Latham & Watkins lawyers advised Complete Genomics Inc. in its initial public offering on the NASDAQ stock exchange last w...

For Silicon Valley clean technology entrepreneurs, getting financing in a down economy remains their biggest challenge even as...

A former controller for Sempra Global in Mexico filed a lawsuit in San Diego Superior Court, alleging that the energy company ...

A new report by the Bar Association of San Francisco provides detailed information on how law firms can improve the retention ...

Caltrans will have to pay $1 million to a church whose San Bernardino County camp was destroyed in a massive mountain flood on...

In an opinion likely to fan flames in the immigration debate, the state Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a California...

State attorney general candidates Steve Cooley and Kamala Harris are slinging accusations about whether the opposing camp is a...

Former Enron Task Force member John H. Hemann is leaving Morgan, Lewis & Bockius to rejoin the Northern District U.S. Atto...

The battle over who owns the Dodgers serves as a lesson on best practices for drafting postnuptial agreements. By Colin T. Gre...

The conclusion to a two-part series on Proposition 103 and the regulation of insurance companies. By Harvey Rosenfield of Cons...

Exchanging "honest services" for "intellectual property rights" still raises the same constitutional issues in self-dealing. B...

Acting tips every lawyer should know, and use. By Deborah Shames and David Booth of Eloqui, and Bradley P. Boyer of Ropers, Ma...

A federal judge on Monday ordered prosecutors in an off-label drug marketing case back to the drawing board, expressing skepti...

Since a new patient privacy law took effect in 2009, state health officials have received reports of 3,766 breaches of data pr...

Circuit Judge, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Portland, Ore.) ...

The latest deals and transactions by California attorneys.

In his frenzied final weeks as governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger is lining up candidates for judicial vacancies on appellate and...

Executive vice president and general counsel Lucas Oil Corona ...

Patrick Premo, partner in the Litigation Group and Chair of the Pro Bono Program at Fenwick & West, was awarded the 2010 P...

Employees have a right to sue their employers for civil penalties under the Private Attorney General Act for labor violations,...

Robert D. Barbagelata, a long-time San Franciscan and noted trial attorney, died Nov. 6 following a stroke. He was 85. ...

Despite what managing partner Michael Meyer called "a very good year otherwise," the Los Angeles and Century City offices of D...

A budget bombshell lobbed from Sacramento last week could put the judicial system in intensive care again. ...

The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it will not block the military's "don't ask don't tell" policy for gay service members whil...

A recent court decision may unravel the regulatory process established by California voters 22 years ago. By Harvey Rosenfiel...

Certain steps that employers need to take when effecting a policy change to avoid potential exposure. By Michele M. Goldsmith ...

A review of the specifics behind the duty of an insurer to settle litigation or claims against its insured. By Kirk Pasich of ...

Dueling lawsuits between O'Melveny & Myers and MGA Entertainment, in which the law firm accuses the toymaker of refusing t...

Possible successors to the winner of the state attorney general's race are jockeying for position to become district attorney ...

When Northern District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker retires from the court in February, the judge will be handing out somethin...