Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates topped the charts for 2012 mergers and acquisitions by deal valu...

9th Circuit Judge Raymond C. Fisher will take senior status April 1, the federal appeals court announced Friday. ...

Any decision the court issues on sex offender residential requirements could have sweeping ramifications across the state. ...

The past several years have been a mixed bag in terms of growth for Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth PC. But the firm is gr...

Brentwood Associates, a consumer-focused private equity investment firm based in Los Angeles, sold Pacific Island Restaurants ...

Several legislators vowed Friday to change state law defining rape after the 2nd District Court of Appeal overturned a rape co...

Transfer pricing is probably the single most significant source of tax risk that general counsel for multinational enterprises...

Jobs in the legal sector jumped by roughly 1,000 last month, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released last week by th...

The move comes one year after Falk's firm, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, merged with Arnold & Porter LL...

A source says the governor's office is looking for an alternative to a proposed $200 million sweep of courts' cash reserves th...

The opening salvo in the next big battle over gay rights was fired last week when Christian groups and others sought to shoot ...

Duane Morris LLP announced the opening of an office in Palo Alto, the firm's 24th office worldwide. The managing partner will ...

Over morning coffee with colleagues, Judge Roger T. Ito helps hone his craft.

A recent decision continues a trend of opinions focusing on the trial court's role as gatekeeper in deciding what valuation ev...

With a new year upon us, now is a good time for all professionals to develop good practices to ensure that existing and prospe...

Employers do not have any certainty that they will be shielded from liability if they comply in good faith with the Department...

A Clovis man will pay a $50,000 penalty for allegedly lying to investors about his company's progress in extracting more than ...

A year after the State Bar largely eliminated its backlog of attorney discipline cases, the number of aging cases is still nea...

When the gavel slammed down on the 112th Senate Thursday, 33 judicial nominees - including two in needy California districts -...

A Legislative Analyst's Office report issued late Wednesday shows a modest dip in the judicial branch's overall annual budget ...

Even the most rational people will say it's hard to put a price tag on your furry best friend. Increasingly, California state ...

Duane Morris LLP will open a new office in Palo Alto on Monday, headed by former K&L Gates LLP partner Karineh Khachatouri...

Transocean announced an agreement with the federal government to pay $1.4 billion in connection with the 2010 Deepwater Horizo...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP advised Gap Inc. and Intermix Holdco Inc. in Gap's purchas...

Fisker Automotive Inc. sued its insurance company for denying a $33 million claim for 338 luxury hybrid sports sedans submerge...

Federal judges who sued to win annual cost-of-living pay increases suffered a setback Thursday as Obama administration lawyers...

An attorney who failed to notify his firm's clients that his partner had resigned from the California State Bar with disciplin...

Despite a still-weak economy, insurance defense firm Hardy, Erich, Brown & Wilson hasn't seen a drop in business. But the ...

A handful of auto manufacturers are under the gun for what opponents call deceptive advertising practices regarding inaccurate...

The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday that it has closed its 19-month antitrust probe into Google Inc., with favorab...