Cautiously stepping through disputes may maximize your ability to retain or recover fees, while avoiding a malpractice claim o...

This new patent review procedure had only been around a couple years, and the Federal Circuit just now got around to issuing a...

An important arbitration question that has languished before the state Supreme Court since 2012 at last got an oral argument d...

P3s - in which public organizations utilize private development to build much-need infrastructure - are gaining steam in the a...

Colleagues remember him as a hot rod devotee, marksman, book agent, and well-connected L.A. local who loved entertaining. ...

The legal battle between Allergan Inc., Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. and Pershing Square Capital Management LP...

Joseph R. Saveri and Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP had been together since 1992, but when he left in 2012 to foun...

A green light next Thursday by the bar's executive committee could send the recommended provisions to the state Legislature fo...

Both the 9th Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court have effectively rewarded bad behavior by allowing California school administr...

Orange County Judge Marc Kelly's decision to sentence a 19-year-old man convicted of sodomizing his 3-year-old half sister, to...

In a closely watched statewide education case, the State Supreme Court decided Thursday that the Los Angeles Unified School Di...

Among lawyers disciplined recently, a half dozen got into trouble for mingling clients' money with their own, including one us...

A lawsuit alleges that the USDA shut out the public in a rule change they say weakens the organic standard by making it easier...

Financially exhausted courts and overcrowded prisons have pushed political and legal leaders to re-examine age-old criminal j...

Executive Vice President and General Counsel The Lucky Group Inc. Santa Monica ...

A few things should be noted regarding the recent article about the educational conference this weekend. ["Questions raised ov...

The rules governing business transactions are not simple. Indeed, there's a presumption of undue influence. By Matthew A. Hode...

With one-in-three professionals subscribing and 347 million members worldwide, LinkedIn has undoubtedly become the prevailing ...

Germany's privacy commissioner denied an appeal by Google Inc. Wednesday, meaning the company will have to attempt to retroact...

Dentons US LLP and McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP have finally reached an agreement to merge after years of on-again and off-...

U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag asked U.S. District Judge William Alsup on Wednesday to waive attorney-client privilege in a case i...

A San Luis Obispo residential elder center profited off high-need patients by providing shoddy care, plaintiffs said in a laws...

Whether companies use master copies for popular content, or save data in user's home instead of a central server, dramatically...

Amazon.com Inc. is facing a putative class action for excessively punishing workers who arrived at their shifts as little as f...

The city of San Jose's requirement that developers build below-market rate homes may amount to illegal seizure of property ri...

A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Wednesday reversed and remanded a district court's decision to have an emergency room ...

Santa Clara County Judge William Elfving understands when a light touch is warranted.

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.

As the nucleus of college life on many campuses, fraternities and sororities have long dealt with legal issues ranging from ha...

Nothing says "malpractice" like legal advice that solves your client's immediate problem, only to destroy their career. By Jac...