Downey Brand LLP opened a new office in Cupertino with a group of 22 patent professionals from Womble Carlyle Sandridge & ...

Litigator E. Randol Schoenberg is brought to life by Ryan Reynolds in "Woman in Gold," following five Jewish heirs' journey t...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the death penalty for an inmate whose history of sexual abuse as a minor was ...

After an eight-week trial in Kern County Superior Court, the jury voted 10-2 to deny the plaintiff, Macpherson Oil Co., any re...

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh granted a withdrawal of an objection letter to $415 million agreement in Silicon Valley antitrust...

Frustrated lawyers needing an answer on no-class-action arbitration clauses in consumer contracts have gotten no help so far f...

U.S. Magistrate Judge Jan Adler has many passions but maintains a cerebral tone in the courtroom.

Robert S. Tesler will oversee the legal needs of the San Francisco-based company, which develops advertising management softwa...

County bar directors adopted a resolution criticizing prosecutors for booting the judge from other cases as "punitive and ret...

Lynne C. Hermle, the Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP labor and employment partner, maintained her undefeated jury trial...

It's a familiar scenario: A company conducts an initial public offering; a quarter or two later, it stumbles. There might be a...

In a pending case, our state high court has the opportunity to prevent a Clinton-type email scandal from cropping up right her...

StubHub Inc. aims to keep a vast and valuable market from closing up to competition with its antitrust lawsuit against competi...

A dynamic Los Angeles litigation duo has left Loeb & Loeb LLP to join Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP's Centu...

Two agents were charged and arraigned Monday after prosecutors unveiled an indictment alleging fraud and money laundering the ...

Attorneys from Cooley LLP advised two companies on two separate acquisitions announced Monday in the pharmaceutical spectrum w...

Sorrento Therapeutics Inc. announced Monday the appointment of George K. Ng as its new executive vice president and chief lega...

Goodwin Procter LLP snagged long-time partner Chauncey M. Swalwell from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP in Los Angeles, ...

At the center of a case set for argument Tuesday at the U.S. high court, is a Spider-Man toy - a glove that shoots foam string...

An Egyptian composer's heirs seek a slice of the album sales and concert revenue that Jay-Z earned after 2004 from a 1999 hit ...

A Google software engineer claims his cut of the $415 million settlement is paltry compared to what he allegedly lost due to S...

Alameda County Judge Ursula Dickson maintains a kind and even temperament in the courtroom.

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

Despite not getting what she wanted to in the courtroom, Ellen Pao's complaint will have an impact that will echo across the e...

Professor Joanna Schwartz recently wrote a guest column suggesting that law enforcement officers are unconcerned about possibl...

Last week, the SEC took another important step in breathing life into government-approved crowdfunding, easing the way for sma...

The commercial use of drones is not yet broadly authorized in the U.S., but it will be very soon. By Lisa Ellman ...

A proposed law, Senate Bill 277, will be considered by three California Senate committees in April. The law is aimed at curbin...

New judges have been named to the Alameda, San Francisco, Tulare, Los Angeles and San Diego county superior courts. ...

A federal panel will soon hear an appeal filed by lawyers claiming Judge Otis Wright had no authority to sanction them in conn...