In April 2014, the State Bar's professional responsibility committee released an opinion on e-discovery ethics. And just this ...

Traditionally, family law practitioners and civil litigators existed in separate worlds with little overlap between the two pr...

After just a few days of trial proceedings, the Boy Scouts of America settled a lawsuit Thursday brought by the family of a ma...

Erin E. Schneider, an SEC insider who has overseen accounting fraud cases involving CEO bonuses, actions against hedge fund ma...

The former and final leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics will deliver the keynote speech at the Association of C...

Steven B. Effres grew up in the inner city of South Philadelphia and was only 14 when his father, a union worker, passed away,...

A passenger sued Uber Technologies Inc. Thursday for alleged lax background checks and inadequate safety measures after she wa...

James J. McBride, a longtime judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court bench, will retire in about two weeks, he announ...

The bar also claims Joseph L. Dunn's lawsuit should be tossed because he failed to follow proper procedures in suing a governm...

A state appeals court on Thursday reluctantly upheld the conviction of a man even though it concluded the deputy district atto...

Emphasis on the use of social media within the practice of law has increased. But ignorance of the rules, no matter how new or...

Tuesday's arrest of San Francisco Public Defender Jami Tolletson crystallized much of the unrealism and absurdity surrounding...

Local air regulators failed to give environmental scrutiny to the Bakersfield Crude Terminal, a lawsuit alleges. ...

Allegations and a judge's findings last year that some members of the Orange County district attorney's office misused jailhou...

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

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The goal when expedited jury trials became an option in 2011 was to streamline certain civil cases by limiting trials to an 8-...

Attorneys from the FTC's advertising division said the FTC will be providing guidance on how native advertisements can comply ...

The FDA just issued a draft guidance which sounds like good news for manufacturers and distributors of "low risk products tha...

While President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address announced a cybersecurity legislative proposal to clarify the C...

The U. S. Supreme Court's grant of certiorari in Obergefell v. Hodges on Jan. 16 signaled the court's intention to fina...

The deal, observers said, is emblematic of the increasing attention Chinese investors are giving to U.S. movie producers and d...

The continuing drop in bankruptcy cases points to economic recovery, but attorneys with boutique firms say the trend is hurtin...

A LA Superior Court judge on Tuesday dropped charges against Shattuck Hammond Partners LLC in a case brought by dozens of inve...

Executive Vice President and General Counsel Hewlett-Packard Co. Palo Alto ...

An appellate court will not let a suit regarding Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum rave revenues go quietly into the night. ...

Consider that in 1970, the largest law firm was Shearman & Sterling, with 164 attorneys. By 1985, Shearman & Sterling ...

TracFone Wireless Inc. slowed down Internet speeds when users went over a certain data limit, even though they were told their...

A plan to rein in prosecutors who hide favorable evidence from the defense in criminal trials could be gaining traction, lawye...

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