As Friday's deadline approached for positions on the steering committee guiding the consolidated litigation stemming from Toyo...

The trustee of a bankrupt real estate development company has accused O'Melveny & Myers and one of its top partners of hel...

At the end of its annual Law Week, the San Diego County Bar Association honored attorneys, judges, students and local organiza...

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Former defense attorney Mark E. Johnson disarms with his fair and folksy demeanor as a busy Riverside County Superior Court J...

With near-record demand for patent-related services, patent prosecutors may be in demand but movement between firms is limited...

An iPhone prototype found in a Silicon Valley bar is providing work for a growing number of Bay Area attorneys. ...

Los Angeles County illegally discharged pollutants into waters in and around Surfrider Beach, a federal district court judge r...

Another legal battle over whether Google's AdWords advertising program infringes trademarks has come out in the Mountain View-...

Patent holding company Parallel Networks LLC scored a victory against Silicon Valley technology giant Oracle Corp. in a federa...

Less than two years after launching his own litigation boutique focusing on arbitration and regulatory enforcement law, Brando...

San Francisco-based Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is discussing a merger with the elite London-based "silver circle" law ...

An appellate court justice scolded attorneys at Dechert Thursday for filing a massive 8,000-page appendix to their civil appea...

Steven Pearl of The Pearl Law Firm considers what it is that allows parties to reach agreement when they do not know each othe...

Patrick Ryan and Sean Meenan of Winston & Strawn believe the 9th Circuit's ruling in Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores will lessen ...

The Supreme Court's wrong-headed decision on animal cruelty videos puts Congress between the proverbial rock and hard place, w...

Daniel Garrie and Bill Spernow conclude their article on how courts may be ill equipped to handle matters involving digital ev...

During his first two years as an ADR neutral at Judicate West, Michael Brenner said he's learned two important lessons. First,...

Steve Huntley of Huntley, Mullaney, Spargo & Sullivan explains three main solutions to stop foreclosures. ...

Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney Thomas J. Griego's ballot designation as a "criminal prosecutor" was challenged by an opponen...

Several major banks recently agreed to settle accusations of saddling minority borrowers with higher home loan rates than simi...

The owners of the music and lyrics from "Chicago" have accused Miramax of underreporting profits from the 2002 movie version o...

Democratic U.S. Senators, including Charles Schumer (N.Y.) took to enemy territory Thursday when they launched a bill intended...

Public Counsel honored its founder and chief executive officer by dedicating its new Frederick M. Nicholas Garden of Hope in h...

Howard Rice attorneys volunteered their Saturday, April 24, to participate in Rebuilding Together San Francisco's "Rebuilding ...

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

Now that video games revenues can match Hollywood blockbusters, the number of disputes over backend compensation in the video ...

Recently retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Terry B. Friedman has been reappointed to the Judicial Council as an advisor...

Circuit Judge Harry Pregerson of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will be presented with the Peter E. Haas Public Service...

Two leading Silicon Valley mergers and acquisitions lawyers led the teams that put together Hewlett-Packard's $1.2 billion pur...