The 10-year pilot program would funnel patent cases to a small number of judges with the desire to hear them. ...

David Schwartz and Samuel Shapiro will advise families and family-owned businesses in estate planning, trust administration an...

An Orange County judge strongly chastised the city of Laguna Woods for the manner in which it handled an eminent domain action...

Looming budget cuts mean U.S. Attorneys throughout California will face a squeeze on resources in their first months on the jo...

California lawyers guide Demand Media, the first of several Internet-based companies expected to go public by 2012, to a succe...

Real estate software giant Yardi Systems is suing competitor RealPage in California federal court for allegedly infiltrating Y...

A new state law gives some employers more leeway in when workers should take breaks. It could curb lawsuits arising from union...

A state appellate court nixed a deal Wednesday that would have sweetened the pensions of thousands of state employees and cost...

Sovereign Capital Management Group, Inc., a private equity firm, helped revitalize a flagging San Diego shopping center and re...

Across wide swaths of the California desert, energy companies are rushing to break ground on sprawling solar plants to make su...

A believer in the role of jurors, Brian R. Van Camp allows them to question lawyers but once saw his instructions reversed.

There is still time to arrange a conservation easement and secure its unique tax benefits. ...

Knowing how to read your opponent can be more important than the hand you are dealt. By Jason Kim of Hinshaw & Culbertson....

A particularly offensive method of collecting personal information on the Internet presents legal challenges. By Brian Kabatec...

The Rules of Professional Conduct finally address the issue of subordinate attorneys who feel pressured to act unethically. By...

It's never too late to implement new habits for business development. By Bradley P. Boyer of Ropers, Majeski, Kohn and Bentley...

A Ventura County Superior Court jury on Tuesday awarded nearly $50 million to four plaintiffs, including an ex-California High...

Former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona surrendered to authorities at a minimum-security prison in Colorado Tuesday morning, ...

Several groups asked the governor and attorney general to address the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's re...

Matthew Powers and Weil, Gotshal & Manges won the first round in a patent infringement case before the International Trade...

Hogan Lovells named Stephen Kay, the former general counsel of Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc., managing partner of its Lo...

For years, attorneys from Fisher & Phillips had to drive from the firm's office in Irvine to see clients in Los Angeles. ...

Trademark star Susan Hollander, the longtime co-chair of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips' intellectual property group, left the ...

A federal judge tossed out a lawsuit by an Indian tribe that tried to halt development within the 270,000-acre Tejon Ranch in ...

Speedy trial rules have been suspended for federal criminal defendants in Arizona because of a rare declaration of judicial em...

Unlike her allies fighting Proposition 8, San Francisco Chief Deputy City Attorney Therese M. Stewart isn't urging the state S...

As new rules under federal health care reform take effect requiring health plans to whittle down their administrative bulk, on...

A federal judge has tentatively certified a class action against the Angels baseball team and the city of Anaheim for having t...

Increased enforcement, more resources have contributed to a rise in immigration prosecutions in the Eastern District of Califo...

Sources say Winston & Strawn will make offers to Howrey partners, rather than merge with the firm, as some had suspected. ...