San Francisco lawyer Mary Alexander was named "Trial Lawyer of the Year" last month by Washington, D.C.-based legal advocacy o...

In an uncommon move from in-house to private practice, True Religion Apparel Inc.'s former general counsel has landed at Ezra ...

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has withdrawn its request for $2 million from Apple Inc. in the latest demonstration that the sma...

Thirty years after insolvency specialists Arthur A. Greenberg and Robert D. Bass decided to join forces, their San Fernando Va...

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth PC has hired James D. Richman as shareholder and chair of its small but growing Southern C...

On Wednesday, the state Senate will vote on legislation that could eliminate a major offense to the American ideal of equal ju...

Commenting for the first time, L. Tracee Lorens and co-counsel Debra L. Hurst say the Brinker agreement was a hard-won victory...

A state bill to loosen franchisors' strict control on franchisees appears headed to victory. But the real significance of the ...

The California Court of Appeal delivered a groundbreaking decision in pharmaceutical mass tort litigation that "specific juris...

In a case touted as a "wake-up call" for medium-size or smaller businesses seeking to enter high-risk international markets, t...

A federal judge Friday picked San Francisco plaintiff's attorney Elizabeth J. Cabraser to help lead a mass of litigation again...

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is defending Wedbush Securities Inc. against its second set of market access rule violation al...

A Monterey County-based hospital has agreed to settle allegations that the facility and its clinics violated civil rights of i...

The White House announced its intent to nominate white-collar defense attorney and former prosecutor Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. to...

Comcast Corp. must now also answer to the California Public Utilities Commission, which is using its broad authority over tele...

A high-ranking Santa Clara County prosecutor is off the hook for what a lower court called a "pervasive pattern" of misconduct...

Tired of waiting for the ABA to change its rules on the unlicensed practice of law, technology and legal enthusiasts gathered ...

It is a truism, even a banality, to say that cellphones are a fixture in our lives. Employers whose workers use private cellph...

Plaintiff's attorneys could have their first win against mandatory arbitration with a bill before the Senate, AB 2617. But obs...

Judge Patrick Hegarty's informal demeanor has suited him well in early disposition court.

Judge Kelly Vieira Simmons keeps things civil in her court as she oversees Marin County trials.

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Despite efforts to bury the hatchet, heavyweight plaintiffs' attorney Browne Greene and former California state treasurer Phil...

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of Synaptics Inc. San Jose ...

Why persist, like most defense attorneys, in emphasizing the financial incentives to plaintiffs' attorneys who successfully re...

Recent administrative actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding internal controls reporting signal that a sh...

Assembly Bill 2416 is a poor solution to the problem of wage theft. The bill would shift liability for unpaid wages onto innoc...

A bill containing previously vetoed provisions regulating courts' use of contractors failed to make it out of California's Sen...

Woven Digital LLC, home to the entertainment web properties Uproxx and Brobible, has a new GC. ...

A former police officer's diagnosed struggles with maintaining focus on the job are not enough to grant him protection under t...