James L. Reed of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey says prepare for the inevitable patent battle in renewable energy. ...

Jeremiah A. Ho of Whittier Law School delves into the moral issues behind strategic defaults and plays a little devil's advoca...

The bill signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recognizes same-sex marriages that took place in other states before the passage...

The bill closes a loophole an insurer used to deny workers' compensation benefits to the family of a woman murdered while she ...

U.S. Counsel James Wong of Chinney Capital Ltd. explains why China may have changed its position on international climate trea...

Fenwick & West helped Cisco Systems complete its $2.9 billion purchase of Starent Networks, which helps wireless companies...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear the petition of disgraced former Enron Corp. chief executive officer Jeffrey K. ...

A U.S. judge in Santa Ana insisted Tuesday the first criminal trial to arise out of Broadcom's stock option backdating scandal...

The U.S. Supreme Court considered Tuesday whether defense lawyers must warn immigrants of deportation risks if they plead guil...

Former Cooley Godward partners Rick Climan and Jane Ross returned to their old offices to negotiate Onyx Pharmaceuticals acqui...

BROOK - The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation tribe decided to focus on current operations of its Cache Creek Casino Resort rather than...

Kirk Pasich of Dickstein Shapiro discusses the scope of Cal. Civil Code Section 2860 and an insurer's duty to pay independent ...

Jeffrey M. Rawitz, who defended the former O.C. sheriff against corruption charges, resigned from Jones Day because of a sever...

Courts must scrutinize structured settlement transfers more closely under a bill signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. ...

Family law specialist Alexandra Leichter explains why arbitration may be the most attractive alternate adjudication method for...

California State Bar President Howard B. Miller assures members that finances and expenditure control processes will be examin...

Robert Vantress of Silicon Valley Law Group reminds businesses that trade-dress may be a more powerful way to protect brand eq...

David Rosen of Rose, Klein & Marias says the In re Tobacco II Cases recognized the consumers' right to sue for false adver...

Ronald Cooke of Nossaman instructs on how to be compliant with the FTC's Identity Theft Red Flags rule, effective Nov. 1. ...

As federal appellate courts have issued influential opinions on certification, the battle between plaintiffs and defendants ha...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he is concerned over mismanagement and the legitimacy of the Bar's evaluations of judicial nom...

Ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona is expected to testify at the trial that begins today to defend charges he retaliated aga...

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation that makes California the first state in the nation to establish a right...

Lawrence H. Midler General Counsel, CB Richard Ellis Group Inc.Los Angeles ...

Jose Allen, Kenneth Berlin, Don Frost and Stacy Kray of Skadden write on the 2nd Circuit's decision to allow nuisance claims i...

Jeffrey Lowe, former chair of the LA County Bar Association, believes that the prosecution of Roman Polanski is a perverse for...

The wife of a slain man lost a bid to make motions in an Amador County murder case, despite a ballot measure that gave victims...

In eight months, Douglas Winthrop has brought a clear strategy and strong management style to Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Fa...

Virginia-based SPH America accused the law firm of misappropriation of trade secrets by disclosing the company's ownership of ...

Public defenders Richard La Fianza and Frank Loo provide pre-trial tips on what to do with a witness who plans on invoking the...