California was named the nation's No. 2 "judicial hellhole" by the pro-business American Tort Reform Association. ...

Recording giant Universal Music Group and two of its subsidiaries filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Suprem...

An art gallery dealer accused of selling fake Joan Miró prints took the stand in his own defense Tuesday, telling jurors he h...

The chances of the $2.3 billion sale of 11 state-owned office complexes to private investors - a deal championed by Gov. Arnol...

An appellate panel appeared poised this week to reverse rulings by an earlier panel and a district court that found a Muslim w...

The state Commission on Judicial Performance publicly admonished two judges on Tuesday, one for inappropriate and crude behavi...

A pilot program designed to improve the expertise of federal judges handling patent infringement lawsuits has been approved by...

A bid by the state's building industry to overturn unprecedented new air quality guidelines in the Bay Area is being closely w...

A judge will allow Dole Food Co., to engage in party-to-party settlements with Honduran banana farm workers who allege they we...

Just south of the border in Baja Mexico, winds coming off the Pacific Ocean hit the dry desert air, sending strong gusts over ...

What indemnification issues arise when a customer combines the use of an item with other products? By Jane Song and Todd Schne...

Why it is important to understand the personality type of your technical witness. By Brent Yamashita of DLA Piper. ...

A Newport Beach lawyer who hears property tax appeals for Orange County was arrested Monday for allegedly stealing $117,000 fr...

Environmentalists received another setback in their quest to halt construction of a long-planned water desalination plant in C...

The 6th District Court of Appeal, on Monday temporarily halted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's sale of 11 state office properties...

General Counsel for AIDS Healthcare Foundation ...

A federal judge ruled that the county of San Diego's policy that requires residents to prove "good cause" to carry concealed ...

Startups don't have a lot of cash to pay lawyers, but they need a lot of advice - legal and otherwise. That's why some law fir...

Cooley's mergers and acquisitions group represented the sale of two separate companies for a combined value of more than $3 bi...

The U.S. Supreme Court split 4-4 in a case Monday that could have clarified whether copyrighted goods made overseas and acquir...

Court documents recently made public suggest prominent life sciences attorney Jonathan Dickstein and his wife went to great le...

When Priya Sanger is sworn in as the new president of the Bar Association of San Francisco today, she will outline a plan to e...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a ruling allowing a New York firm to advertise its lawyers as superheroes. ...

A federal judge on Monday dismissed a malpractice case brought by retired National Football League players who claimed Manatt,...

Judge Richard Sueyoshi oversees a criminal caseload after years as a business lawyer.

On Jan. 10, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear one of the most significant corporate cases on its docket. By Jared L. Kope...

The action comes despite mounting charges that the deal would benefit politically connected insiders at the expense of Califor...

Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary for Codexis Inc. Redwood City ...

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