Sheldon Siegel, a senior attorney in the corporate and securities department at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton's San Fr...

A federal appellate panel Wednesday edged close but stopped short of reversing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy f...

Attorneys representing defendants in patent infringement lawsuits have fumed about federal courts in the Eastern District of T...

As days go, Irvine-based securities lawyer Jeanne M. Rowzee had a bad one Tuesday. ...

A key Republican broke with his colleagues to push a bill aimed at provoking Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger into revealing the ide...

A federal judge Wednesday denied Mike Carona's request to move his case out of Orange County, though the judge acknowledged th...

A Santa Clara County judge has granted class action status to a wage-and-hour lawsuit filed by a former Sun Microsystems techn...

Barack Obama needs to demonstrate what side of the eminent domain debate he is really on: that of "ordinary people" or the lat...

Use of the wrong instrument to address the problem of climate change is bad public policy, writes Paul S. Weiland. - Forum Col...

The Alameda County district attorney's office and District Attorney Tom Orloff were cleared Tuesday of gender discrimination c...

According to a recent 9th Circuit case, DNA can be attacked if the prosecutor improperly argues the significances of DNA or if...

Web Exclusive - The California Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider whether to revive a wrongful death claim by the w...

The city of Santa Monica and its downtown management group will pay $6 million to settle the last two suits resulting from a 2...

Early years in an Indonesian village instilled a sense of compassion in Loren M. DiFrank. The trait serves her well as a drug ...

Deposition testimony by Cardinal Roger Mahony led a state appellate panel Wednesday to reverse a trial judge and revive a laws...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe grabs a compensation and benefits attorney from business law firm Gunderson in Menlo Park.

Summer associates this week filed out of their law schools and into firms, commencing 10 to 12 weeks of self-promotion. Firms ...

Though U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer took senior status a decade ago, her docket is filled with the most complex patent...

Sidley Austin topped the list of law-firm appearances before the U.S. Supreme Court during the 2007-08 term, presenting oral a...

Los Angeles-based giant Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has opened an office in Singapore, while snatching three partners from Cle...

Melissa Poole offers advice on how to make the summer associate experience a good one. - Summer Associates Column ...

San Francisco officials sued drug wholesaler McKesson Corp. in federal court in Boston Tuesday for an alleged price-fixing sch...

The City Council has thrown its support behind City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo to resolve one of two festering budget disputes ...

A good lawyer is supposed to be so persuasive that he or she can make things that may not be facts seem inevitable and true, w...

There are a wide range of circumstances in which a deliberate fraud or wrongful profit exclusion will not apply to bar coverag...

One consequence of the Supreme Court's draconian quorum and tie-vote rules is the reluctance of the justices to disqualify the...

Despite news in recent months of some law firms thinning their summer associate ranks in response to shaky economic conditions...

Web Exclusive - The Alameda County district attorney's office and District Attorney Tom Orloff were cleared Tuesday of gender ...

The general counsel of Cisco Systems Inc. attempted to rebut allegations that the company has cooperated with Chinese governme...

Judge Steven M. Basha has come to grips with a heavy criminal calendar after spending years in county counsel offices. ...