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...

As a swashbuckling politician, Mike Aguirre filed scores of lawsuits, fired dozens of employees, held frequent press conferenc...

San Francisco's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe soon may be in three cities in Germany, thanks to a possible merger with 54...

Focus Column - By Tod L. Gamlen and Jerry Salcido - American courts often opt to allow a foreign litigation to proceed paralle...

On Tuesday, U.S. Marine Capt. John Colombero was informed that a San Diego jury in Vista had just awarded him $3.5 million in ...

Forum Column - By Rick Seabolt - As cases have become more complex, the master calendar system has proven to be inefficient an...

Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - Parents and educators need to work together to form a comprehensive plan to educate childr...

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday brought an end to an 8-year-old lawsuit filed by a former Los Angeles deputy city at...

A former reporter testified Wednesday that erstwhile Hollywood titan Michael Ovitz hired private investigator Anthony Pellican...

Few would disagree that the future of Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman grew progressively dimmer over the past year as, on...

In a rare move, a federal judge has blocked a Medicare pilot project in the San Diego area that was intended to cut costs by f...

A Washington-based brewing company has reached a wage-and-hour settlement through mediation with current and former employees,...

Stockton family violence judge Anthony P. Lucaccini says he has 'sent more people to prison than most' but supports alternativ...

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...

Intellectual property and other intangible assets can be a source of significant value during sales transactions, including th...

From medical device companies to digital media Web sites, the diversity of companies pushing the boundaries of intellectual pr...

Bruce Sewell graduated from the George Washington University Law School, which boasts one of the nation's leading intellectual...

Patent litigation increasingly looks like the next frontier as more lawyers from defense firms jump sides to launch practice g...

Three of California's most aggressive and highest-profile litigators are set to square off this summer in one of the state's h...

Patent attorneys like Lee Van Pelt, who has a successful small patent firm, demonstrate the growing importance of intellectual...

The massive pornographic movie industry that populates the San Fernando Valley has been as much a victim - if not more - of in...

Government and university research institutions are major players in the patent world, parlaying their inventions into big mon...

The day before Stac Electronics' landmark patent infringement case against Microsoft started trial, the Northridge earthquake ...

A lauded retired judge sitting by assignment for the Administrative Office of the Courts has been taken off his cases followin...

A former Beverly Hills police officer testified Tuesday that he provided sensitive law enforcement information to notorious pr...

A feud between one of the nation's largest labor unions and its West Coast affiliate has spilled into federal court. ...

Marshall T. Hunt, 1920-2008, a prominent Los Angeles trial attorney known for successfully defending Ford Motor Co. in a high-...

Forum Column - By Andrew Bridges - A landmark decision will hopefully provide a case study of the effects of "permanent specia...

Forum Column - By Kurt Osenbaugh - Transaction attorneys should give litigators a break by drafting comprehensible agreements ...

Web Exclusive - By Laura Ernde - Private plaintiffs' firms can continue to help California cities and counties pursue litigati...