Proposed changes to the legal fee application guidelines governing large business liquidations have caused a rift among the Ca...

Three months after being tapped to monitor a landmark mortgage settlement with five of the nation's largest banks, UC Irvine l...

A San Francisco federal judge trimmed several securities law violation counts against a former Charles Schwab Corp. executive...

The Los Angeles Aqueduct, born from deceit, approaches its 100th birthday. By Dan Lawton of Lawton Law Firm ...

Some district courts have held that courts may impose prefiling requirements on a vexatious appellant who was a defendant in t...

Three law school deans are urging a special State Bar task force to be cautious as they decide whether to require new Californ...

A former Los Angeles county prosecutor has narrowly nabbed a bench seat in Alameda County Superior Court with just over 50 per...

Civil trial lawyers need to identify creative ways to get their cases ready for trial while facing delays of several months in...

State legislators unveiled their plan for the judiciary's budget Tuesday, and the overall number is the same: a $544 million c...

The 2nd District Court of Appeal reverses a trial court judge, allowing the claims to proceed. ...

The Senate confirmed Arizona Supreme Court Justice Andrew D. Hurwitz to join the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a voice ...

Oakland-based BrightSource Energy has been identified as an initial bidder for a 500 megawatt solar project in development by ...

Responding to "Insurance industry watching personal injury bill," June 1. By John N. Kitta ...

The state Supreme Court has only twice found an initiative invalid on the grounds that it was actually a revision. By Jennifer...

The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday it plans to eliminate a rule intended to ensure that old-fashioned analog c...

Attachment is an important and effective remedy, yet relatively unknown among many business litigators. By Benjamin Taylor of ...

Los Angeles County Superior Court will lay off 157 employees and shift another 108 workers to part-time status on Friday. ...

In what could be an unprecedented internal election in San Francisco County Superior Court, two hopefuls have expressed inter...

Following the dissolution of New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, former Dewey partner Henry C. Bunsow has accused sever...

Public Counsel is building a resume of bolder, more controversial stances on issues including housing protections for poor peo...

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Andrew D. Hurwitz crossed a crucial, apparently decisive procedural threshold on Mo...

Entertainment Studios Inc., a Los Angeles-based broadcast syndication company headed by comedian Byron Allen, announced Monday...

U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney said plaintiffs didn't sufficiently show Deloitte & Touche LLP knowingly erred in its au...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that fired federal workers can't sue the government , took a double jeopardy case, reversed a hab...

A constitutional attorney who champions conservative causes and brought a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's birthpl...

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jon S. Tigar and Deputy Assistant Attorney General William H. Orrick III got the nod from ...

Two new laws, effective July 1, are aimed at curbing cyberbullying in California. BY Dean A. Olson and Matthew T. Kramer of Mo...

With a trial before a judicial watchdog panel only two days away, Orange County Superior Court Judge Salvador Sarmiento agree...

Maintenance worker was arrested on suspicions he secretly filmed customers and employees through peep holes in restrooms and d...

An archaic statute regulating speech regarding banks was rule unconstitutional by the 1st District. By Mark Goldowitz and Ryan...