Word, symbol, slogan, design or service – make sure all your bases are covered when choosing a trademark, by William E. Maguir...

With prosecution of bribery violations on the rise, corporations should re-examine compliance programs to avoid getting burned...

Consumers can now “jailbreak” their cell phones. How will this decision, centered around the iPhone, impact Apple and other se...

The construction of a mosque overlooking Ground Zero in New York City stirs up the debate over use of eminent domain, by Gideo...

Initial public offerings kept California emerging companies lawyers busy in the first half of the year, with a whopping 10 out...

The Federal Trade Commission, using a statute more often used to pursue companies accused of misleading advertising than for a...

In a landmark 136-page ruling that is already en route to higher courts for review, Northern District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Wa...

Russ Detrick's hard work earned him a senior prosecutor's job before he joined the bench

When faced with a claim of negligent misrepresentation, courts have not yet addressed whether equitable indemnity applies to j...

Steven Clayton Stafford, chief deputy U.S. marshal for the Southern District of California, has been nominated by President Ob...

Three weeks after a UC Davis study found that most imported extra virgin olive oils aren't as virginal as their labels claim, ...

A San Francisco Superior Court Judge dropped felony burglary charges against a teen mid-trial Wednesday after his attorney, a ...

In a new survey released Tuesday that the American Medical Association says proves the need for medical malpractice tort refor...

Reaction to U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling striking down Proposition 8 as unconstitutional prompted polarized reac...

Weekly wrap up of law firm moves and real estate related transactions.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed five new judges Tuesday to Tehama and Riverside county superior courts. ...

Democracy has never been mere theory for Stephen N. Zack, the first Cuban-American elected to head the ABA. He escaped from Cu...

In a departure from two decades as a litigator, Beth McGowen now hears juvenile delinquency cases that have exposed her to a ...

Five acquisition finance partners in New York said goodbye to Latham & Watkins Tuesday to join Milbank, Tweed, Hadley &...

Adult entertainment company Playboy Enterprises has selected Sol Rosenthal, counsel in Arnold & Porter's Los Angeles offic...

Northern District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker will issue an order Wednesday in the closely-watched federal constitutional cha...

After years of effort, sentencing reformers had cause for celebration Tuesday when President Barack Obama signed into law a bi...

Jones Day welcomed two partners in California this week: Litigator Cynthia Cwik has joined the firm's product liability and to...

Adding a dot-com designation to a generic word isn't enough to attain distinctive trademark status, a federal appellate panel ...

A Los Angeles County Superior Court cannot use his judicial salary as a basis for his Los Angeles city employees' pension for ...

The stock market has been tough on life science companies this year and San Diego-based Trius Therapeutics Inc.'s initial publ...

The possiblity of insurance coverage for awards of attorney fees should not be overlooked. By Kirk A. Pasich of Dickstein Shap...

Never underestimate the importance of keeping detailed records of the screening, interviewing and hiring process, by Brianne M...

The last installment of dissent to the proposed new Rules of Professional Conduct attacks its treatment of conflicts of intere...

In a landmark decision today, Northern District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker struck down Proposition 8, California's voter-app...