In a sparse statement Thursday, the California Bar announced it had fired Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn. Almost immediatel...

We are witnesses to an exodus. Over 60,000 children from Central America have fled to the U.S. since the beginning of 2014. An...

The success of California's Proposition 47 - the ballot initiative that reduces penalties for drug possession and certain prop...

A new survey highlights structured settlements' benefits. But Executive Life litigation may soon become the industry's nightma...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard argument last month in Teva Pharmaceuticals USA v. Sandoz, a case addressing the scope of appella...

A technology worker has alleged in a lawsuit that Google Inc. violated federal wage laws by misclassifying him as an independe...

Retired judge Ina L. Gyemant aspires to be a calming influence when handling mediations and arbitrations. "I like empathizing ...

The partners at commercial litigation shop Gordon & Polland LLP said variety in casework benefits their clients, creativit...

Nossaman gives to SF law library ...

Drew Liebert, chief counsel of the Assembly Judiciary Committee and Kevin Baker, deputy chief counsel, are preparing to leave ...

A Los Angeles judge denied a motion by Mattel to dismiss a trade secrets lawsuit by MGA Entertainment. The two are involved in...

In closing arguments in a defect trial, Fred Adelman's attorney contended moisture under the home coupled with a flawed air du...

UC Hastings hosts minority bar group's awards event ...

A Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC information technology employee has pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to ins...

Online retailer Overstock.com and seven investors were mostly out of luck Thursday as a state appellate panel largely affirmed...

Recent changes to elder abuse laws created a rare scenario: a practice area in high demand, with a viable financial model for ...

Attorney General Kamala Harris has joined a lawsuit against BP Plc, alleging in San Francisco County Superior Court that the o...

Before the tenure of departing Attorney General Eric Holder, the use of wiretaps was generally relegated, as if by gentlemen's...

Attorneys are closely watching the verdicts rolling in from the few opt-out cases that have gone to trial as they decide wheth...

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

Joseph L. Dunn will no longer be the executive director of the State Bar, the bar Board of Trustees announced Thursday. ...

Preet Bharara, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, defended the common use of plea bargains in criminal courts this week,...

In 2015, California will become the second state in the nation to require employers to provide paid sick leave. How does paid ...

Recently, 37 antitrust and economics professors submitted a letter urging the FCCommission and the Department of Justice to bl...

Ironically, while the Department of Homeland Security continues to push its "see something, say something" campaign, the gover...

After four years of litigation, Mayer Brown won a summary judgment ordering the daughter of prominent Hong Kong property devel...

General Counsel of Social Finance Inc. ...

Gov. Jerry Brown appointed three to the state appellate courts in San Francisco and Fresno on Wednesday, including former Stat...

Just short of three years since a vacancy on the Eastern District of California court was announced, President Obama Wednesday...

DHL Express (USA) Inc. and its legal team at Dechert LLP favorably resolved a patent case pursued by a non-practicing patent h...