Attorneys and government officials are turning Hollywood's most notorious cybercrime case into a learning opportunity, as an u...

Reform proposal announced Monday cites concern that many settlements between private enforcers and companies divert money from...

In huge victory for plaintiff employment lawyers, 9th Circuit Judge Milan Smith said employees must be able to bring represent...

Mono County Superior Court Judge Stanley L. Eller is known for his simple, patient approach.

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

California may be the eighth largest global economy, but it lacks a rule on the practice of foreign in-house counsel, affectin...

According to UNHCR, more than 440,000 refugees have entered Europe by sea this year. Nearly 3,000 of those have died or gone m...

California's Film and Television Tax Credit Program is receiving mixed reviews, with attorneys lauding a boost in in-state pro...

Philip R. Nicholson, a founding partner of Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP who was active with the company since its inception...

Since its founding in 1957, Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman LLP has been at the heart of the entertainment world - both figurati...

An erotic film studio that has developed into the nation's most active copyright plaintiff has turned its gaze to the Northern...

California wrongly punishes prison gang members by abolishing their good conduct credits, unconstitutionally extending their s...

Part of a series of columns looking at constitutional questions the Supreme Court will look at this term. This column discusse...

Following after an April 2013 injunction mandating legal representation for mentally disabled immigration detainees, the settl...

Northern District judge nearly tosses closely watched suit, but rules that a Bay Area franchisee could merely be the ostenisbl...

Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP filed a putative class action Friday against Volkswagen Group of America Inc., joining a gr...

Fresno County Commissioner Heather Jones believes kindness pays off in career and courtroom

In a case that spurred the current trend of “joint employer” lawsuits, a judge gave final approval on Friday to a $21 million ...

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.

US District Judge Andre Birotte welcomes lawyer input as he tackles a new civil law calendar.

LA Superior Court Judge Graciela Freixes is well traveled, enthusiastic, and decisive on the bench.

A conservative lobby plans to argue to the state's highest court next month, lawmakers are forbidden from asking voters at the...

How does a defendant avoid the anchoring effect of the plaintiff's initial demand? By Steven G. Pearl ...

Plaintiff's counsel in a personal injury case has two adverse defendant tortfeasors who are offered the same lump sum settleme...

Parsing a deceptively straightforward provision of the Copyright Act reveals complexities the depths of which have confounded ...

Four partners at Irvine-based Umberg Zipser LLP worked together at both Morrison & Foerster LLP and Manatt, Phelps & P...

McGuire Real Estate, a boutique agency in San Francisco, announced Thursday the hiring of Abbie T. Higashi as its new general ...

The city of Oakland was hit with a $613,302 verdict Wednesday after a San Jose federal jury found that a former city human res...

State lawmakers passed a package of bills designed to establish greater regulation of medical marijuana, but many argue that t...

Cynthia F. Pasternak is a confident veteran mediator with decades of experience as a litigator and neutral. ...