San Francisco will most likely be home base for a glut of lawsuits against the makers of a recalled artificial hip. ...

Angela Bradstreet is sworn in as San Francisco Superior Court judge. ...

The state Supreme Court has refused to speed up its timeline for deciding whether sponsors of Proposition 8, the same-sex marr...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, supported by her California colleague Sen. Barbara Boxer, proposed an amendment Wednesday that would we...

A bill that would, for the first time, allow e-mail alerts to residents about registered sex offenders moving to their neighbo...

To ensure transparency, proxy statements should provide shareholders with a clear explanation behind each compensation decisio...

LA District Attorney Steve Cooley appointed Jacquelyn Lacey as his new chief deputy, giving her campaign to succeed Cooley a b...

With lateral recruiting on the rise, what does this really mean in the context of partner equity accounts? By Edwin B. Reeser....

UC Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin Liu on Wednesday faced off against Republican senators who questioned his qualific...

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared inclined Wednesday to insulate former Attorney General John Ashcroft against civil liability f...

Steps taken by the United States and the United Kingdom to ramp up their anti-bribery and anti-corruption regimes. By Bethany ...

The Charles Schwab Corp. won dismissal of investors' claims that the firm's Total Bond Market Fund violated California law by ...

Effective strategies for keeping the peace in your law firm. By Jonathan R. Fitzgarrald of Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman &am...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a judge can factor in a defendant's post-sentencing rehabilitation efforts when co...

In a big victory for free speech backers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the First Amendment shields members of a...

What companies should consider now that the financial opportunities provided by IPOs are less attractive now than in previous ...

California shopping mall operators cannot discriminate against demonstrators by choosing who can and cannot protest a cause in...

When a judge approved the final Countrywide shareholder settlement last Friday, plaintiffs' lawyers stood to see 7.7 percent o...

Several more construction litigators walked out the door of Howrey for Pillsbury while dozens of partners wait for offers from...

Ventas Inc. is acquiring Nationwide Health Properties Inc. in a $7.4 billion stock-for-stock agreement approved by the boards ...

Snagged by collapsed real estate prices, many middle-class homeowners have too much debt to file bankruptcy with a simple Chap...

The county commission that regulates employee relations has ruled against Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley, adopting...

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges Tuesday against hedge fund manager Lawrence R. Goldfarb and his Bay Area ...

Hollywood's top lobbying organization on Tuesday named former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., as its new chairman and ...

Adding their voices to those favoring immediate resumption of gay marriage, California Gov. Jerry Brown and Attorney General K...

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While patent reexaminations are more cost effective than litigation, a poorly executed reexamination can actually strengthen a...

Berkeley drugmaker Plexxikon Inc. agreed to be acquired by Tokyo's Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. for $805 million up front and $130 ...

Trying to ward off plaintiffs' claims of antitrust violations, an attorney for Abbott Laboratories argued in federal court Tue...

How wage and hour class action mediation differs from any other class action mediation. By John "Jay" McCauley of PMA. ...