Nigerian protesters who lost their civil rights lawsuit against Chevron Corp. in a federal jury trial here last December tried...

A state appellate court Monday vindicated a Morgan Hill attorney who took it upon himself to investigate rumors of a sex scand...

James Juo of Fulwider Patton LLP says works meeting the bare minimum of creativity may only be protected from virtually identi...

Two acquisitions last week are signs of a thaw in the Silicon Valley mergers and acquisitions market, which was dormant during...

Richard M. Gittleman and Hank A. Terhune of Akin Gump Struass Hauer & Feld LLP says apply early as tough competition is ex...

Striking another blow at a long-troubled prosecution, U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson ruled that supermarket mogul Georg...

Veteran San Diego trial lawyer David G. Ronquillo has been charged with five felony counts stemming from allegations that he s...

The children of late comic book artist Jack Kirby have moved to claim ownership of several Marvel Comics characters he helped ...

The U.S. Justice Department's decision to oppose Google Inc.'s creation of a digital library in its current form creates a maj...

The Los Angeles County Superior Court suspended Commissioner Lori-Ann C. Jones following an article in the Daily Journal about...

During her career as a solo practitioner, Gloria Trask handled sailors' divorces in Honolulu and personal injury cases in Hac...

Robert Darwell, Edwin Komen and Thomas Leo of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton address copyright chain of title.

Thelen filed a Chapter 7 petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, becoming the second San Francisco law firm to go bankrupt since De...

The state of California submitted a plan to reduce its prison population Friday, but the numbers it proposed are nowhere near ...

Patrick Coughlin, co-founder of Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP asks: Where is the SEC on current enforcement? ...

While the Legislature recently rejected the idea of expanding oil and gas drilling in state waters to boost state revenues, th...

Cynthia Kaiser for Rutan & Tucker LLP says take time to join organizations and social media networking Web sites; it pays ...

The son of a Ford River Rouge auto plant worker, Chris Reynolds now helps oversee Toyota's legal department. ...

Advising a Korean company looking to buy an American business with German subsidiaries made for plenty of sleepless nights for...

Greta Hansen, former fellow of ACLU, says look to the Berkeley Unified School District to achieve student diversity. ...

Gregg Garfinkel of Nemecek & Cole says failure to properly execute a lien could subject warehousemen to civil liability. ...

Steven Otto of Law Office of Steven Edward Otto says when possible, avoid work on property prior to financing. ...

In a move that highlights the heavy pressure on law firms to break from the billable hour, several major U.S. firms have annou...

Asserting that "unprecedented" complaints against some members leave it no other choice, the State Bar on Friday released the ...

A Democratic bill to reauthorize parts of the Patriot Act could also resurrect dozens of civil cases against telecommunication...

Judge Ruben B. Brooks, presiding federal magistrate in San Diego, loves cases that 'make my head hurt.' ...

As a criminal defense lawyer, Philip F. Stanger took on the tough cases other attorneys didn't want to handle. Now he handles ...

Joseph Spirito, Jr., President of South Bay Bar Association, voices support for actions taken by the judiciary in tough econo...

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...

Superior Court Judge Harvey A. Silberman allegedly utilized a court commissioner as an intermediary to offer a bribe to a poli...