A federal judge has dismissed a case in which investors claimed the Charles Schwab Corp. violated California law by increasing...

Deputy District Attorney Bobby Grace jumped into the race for Los Angeles County District Attorney on Wednesday. ...

A state appellate court Wednesday reduced a $220,000 sanction issued against a law firm associated with imprisoned ex-private ...

It is easier to secure a patent in the bioscience field if the application is filed early with the most detail possible. By An...

A lawyer who married "a lonely, sick old man" should be disbarred and ordered to return $339,000 to his family, a State Bar Co...

Perkins Coie LLP scooped up five land-use and project-development attorneys from Bingham McCutchen LLP in San Francisco. ...

Exemption, my dear Watson - how employee classification may change with advancing technology. By Eli M. Kantor and Zachary M. ...

Linda D. Kornfeld, who managed the Los Angeles office of Dickstein & Shapiro LLP since its inception in 2005, has left the...

The Senate failed to pass two spending bills Wednesday, while Democrats and Republicans remain miles apart on federal funding ...

U.S. courts have displayed a shaky grasp of the law when dealing with pirate attacks. By David Sloss of Santa Clara University...

As studios look to cut theatrical runs and make money on home viewers, attorneys say it could scramble the negotiation formula...

Employers in California are starting to grapple with more costly unemployment insurance in light of the continued high rates o...

Gov. Brown's plan to shutter redevelopment agencies calls for liquidating massive real estate holdings. ...

After two poor financial years and months of serious decline that saw major rainmakers scattering to other firms, the partners...

For the second time, a Superior Court judge in Oakland has thrown out price-fixing allegations against 21 drug companies. ...

With dozens of ships seized off Somalia, thousands of sailors held hostage and countless dollars paid in ransom, where are the...

White O'Connor Fink & Brenner LLP signed a deal to stay at its current Century City office for another 10 years.

Using a competitor's product name as a keyword to trigger your sponsored link on Google isn't necessarily trademark infringeme...

Veteran family-law judge Nancy A. Pollard has found her niche in helping parties resolve their differences before heading for ...

Perkins Coie LLP's Northern California offices are on a hiring spree this week. ...

The state agency that regulates health care insurance plans announced Tuesday that Director Cindy Ehnes is stepping down in a ...

Washington, D.C.-based Dickstein Shapiro LLP formally announced the opening of its Silicon Valley office Tuesday with six inte...

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris filed a friend-of-the-court brief Monday in Richmond, Va., urging the U.S. Court of Appeals ...

After years of legislative deadlock, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would make significant changes in the country's patent...

Law firm compensation systems can be very murky, making it difficult for prospective partners to know what to expect. By Edwin...

Over the last two and a half years or so, some 30 ex-prisoners have had or are having tattoos removed, thanks to a UC Irvine p...

Former McGuire Woods LLP partner Michelle R. Walker pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to neglecting tax payments of more t...

Is an overstatement of basis on a tax return an "omission of gross income?" By Bruce Givner and Owen Kaye of Givner & Kaye...

Alameda County Superior Court was wrong to lay off a group of employees without first consulting their union, a state appellat...

Employers need to be careful that their screening processes do not have a discriminatory impact. By Scott A. Freedman and Jess...