A state appellate court is weighing how far regulators can go to ban what they see as an unreasonable use of water in Californ...

A recommendation card may provide access to the green stuff, but it's not necessarily a get-out-of-jail-free card. By G. Ross ...

Last week, the U.S. high court resoundingly rejected the plaintiffs' claim that a ban on racial preferences violates the equal...

The Las Vegas-based law firm will open in Los Angeles this week with the help of two bankruptcy and restructuring specialists ...

Speakers at a special meeting of the Judicial Council Friday painted a very mixed picture of the effects of a state criminal j...

Four firms fighting clawback claims by the estate for the defunct firm got their wish Friday when U.S. District Judge Charles ...

Despite a recent slowdown in what's been a record-setting rush to public equity markets for companies in the technology and li...

The state Supreme Court won't review a lower court's ruling that struck down a law barring sex criminals from entering parks w...

ViaSat Inc., the designer, claimed a subcontractor it hired to build its satellites, Space Systems/Loral LLC, breached a non-d...

The nation's top patent court Friday revived a major patent infringement lawsuit filed by Apple Inc. against Motorola Mobility...

It's not just providing contraception that religious organizations want to be exempt from - it's unions, too. At colleges and ...

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

Sean D. Coen traced the footsteps of his father in deciding to become a prosecutor and judge.

Madera County Judge Mitchell Rigby has a great deal of community pride, on and off the bench.

Inside courts today, it's budget, budget, budget. Judges are asked to do a lot more with a lot less. By Lynn Duryee ...

Only 6.7 percent of immigration cases were closed as a result of prosecutor discretion since October 2012 despite several gove...

The Encino Lawyers Association gathered at The Elbow Room on Ventura Boulevard earlier this month to help raise funds for Hope...

The Justice & Diversity Center of The Bar Association of San Francisco celebrated the top 15 percent of its volunteers at ...

In a case that's drawn the attention of medical professionals in California, a state appellate panel this week expanded insura...

David Smith and Elisa Zitano had to overcome their own qualms and the doubts of others before opening a two-lawyer medical mal...

Alston & Bird LLP hosted more than 200 guests at an April 17 open house to celebrate the firm's newly renovated downtown L...

A wide swath of Hollywood talent, producers and attorneys turned out to honor attorney L. Lee Phillips, partner at Manatt, Phe...

Lawyers could land in discipline trouble if they botch discovery requests for email and other electronic information, accordin...

Attorneys from Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP and Mary Alexander & Associates PC took home the San Francisco Trial Law...

In spite of - or maybe because of - her time as a family law bench officer, former San Diego County Superior Court Commissione...

The Anti-Defamation League's Orange County/Long Beach region honored three attorneys and civil rights advocates with the 2014 ...

A new decision says the government may need to use eminent domain rather than "right-of-entry" statutes to gain access to prop...

Keeping a promise made last year, branch leaders finally approved a policy to open committee meetings to the public, a dramati...

Judges in some California courts may soon have no courtrooms to call home. With several bench spots empty, Sacramento and San ...

"After today's opinion all of us on the road, and not just drug dealers, are at risk of having our freedom of movement curtail...