Shareholder derivative litigation targeting boards has enjoyed increasing popularity and focus from the plaintiffs' securities...

The past few years have seen an explosion of new and recently modified anticorruption legislation in countries all around the ...

Since 2009, the number of settled FCPA enforcement actions involving conduct in Latin America has outpaced the number of actio...

To prevent unjust results in criminal insider trading cases the government should be required to prove that the defendant knew...

While defending parallel actions simultaneously is not for the faint of heart, it can bring significant procedural advantages....

Lawyers who do defense work in the health care sector are concerned about how prosecutors will interpret certain parts of the ...

Beginning this month, Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole directed agents with the FBI and other agencies to turn on a camer...

Our state Supreme Court balances the competing demands of federal and state law, deferring to Congress when appropriate but vi...

The Delaware Court of Chancery will allow for the use of a two-tier poison pill, provided that the circumstances surrounding i...

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether to take up a challenge to California's ban on the sale of foie gras produced b...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Eugene Clark-Herrera spearheaded the firm's 15th Annual Surf Trip, which has be...

With a hand in two of the largest acquisitions in California so far this year, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP garnered the top sp...

Brown's appointment of another young, progressive academic in Mariano-Florentino Cuellar to the state Supreme Court marks a t...

Central District U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte was confirmed Tuesday by the U.S. Senate to become a federal judge. ...

Legislation signed into law Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown resolves a discrepancy between California and federal criminal sentence...

A federal judge denied a motion from media production companies to remove a Los Angeles firm as counsel for "Lord of the Rings...

Jing Wang, 51, of Del Mar, was Qualcomm's executive vice president and also served as president of the tech giant's global bus...

A bill to end the print publication of federal codes and rules is drawing howls of protest by law librarians, who warn such a ...

In its published decision Tuesday, the 2nd District Court of Appeal struck down a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a man...

LinkedIn has hired former Yahoo General Counsel Michael Callahan to serve as its next general counsel. He most recently worked...

California appeals courts have proven to be skeptical while interpreting the state's Confidentiality of Medical Information Ac...

The American Business Trial Lawyers' Northern California chapter held a panel on June 25 discussing how to communicate effecti...

Recent developments make the SEC's administrative forum an attractive alternative to federal court for the commission to prose...

Former federal prosecutors have discovered that their knowledge of cybercrime is a good complement to their white collar pract...

An authority on transnational security and immigration policy, Mariano-Florentino "Tino" Cuellar got an early look at the Mexi...

A group of states led by Missouri is squawking over a California law that frees egg-laying hens from cramped cages. ...

Although an employee may have engaged in what may be considered misconduct and grounds for termination, that conduct may be in...

When considering what elements are necessary to prove mail or wire fraud, the 9th Circuit has changed course on the elements a...

Employers should be wary of considerable hidden costs that can arise if plaintiffs fail to respond to California's recent mini...