Pre-emption of state law failure-to-warn claims for prescription drugs may carry hidden consequences. By Shawn Khorrami and Al...

Grappling with budget cuts and overloaded criminal courts, Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich is seeking the city's ap...

On the same day the state Supreme Court considered legal standing of Proposition 8's proponents to defend a gay marriage ban i...

When making a medical product liability claim, pay attention to the type of product at issue and the U.S. Supreme Court preced...

Choosing which safety restraint to use becomes more risky for automakers. By Robert C. Rodriguez of Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP ...

Two Chevron Corp. subsidiaries agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a pollution lawsuit over alleged failures to properly mai...

With social media, an unhappy consumer can easily reach out to others and mobilize a campaign against any product. By Jennifer...

Jean Rosenbluth, a professor at the USC Gould School of Law, has been selected to fill a newly created U.S. magistrate judge p...

The state Supreme Court didn't seem willing Tuesday to stand in the way of allowing Proposition 8 proponents to defend the sam...

Gov. Jerry Brown has chosen a varied group of prominent lawyers and judges to act as advisors for his judicial nominations, ac...

Superior Court Judge Sonoma County (Santa Rosa) ...

Judge John M. Tomberlin has a good system for juggling two juries in dual defendant cases.

The former head of President Barack Obama's task force to combat fraud in the wake of the financial meltdown has joined the Sa...

Claiming pension and health-care costs have left their budgets in ruins, some local governments are considering declaring stat...

Director of Legal Affairs for Sofinnova Ventures Inc. Menlo Park ...

A reader responds to a judicial profile on Judge Harry Pregerson. ...

The spouse is an often overlooked tool that can be the linchpin for resolving disputes. By Richard M. Williams of Gray-Duffy L...

Criticism of the president's perceived lack of leadership continues from the left and right. By Robert A. Steinberg of ADR Ser...

Managing intellectual property correctly can make the difference between a company with a future and one that sinks into obliv...

The president's plan to reduce dependence on foreign oil is met with harsh criticism. By Jonathan Michaels of Michaels Law Gro...

Even though the president bowed to business interests in deciding not to strengthen national smog standards, he will likely ha...

Cooley LLP announced Friday that its chairman, Stephen C. Neal, was elected chairman of the board of Levi Strauss & Co. ...

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Emilie H. Elias has been picked as the coordinating trial judge for asbestos litigatio...

The short-lived job growth the legal market saw in July slowed to a crawl in the month of August as the industry added only 10...

Environmental and land use attorneys said they're closely watching state legislation that would fast-track environmental legal...

A competency hearing in Vista against a lawyer who told foreclosed homeowners to break back into their homes was postponed Fri...

The Heller Ehrman LLP estate settled with the estate of fellow bankrupt San Francisco law firm Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison...

A Silicon Valley startup that streams DVD rentals over the Internet appealed an injunction ordering it to cease operations. If...

After a series of decisions setting tougher standards for large patent awards, patent attorneys on both sides of the bar are a...

Today, opponents of same-sex marriage are making their fourth trip to the state Supreme Court , but this time what’s at stake ...