday to California's landmark law designed to slash vehicle green-ho...

Jones Day and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC are helping guide a plan by French oil giant Total S.A. to buy a control...

LeClairRyan PC lured a former Bullivant Houser Bailey PC venture capital team to its San Francisco office.

Judge Peter J. Wilson, who moved to Orange County frustrated by the unfairness of his native South Africa, takes pride in runn...

After warning executives they may face sanctions for fraud traced to their companies, federal prosecutors are making good on t...

Superior Court Commissioner Kern County (Bakersfield) ...