The former treasurer of the Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzling $26,000 from...

In "Trade Secret Litigation and Protection in California," Bec Edelson analyzes the state's trade secret laws and explains the...

California has been forced to implement cost-savings measures to its Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Program, writes Chelsea ...

The Department of Energy announced a major shot in the arm to the beleaguered renewable energy industry on Wednesday, offering...

California regulators have to scramble to reconcile the forward-looking CEQA and the backword-looking AB 32, write Beth S. Dor...

A group of class actions against Chase Bank USA charges the bank unlawfully changed the terms on consumers loans after they we...

For more than a year, attorneys for Yahoo Inc. have worked on striking - or blocking - deals with Microsoft Corp. and Google I...

A high-ranking teenage chess player in Oregon, Superior Court Commissioner David M. Hirsch still makes deft moves in his Ventu...

More than a year after Milberg LLP settled federal criminal charges by paying a $75 million fine, the tenacious class action f...

Stevan Porter illuminates both sides of the business method patent debate. ...

A recent 9th Circuit case marks the first time California's equitable tolling doctrine has been applied to toll a successive c...

O'Melveny & Myers put 62 percent of its San Francisco office space on the market Monday. It's one of many law firms nation...

California's Rules of Professional Conduct and the provisions of the Business and Professions Code governering attorneys condu...

A recent court decision could change the way Spanish-speaking American audiences get their fix from so-called telenovelas - or...

In some patent cases, jurors lack the necessary context to evaluate the contribution of a specific invention, writes David Boh...

A former paralegal at asbestos-litigation giant Brent Coon & Associates has accused the plaintiffs' firm of refusing to co...

A $2.4 million settlement paid by a Central Valley hospital group on Monday was a warning to medical providers in California t...

John A. Torribio runs a tight ship and moves through his docket quickly, and his decisions have held up under appellate scruti...

Federal officials routinely violated their own standards for detaining immigrants, often failing to provide immigrants with ac...

A child actor, Judge Jared D. Moses' stage is now a criminal courtroom in Lancaster. ...

Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, plaintiffs' attorneys now have to think twice before filing civil lawsuits in federal court....

James Donato, an antitrust litigator and recent past president of the Bar Association of San Francisco, on Monday became the f...

Lawyers have a critical role to play in the growth of the country's green economy. Like in the mercantile economy, writes Sble...

A county supervisor's call for an independent investigation of alleged misconduct by San Bernardino County District Attorney M...

A factory raid in Van Nuys brought to light some of the systemic abuses in our immigration system, writes Pamela Hartman. ...

The California Supreme Court allowed a quadriplegic Monday to take the State Bar exam although she had been disqualified due t...

The universe of affiliate marketing has been shaken by recent developments within various state tax regimes, writes Adam Snuka...

Because of a provision in the Copyright Act, Paul McCartney may be able to reclaim the rights to his songs in upcoming years, ...

Legal costs created by Broadcom's problematic stock option grants have crept past the $100 million mark, and the company's lit...

Medtronic Inc. settled all of its worldwide legal disputes Monday with Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories for $400 million the...