A federal appeals panel upheld a judge's decision to toss a hard-fought lawsuit by the owner of a development company who accu...

Philip Michels, the 2011 CAALA president and medical malpractice expert, wants to get younger lawyers and more minorities invo...

The U.S. Supreme Court handpicked a lawyer to defend an appellate ruling that is under review, just the 43rd time in its histo...

A defendant's version of events - often amusing, sometimes insightful. By Richard M. Chacon. ...

State legislators have started debating a host of bills that have been or will be introduced this year, including one would th...

The Santa Ana branch of the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney's Office has struggled in the aftermath of some high-profile failed pros...

Drawn to the human element of her cases, Judge Margie Gunthardt Woods is undaunted, whether she's scaling a mountain or overru...

Upscale department store chain Nordstrom Inc. announced Thursday that it will acquire the online, members-only shopping club H...

Duane Mathiowetz jumped to Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in San Francisco, where he will be a partner in the firm's inte...

Yolo County Superior Court Judge David W. Reed's career as a local lawyer prepared him for the bench.

Video game giant Activision Blizzard has not clawed to the top without playing tough. But one case heading to trial next month...

Taking time off from a career to raise her children and move for a family business opportunity still led Referee Donna R. Levi...

Spanish-language skills and an easy disposition lend mediator Patricia Prince a specialty in labor and employment disputes. ...

Six defendants in Los Angeles were arrested Thursday for their roles in alleged schemes to bilk the federal Medicare program o...

Loyola Law School Dean Victor Gold announced plans to open a new Advocacy Institute this fall, offering clinical opportunities...

John W. Keker, of Keker & Van Nest in San Francisco, has signed on to represent Steven Donziger, the embattled lead attorn...

George Jaramillo, a former top aide to convicted Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, may get to keep damages from a civil suit ...

Sony Computer Entertainment America won dismissal of most of a case in which PlayStation 3 customers sued over a software upda...

Five years ago, mergers and acquisitions lawyers used the two-step acquisition rarely. Today they use it in the majority of ca...

San Francisco-based McNutt Law Group LLP and San Francisco bankruptcy lawyer Michael St. James secured the legal work in Round...

Conflicts are preventing many partners in the state from joining Winston & Strawn, which hopes to grab large numbers of Ho...

A blind law school graduate will be able to take the California Bar exam next week using special software, thanks to a federal...

The American dream of owning a business is now threatened by many obstacles. By Timothy Sandefur of the Pacific Legal Foundati...

The Motion Picture Association of America is looking for a new chief lawyer now that current general counsel Daniel Mandil is ...

Attorneys for the two former state building commissioners who sued to stop the sale have asked the 6th District Court of Appea...

Strengthening the bonds of friendship should be a goal in public policy. By Ethan J. Leib of Hastings College of the Law. ...

A Superior Court judge is expected to decide today whether Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP must turn over a retain...

The Environmental Protection Agency recently took action to assist in the clean-up of the San Francisco Bay. By Mordecai D. Bo...

A citizen's group has the right to publish online statements alleging that Beaumont had a conflict of interest and engaged in ...