Judge Theodore R. Howard's command of the Evidence Code has won him points with lawyers.

Robert B. Yonts Jr., a retired Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge who has spent the past four years as a mediator and arbi...

Despite years of wrangling, attorneys say a bill passed by Congress on Thursday to revamp U.S. patent laws will have little im...

A bright yet naive Harvard Law School graduate is slowly corrupted by the universe in which he exists. By Joel Levine ...

Without distribution, each individual, family or community would need to be entirely self-sufficient. By David Gurnick of Lewi...

In elder care claims, where emotions run high, reaching a resolution is not an easy task. By Alexander S. Polsky of JAMS ...

Why the Internal Revenue Service loves Forms 1099 - and why you should pay attention to the rules that apply. ...

Will the America Invents Act provide certainty and cost effective advantages to all inventors? By Robert L. Kovelman and Dougl...

An Emmy Award-winning Hollywood producer pleaded guilty Thursday to falsely inflating the revenue and stock price of his prod...

A bevy of presiding judges and court officers are urging the Judicial Council to revamp the process for issuing new rules of c...

San Diego-based PacketVideo Corp., which claims Spotify USA Inc. infringed its patented music streaming technology, is attempt...

Attorney General Kamala Harris traveled to a poor Riverside County community Thursday to speak out against a massive proposed ...

A group of medicinal marijuana patients and dispensaries is trying to overturn the city of Los Angeles' ordinance limiting the...

Judicial nominees for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the Northern District of California moved another step closer ...

About one in 10 judges who take the bench every day in San Bernardino County wouldn't be there if not for a statewide program ...

U.S. District Judge William Alsup, ratcheting up the pressure on Oracle Corp. and Google Inc. to settle their lawsuit over pat...

Despite a deal signed last week with a top state court leader, the $2.5 million in bail out money San Francisco County Superio...

Edwin B. Reeser talks about the controversial practices used by law firms to manage profits and partner compensation. ...

O n Wednesday, Thomas V. Girardi of Giradi Keese, president of the Italian American Lawyers Association, hosted an event for m...

On Sep. 1, members of the Southern California chapter of Association of Corporate Counsel teamed up with students at the UC Ir...

Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has minted the words "dissental" and "concurral" as shortha...

Two state appellate decisions blur the law as to whether an insured's private right to action remains barred under certain cir...

For lateral partners seeking a new home, and law firms seeking their next rainmaker, the courtship just got even more complica...

Attorneys from all around the world join forces to help those who lost someone on Sept. 11. By David S. Casey Jr. of Casey Ger...

When seeking a foreign manufacturer to make your product a reality, remember, your destiny is in the details. By Vasko R. Mitz...

This month, two partners departed major real estate firm Allen Matkins to join forces and start their own boutique practice in...

A federal judge is weighing whether to incarcerate an ultra orthodox Hasidic rabbi who has refused to testify to a grand jury ...

Prosecutors plan to retry a San Jose lawyer for conspiracy to launder money after the judge determined last month she deserved...

Citing the recent Dukes v. Wal-Mart decision, a federal judge denied class certification Tuesday to a putative class of black ...