Walnut Creek-based The PMI Group Inc., one of the largest private mortgage insurance companies in the country, has agreed to p...

The ACLU of Southern California filed a potential class action Tuesday against Fullerton-based Terra Universal, Inc., alleging...

O'Melveny & Myers lawyers in Silicon Valley represented Sunnyvale-based Arcot Systems Inc. in its $200 million cash sale t...

While some may shudder at the 9th Circuit's recent approval of GPS use by the police, perhaps broadening the government's abil...

The U.S. Department of Justice filed an emergency motion to stay a preliminary injunction blocking federal funding of human em...

In the 1920s, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was tried three times for the death of actress Virginia Rappe, setting the stage for soc...

In anticipation of life after Prop. 8, several legislative bills designed to streamline bureaucratic processes for same-sex co...

Family law attorneys should counsel every client about maintenance of his or her online activity. Careless exposure can make o...

Lawsuits against corporations that mark their products with false patent numbers are alive and well after a court ruled Tuesda...

When it comes to document preservation, the interdependence between the professional athlete and agent raises unique legal iss...

The economic crisis should encourage law firms to reassess traditional practices and learn from non-legal businesses, by David...

The chief executives of United Airlines and Continental Airlines have been called to testify about the legality of their plann...

As the recording industry continues to flounder, music companies are switching tactics in an industry-wide lawsuit against a r...

By Lisa Kestenbaum Daily Journal Staff Writer Eric Reifschneider, managing partner of Dewey & LeBoeuf's Palo Alto...

A conservative legal group wants a state appellate court to force Attorney General Jerry Brown to defend California's same-sex...

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker is fending off a legal malpractice lawsuit seeking more than $100 million in damages ste...

Early in his career, San Diego County Judge Robert C. Longstreth worked on a case involving the use of Agent Orange in Vietnam...

Underscoring the state's dysfunctional death penalty system, the California Supreme Court on Monday said death row inmates sho...

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Trilliant, Inc.Redwood City ...

Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas fired the senior prosecutor he previously endorsed as his heir apparent. ...

A federal jury deadlocked Friday without reaching verdicts about a former congressional candidate suspected of sending letters...

The California Redevelopment Association has appealed a judge's decision allowing the state to take $2 billion from redevelopm...

For the second time in four months, the appellate division of the Orange County Superior Court has taken the rare step of publ...

A federal judge has responded to a motion for his recusal by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips in a malpractice case brought again...

Taiwanese company Princo Corp. and its Menlo Park-based attorneys at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe lost a bid Monday to k...

The fates of several proposed class actions remain in limbo as a war wages on between plaintiffs' firms formerly working as co...

Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to pay $55 million to the U.S. government to settle allegations the technology giant defrauded ...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. appears to have made short work of a class action involving antitrust claims in which it was a co-defenda...

When Intel Corp. announced its plans to acquire Infineon Technologies' chip business for $1.4 billion, it furthered its push i...

It feels as if every day brings news of another corporate scandal or special committee investigation. How can you measure a bo...