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

The controversy that led the State Bar to fire Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn claimed another victim late last week - bar G...

The Internet domain name registry is poised to approve an owner for dot-sucks, which trademark lawyers say could lead to dozen...

When banks think about lender liability, they typically envision lawsuits by borrowers. But guarantors can also sue. By Caleb ...

If Gov. Jerry Brown learned one lesson well from his lifetime career in state politics, it is how vulnerable his judicial appo...

Class actions were supposed to empower claimants. But increasingly, they have become a tool that defendants use to buy peace o...

Consumer Attorneys of California is preparing to join campaign ally Consumer Watchdog in calling upon the state Supreme Court ...

In granting Alphatec Spine Inc.'s summary judgment motion last week, a judge found the plaintiff's two patents at issue failed...

The Commission on Judicial Appointments will review three appointees to the state appellate courts Dec. 10 in San Francisco. ...

Tears of relief streamed down the face of home builder Ron Arrache Friday as a Los Angeles County Superior Court clerk read a ...

UC Davis School of Law student awarded first place in historical society writing contest ...

Therese M. Stewart, in her first published opinion, addressed a narrow issue of attorneys' fees in the context of a business a...

The path of the Sam Francis case to en banc review strongly suggests that the 9th Circuit may extensively reconsider its comme...

California's recent overhaul of its privacy regulations on student data could spell trouble for a range of companies that depe...

Lawyers from an advocacy group and a noted plaintiffs' law firm requested the opinion be published, saying it clarified import...

Gov. Jerry Brown announced the selection of a former deputy assistant attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice and a...

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

An interest in working with kids pushed Judge Clifford V. Cretan to a new post in juvenile court.

U.S. District Judge Central District (Los Angeles) ...

Elder-care advocates say that while private lawsuits have forced nursing-home operators to beef up staffing and make other imp...

A court filing by the professional football players' union this week could dampen efforts by the NFL to knock out a case in wh...