Head of Legal A Medium Corp. San Francisco ...

Hogan Lovells US LLP announced today that it has signed former U.S. District Attorney Stephanie Yonekura as a partner at its L...

Robert A. Wenke, the former Los Angeles Superior Court presiding judge who conducted the second gun inquiry in the assassinati...

John Kagel of Palo Alto will handle the first step before binding arbitration in the suit over the firing of former State Bar ...

The state Supreme Court, in companion cases Monday ruled that a trial judge must personally advise a mentally disordere...

Superior Court Commissioner Riverside County (Indio) ...

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

Observers are skeptical about the chances of a lawsuit by Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP against President Barack Obama an...

Are we to believe that the Great Recession was conceived without sin in the C suite? By William K. Black ...

The California Supreme Court has expanded the rules regarding the admission of extrinsic evidence in matters relating to wills...

Public companies increasingly have shed takeover defenses in recent years, on the theory that such defenses reduce share price...

In June, the EPA issued the final rule defining what qualifies as "waters of the United States" for the purposes of the federa...

A recent government report says that federal courts imposed fewer life sentences this year than at any time since 2004. But ab...

The State Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of a San Quentin inmate whose excessive force suit against prison officials ...

Attorneys must clearly inform defendants when a plea bargain will result in certain deportation under the law, a three-judge p...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted habeas relief Friday to a young man sentenced to 50 years in prison for murder a...

Officials at Los Angeles' Los Padrinos Juvenile Court drew judicial disapproval Friday for a petty spat that mushroomed into a...

A jury here Friday rejected all claims by four Arco gas station owners that supplier BP's wholesale prices were unfair or set ...

San Francisco County Judge Charlene Kiesselbach is known for advocating for women lawyers.

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.

Judge Christina Hill isn't fazed by troubled teens in Los Angeles County's juvenile mental health court.

The introduction of a dot-law domain extension reserved specifically for the legal industry may be an appealing opportunity fo...

On a recent trip overseas, it dawned on me that tour guides and mediators share common skills. By Cynthia Pasternak ...

The numbers are shocking: Although suicide is the 10th leading cause of death among all Americans, it is the third leading cau...

Preliminary settlement approval was granted Thursday in a suit over allegedly illegal telephone utility taxes collected betwe...

U.S. District Judge William Alsup is well known for encouraging big firms to give courtroom experience to junior attorneys, bu...

Haynes and Boone LLP announced Thursday that it has acquired Mavrakakis Law Group LLP, an intellectual property boutique firm ...

With years of experience handling family law disputes, Glenn Oleon is highly regarded for his ability to resolve tough dispute...

A state appellate court panel restored a $6.5 million verdict against Takeda Pharmaceuticals America Inc. after ruling a Los A...

What do a water buffalo, a lighthouse, and a barn silo all have in common? They're all actually disguised cell phone towers, ...