Almost half of chief legal officers report having a legal operations staff compared to 20 percent last year, according to the ...

Gov. Jerry Brown announced an initiative for the November ballot that seeks to temper determinate sentencing and move the powe...

San Jose firm continues recent expansion efforts with the addition of three attorneys in January. ...

Real estate lawyers may expect continuing development across the board in the commercial market, though investors are showing ...

Google Inc. is facing a class action from a contract recruiter who says the Internet giant is violating California wage and ho...

Fredericka McGee, a longtime general counsel for state Assembly speakers in Sacramento, will leave her role in the coming week...

Matthew J. Parlow will officially begin his term as the school's next dean July 1. ...

In seeking to show Sears Holding Corp. is liable for a maintenance worker who drilled peepholes and placed video cameras into ...

Drivers for the ride-hailing company will remain contractors thanks in part to strength of arbitration agreements. ...

The State Bar has identified 59 complaints it received alleging potential unauthorized practice of law by non-attorneys that w...

Dealmakers

Four new community collaborative courts in Los Angeles County have begun the work of trying to create a "cultural shift" in th...

A Los Angeles jury hit embattled yoga teacher Bikram Choudhury with a $6.4 million verdict Tuesday, a second damages result in...

An '80s new wave rocker can sue her record company for breach of contract after a 9th Circuit panel Tuesday overturned a distr...

Many litigation funders have been working to get the word out that they're an option for bankruptcy trustees. ...

The SEC will move full-speed ahead in 2016 with reviewing the effectiveness of its disclosure requirements for public companie...

Judge Jeffrey Ferguson paints abstracts and presides over criminal cases in Orange County.

The California Public Utilities Commission cannot regulate surcharges levied on county water suppliers by their local governme...

Dolly M. Gee delivered key victory for workers, but appeals court likely to review ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday reiterated the strict standard for plaintiffs in Employment Retire Security Class Action laws...

Delaware's chief justice urged securities lawyers not to rush filings of shareholder derivative lawsuits. ...

The IRS has won the latest round of a decades-long tax battle with the former owner of the Oakland Raiders, as a 9th Circuit p...

Commission on Judicial Performance contends Superior Court Judge Christopher G. Wilson 'signed and submitted false salary affi...

Firm presses on with a big year of lateral growth in Southern California with the addition of partner David M. Grinberg ...

Plaintiff's attorney Gary A. Dordick secured a record $125 million verdict for a client rendered quadriplegic by a drunk drive...

President, ACC San Diego Chapter Term: January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016 Size of membership: 700+ members ...

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary Public Storage Glendale ...

Christopher J. Frisco LA Judge Christopher Frisco, a former prosecutor, enjoys picking apart cases in search of the facts.

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved

Elizabeth J. Cabraser, a partner with Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, was picked by U.S. District Judge Charles Br...