Shortly after Brinker, California employers saw an uptick in decisions denying class certification. Today, the opposite...

California counties that won a $1.15 billion award over lead paint contamination in a ruling finalized this week will probably...

Federal prosecutors accused a California man Wednesday of stealing DuPont trade secrets used to make a valuable white pigment ...

A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.

While U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. has come under criticism in past years for not bringing enough high impact cases, legal ...

China's efforts to combat pollution include new laws that may allow its citizens and NGOs to enforce environmental laws in Chi...

Suppose your client is arrested for a DUI. After he refused to consent to a blood draw, medical personnel - acting at the dire...

Francis J. Burke Jr. - who also launched and co-leads Seyfarth's fraud and abuse, false claims and internal investigations tea...

James Humes, a justice on the 1st District Court of Appeal who previously served as Gov. Jerry Brown's top adviser, is being v...

Sara M. Thorpe has helped to start a new insurance boutique with offices in Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. She is the...

Attorneys in Cooley's Palo Alto office are leading the firm's representation of CHC Group Ltd. through its planned initial pub...

Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer on Tuesday sued an oil company operating near the University of Southern California seeki...

When it comes to illegal immigration, even terminology is cause for debate. And the justices on the state Supreme Court are al...

The unspoken assumption underlying many statements in the media following the case is that one may work in the U.S. legally th...

The state Supreme Court on Tuesday considered the appropriate remedy when a judge fails to strike a juror for legitimate reaso...

Judge Anita B. Brody of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania will decide how - and if - more than $112 million in attorney fee...

Corporate and antitrust attorneys across the country will be keeping a close eye on California's Northern District Court in th...

Tax may be one of life's great certainties, but tax law is always changing. And, true to form, 2014 brings with it a series of...

What many employers and their counsel may not realize is that the increase in the minimum wage affects more than merely minimu...

Ongoing developments regarding three key areas continue to impact manufacturers of medical devices, drugs and biologics. By Ch...

Despite two drafts emphasizing new opportunities for pulic participation in judicial council committee meetings, openness advo...

A possible lawsuit on behalf of an Oakland teenager who was declared brain dead last month by her doctors would be worth more ...

The National Labor Relations Board said it will no longer fight courts' decisions to overturn its requirement that workplaces ...

David R. Andrews, whose storied career included providing legal counsel to two presidential administrations, died Dec. 30 of a...

Colleagues and other county officials say Phyllis K. Morris has helped the department shake its troubled image through a serie...

The U.S. Treasury recently sold its last share of General Motors stock, concluding its four-year investment into the automaker...

SB 828 would ban all state agencies, officials and corporations that provide services to California from helping federal offic...

Multiple requests for a new trial, plus a subsequent lawsuit, have been filed following a case in which a jury vindicated Toyo...

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

In an effort to get engage employees, large employers have implemented software systems that let workers accumulate rewards an...