The law firm known for the past 30 years as Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro (now Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell,...
The judge who issued a May 17 ruling slamming the San Francisco District Attorney's office for failing to disclose evidence to...
White-collar litigator Melinda L. Haag is a step closer to being the next U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Californi...
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan recently settled a malpractice lawsuit brought by former client Tele Atlas, Quinn Emanue...
In one of the largest verdicts rendered in California this year, a San Jose jury on Wednesday awarded a former foster child $3...
Lennar Corp. recently received the green light to develop 700 acres on the site of the former Hunters Point Shipyard in San Fr...
The city of San Diego reaped a $21.2 million award against a group of online travel companies accused of not paying hotel occu...
James Casso, of Meyers Nave in Los Angeles and Fresno, replaces Edward Lee, who resigned from his firm, Best, Best & Krieg...
A federal court judge has issued a default judgement in favor of a U.S.-based charity ordering the Russian government to turn ...
A Chula Vista attorney has asked the presiding judge of the San Diego Superior Court to establish a policy that would immediat...
In the last month, two federal judges on opposite coasts have come down on the side of gay rights advocates in cases involving...
Chief Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling in favor of same-sex marriage could escape appellate review under one scenario being discus...
As anticipated, Solicitor General Elena Kagan won the approval of the U.S. Senate Thursday in her bid to become the 112th memb...
Judges and Judiciary
Haag Confirmed as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District
By Riley Guerin
The U.S. Senate voted late Thursday to confirm white-collar litigator Melinda L. Haag as U.S. attorney for the Northern Distri...
Perspective
Recovering Economic Damages and the Collateral Source Rule
By Carla Pinedan
How much a plaintiff can recover in economic damages, paid by the insurer, hangs in the balance as the state Supreme Court tak...
Perspective
Persuade Without Pushing: Stop Talking and Start Listening
By Carla Pinedan
Stop, understand, connect. Listening can be the most important tool in the art of persuasion, by Mark Goulston and John Ullmen...
Perspective
It's Time to Speak: Why Attorneys Must Sound Off on Marijuana Reform
By Carla Pinedan
Proposition 19 hits the ballot this November and it’s time to speak out. Here’s why you and every attorney should care about m...
Unsure about California’s law governing the fiduciary duties for members and managers of limited liability companies? Well, yo...
A man accused of gunning down a San Jose attorney to prevent her from representing his late wife's family in a wrongful death ...
Former plaintiffs' litigator Ross W. Feinberg taps relationship-building skills to bring together many parties in complex cons...
A former Google executive can take his age discrimination lawsuit against the tech giant to trial, the California Supreme Cour...
Litigation
Records Prove Gold Mine for Toyota Unintended Acceleration Plaintiffs
By Gabe Friedmann
As plaintiffs' lawyers search for hard evidence that Toyota could have prevented alleged unintended acceleration problems, rec...
Superior Court Judge Robert J. Higa of Norwalk doesn't say much in court, but lawyers say he allows them the time and space to...
American Bar Association President Carolyn B. Lamm said that the ABA's new stance in favor of gay marriage will be among the c...
An unlicensed civil engineer and his alleged accomplice have been arrested in what authorities describe as a massive, 20-year ...
A television production company ordered to pay $23.2 million to actor Don Johnson in a profit dispute has asked the judge to r...
Barbie may thrive on competition, but did Bratz thrive on racketeering? ...