Legal observers said one of S&P's main tactics appears to be to paint the government as an aggressor seeking retribution. ...

A roundup of recent real estate deals and the attorneys involved.

In the recession, many firms cut summer associate programs, a choice that some say prevented them from snagging talented young...

Two weeks ago, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit did something it had never done before: It decided that a tra...

Following past unsuccessful efforts to bar the sale of smartphone products offered by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Apple Inc....

Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey received the GirlPower Community Impact Award for providing outstanding service to ...

Today's law school graduates are less likely to go to a big firm job and less likely to stay very long if they do, as in-house...

The hearing is part of ongoing proceedings against gunman Scott Evans Dekraai, who pleaded guilty last month to killing eight ...

An appellate court has ruled that the nation's largest public pension fund can pursue its lawsuit against the nation's top cre...

AB 2346, by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, would have set up a program for doctors to pursue drug addiction treat...

The creator of an online legal database has sued the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the American Bar Association an...

Within the last month, two local initiatives banning fracking and other high-intensity petroleum extraction techniques qualifi...

Whether California can actually refuse to cooperate with the federal government raises questions that suggest a new bill may h...

In just under a year, University of La Verne College of Law Dean Gilbert A. Holmes has implemented several aggressive changes....

Prenda Law abused discovery rules in seeking identities from telecoms, D.C. court says ...

The Delaware Chancery Court recently provided a detailed guide for boards of directors overseeing a potential sale of a public...

A man sued an online rental website in San Francisco County Superior Court on Friday in one of the first lawsuits targeting on...

State appeals court justices seemed skeptical Friday of a lower court ruling that California's High Speed Rail project should ...

The court's fortunes reversed again Friday when the subcommittee hastily met again after an Assembly floor session and voted t...

Lawyers who settled a class action suit against Adobe, Apple, Google and Intel are asking for an award of attorney fees of up ...

After the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded his approval of a class action settlement over Hewlett-Packa...

The top judge of the nation's patent court announced Friday that he will vacate his leadership role in the wake of an email la...

Courts are grappling with under what circumstances public employees' have vested rights in retiree medical benefits. By Linda ...

The cases pit two different views of cosmetology training programs against each other - school, or scam? And it does so with l...

Critics say the legislative plan would infringe on equal government branch ...

Criminal law judge Carol Brosnahan shows new practitioners the ropes of the judicial system.

The saga involving Brian Stow's 2011 injuries not be over until one issue is settled: Are the former team owners responsible? ...

Is there justification for a direct action for recovery of the funds paid to independent counsel? By Joan M. Cotkin and Thomas...

A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

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