A San Jose federal judge has reinstated about $40 million of the original jury verdict awarded to Apple in its patent and trad...

Latham & Watkins LLP represented Mountain View-based Conceptus Inc. in its $1.1 billion sale to a subsidiary of global hea...

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC announced Monday that Jonathan A. Shapiro joined the firm's San Francisco off...

A death penalty bill in the state Senate is facing criticisms for a controversial provision that activists say would make Cali...

The Pacific Legal Foundation on Monday sued the city of Solana Beach, arguing it is violating state law and the U.S. Constitut...

Trial judges shouldn't rule legitimate inferences that could help the defense off limits for jurors, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court ...

A federal judge sentenced an AU Optronics Corp. executive to two years in prison and a $50,000 fine Monday for his role in a c...

A Northern District bankruptcy judge approved the Howrey LLP estate's $7.6 million settlement with mutual malpractice insuranc...

Federal trial judges get reversed on appeal all the time. It's no big deal. But when appellate panels really want to rub it in...

After a string of wild consumer product successes over the past decade, Apple Inc. is preparing for its first debt offering wi...

Justice Judith L. Haller enjoys digging into historical issues and complicated legal disputes.

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

Every track laid down by The Beatles, The Doors and Jimi Hendrix, along with every recording from the legendary Woodstock and ...

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. Irvine ...

When comes to continuing education requirements, the legal community is for continuing the status quo. By Kurt Osenbaugh ...

Today's artist drives revenue primarily through licensing of content. And more often than not, today's artist - not the label ...

When a plaintiff makes two Section 998 settlement offers, both of which expire, which is the operative offer for purposes of c...

Some commentators have focused on language from the dissent to argue that Comcast v. Behrend was actually a nonevent th...

After the 2008 financial crisis, amid an unstable lending market, buyers had the upper hand when negotiating deal terms. ...

Microsoft Corp. scored a victory in a lawsuit against Motorola Mobility, avoiding the bulk of royalties the Google Inc.-subsid...

A state appellate court justice who wants to retire early took the stand Friday to fight a law that could prevent judges from ...

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and Cooley LLP represented the company and underwriters, respectively, regarding Receptos ...

Oakland-based Wendel Rosen Black & Dean LLP has added three partners in the past two weeks, nearly doubling its trusts and...

A Los Angeles jury ordered Asia's largest pharmaceutical company to hand over $6.5 million Friday to a plaintiff and his wife ...

Community college administrators throughout California may be at risk of losing their pension eligibility, according to a warn...

Silicon Valley corporate law firm Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigan LLP is hoping that new offices i...

The governing body of California's judicial branch on Friday agreed to slowly begin allocating more money to underfunded court...

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One of California's largest plaintiffs' firms lost its bid Friday to force arbitration in a San Francisco County Superior Cour...

Sanjay Bhandari joined Ballard Spahr LLP as a partner in San Diego. He has tried criminal cases involving charges of bribery, ...