The California Supreme Court Historical Society named Jonathan Mayer, a 2013 graduate of Stanford Law School, as the first-pla...

Gordon Gerson's San Diego real estate boutique made a name for itself by handling problem loans in bulk while offering lower r...

After months of anticipation, San Francisco-based micro blogging website Twitter Inc. finally unveiled the details of its plan...

Problems arise when initial negotiations break down, and one of the parties attempts to enforce the terms of the preliminary d...

Shareholders who want to change the way the company's top brass is compensated aren't likely to achieve their goal through a "...

The state high court has depublished one opinion out of the court, and its mulling depublishing a second. ...

The Cupertino-based plaintiff got a much smaller damages award than it sought Thursday in an infringement trial against HTC Co...

Public remarks by the jury foreman and the court's ruling that Michael Jackson's physician Conrad Murray was an independent co...

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

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

Though general counsel remain outnumbered by chief financial officers and CEOs in corporate boardrooms, companies are increasi...

General Counsel and Vice President of Maxim Integrated Inc. San Jose ...

In San Bernardino more than 90 percent of alleged felons cannot make bail. By Richard La Fianza ...

The U.S. Supreme Court accepted three cases focused on intellectual property issues this week. ...

Big Law Partners APC, a real estate law firm in Los Angeles, was founded by a former law firm associate who, after a stint in-...

Bigger is better must be the adage on the minds of leaders at global firm Dentons and Atlanta-based McKenna Long & Aldridg...

A judge ruled that the city cannot hold a November election as planned since its "at-large" voting system violates the 2001 Ca...

Attorneys for mentally ill inmates Wednesday continued their criticism of state corrections officials' use of force against th...

A variety of changes to court procedures proposed by the judicial branch to save money and bring in more revenue were approved...

Monsanto's buy is the latest example of interest in California's agricultural technology as companies seek to help farmers imp...

After five months, mountains of evidence, hundreds of exhibits and scores of witnesses, a jury Wednesday declined to hold AEG ...

Barry Baskin has a different perspective on the US justice system.

Just days before the trial of a central figure in the Bell case — one of the state's biggest municipal corruption scandals — t...

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

The marketing concept, which incorporates ads directly into the original content of a host website, is raising issues for law...

Just this week, Gov. Brown signed new legislation to upgrade and expand the PDMP and CURES. By Bradley I. Kramer ...

With the continued growth in reality TV, the nature of negotiations has evolved. By Leigh Leshner ...

For bondholders, it is exceedingly difficult to prove that a statement made at the time of issuance is a substantial factor th...

Lawyers don't enjoy the record sealing process, and they can make things worse by their efforts to comply with the sealing ru...

The number of initial public offerings worldwide saw a whopping 79 percent year-over-year increase in the third quarter, accor...