Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and its contractors will pay $29.5 million to settle claims over their role in two major fires ...

The current debate over religious freedom and contraceptive coverage misunderstands constitutional principles. By Margaret Cro...

The San Diego U.S. attorney’s office announced Thursday an indictment of three men who allegedly operated a complex $51 millio...

The Senate confirmed white-collar defense lawyer Michael W. Fitzgerald to be a federal judge in Los Angeles on a 91-6 vote Thu...

Despite experience as a securities lawyer and efforts to stay under the radar of regulators, the founder of an online marketpl...

Edward Swanson and Mary McNamara started their own practice after five years together in the Northern District Federal Public ...

The state Supreme Court is once again delving into consumer class action law, granting review this week in several cases that ...

California's chief justice will find herself addressing a Legislature she has vigorously sparred with, but also relies on, as ...

For William S. O'Hare, a chance encounter at an opportune time led to a meeting with a corporate client with whom he would wor...

Almudena Bernabeu, international attorney and director of Transitional Justice Program for the San Francisco-based Center for ...

Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney PC Director Winston S. Keh was formally installed as president-elect of the Philippine A...

Prison reform lawyer Donald Specter was among three lawyers honored last week by the American Constitution Society’s San Franc...

The Japanese American Bar Association held its annual Installation and Awards Gala on Mar. 9 at the Omni Hotel in downtown Los...

Five bands made up of legal professionals performed at the Whisky A Go-Go on March 8 in the first annual Law Rocks! “battle of...

Court reporters have been a constant fixture in California's courtrooms for decades, but as the state's largest trial court pl...

General Counsel ServiceMesh Inc. ...

Mega indictment leaves innovators and future customers guessing as to whether they might be targeted next. By Tony Falzone of ...

A patent defense powerhouse-turned-plaintiffs' attorney has filed his first case on behalf of a patent holding company, which ...

Law firm leaders are moderately optimistic in the global and legal markets but underwhelmed by their practice groups' performa...

In many cases, the dissenting opinion has provided a foreshadowing of things to come. By Craig B. Garner ...

A panel of legal experts participated in a moot court Tuesday over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, hosted by t...

A small but key group of California legislators has recommended the judiciary suspend all future deployment of the California ...

Four law schools in California have become the next targets in a wave of lawsuits that have accused schools of misrepresenting...

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Wednesday dismissed a class action seeking damages from Chevron Corp. for asking ...

The hidden risks of filing a small claims court case in lieu of joining a class action. By Brian S. Kabateck and Evan Zucker a...

Losing litigants in federal civil cases aren't automatically liable for the prevailing party's costs, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court...

The 9th Circuit significantly limits California's power to restrict the enforcement of arbitration agreements and class action...

Solar installation equipment company Zep Solar scored a victory over rival Westinghouse Solar after the U.S. Patent and Tradem...

Securities class-action settlements in 2011 dropped to the lowest level in a decade - in both total number and dollar value - ...

The country's largest pension fund has lowered its estimated rate of return on investments, forcing the state, local governmen...