A review of William Bennett Turner's "Figures of Speech, Heroes and Villains of the First Amendment." By Dennis Aftergut ...

Interpreting voters' intent, what the state Supreme Court is doing wrong. By Michael Boardman of Loyola Law School ...

Section 337 of the Tariff Act offers a unique, fast-paced forum for settling a variety of claims. By Lindsey E. Martí­nez of S...

A federal judge has approved $25 million in attorneys fees for the lawyers who represented plaintifs against World Savings Ban...

Senate Republicans dealt a potentially fatal blow to UC Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin Liu's quest to join the 9th U...

The Sierra Club on Thursday filed suit against the 22nd District Agricultural Association, alleging violations of the state's ...

Construction defect lawyers have seen a surge in litigation, but many are predicting an eventual drop-off once the legal filin...

As the Obama administration takes long-anticipated steps toward repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," an effort to crush the con...

The state has formally approved a $241 million settlement against a huge medical test provider, the largest recovery in a whis...

LinkedIn Corp. started the day as a $4.3 billion company and before closing it was an $8.9 billion company. ...

Dennis P. Riordan of San Francisco law firm Riordan & Horgan has added another client to his well-known criminal appellat...

A federal jury has convicted a prominent L.A. businessman from the local Iranian community of four counts of wire fraud after ...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC scored an unusually high profile lateral partner Thursday: Delaware Chancery Court Cha...

Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney delivered a much-ballyhooed speech annoucing a new antitrust sheriff in town two y...

Cary W. Miller, a mediator, arbitrator and hearing officer with JAMS in San Diego, became a neutral by chance. Luckily for Mil...

Lawyers are negotiating more mergers and acquisitions among biotechnology and medical device companies, but the deals are comp...

Julia Spain After a winding path of a legal career, Judge Julia Spain takes pride in seeing her decisions questioned and valid...

Public contractors should always obtain written change orders before extra work is performed. By Cynthia J. Larsen of Orrick, ...

The White House announced Wednesday the nomination of Alaska Supreme Court Justice Morgan Christen to the 9th U.S. Circuit Cou...

A state appellate court revived a class action against Countrywide Financial Corp. and other defendants, ruling certain types ...

The federal criminal fraud trial of an Iranian-born real estate mogul ended Wednesday as prosecutors urged jurors to convict b...

It may have taken a year, but Democratic leaders have thrown their weight behind UC Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin L...

One week before the Trial Court Rights Act is scheduled to have its next committee hearing, the bill's author has introduced a...

A judge has blocked efforts to delay a blockbuster class-action ttlement reached by Farmers Group Inc. and top plaintiffs' law...

Political calculations around California's prison overcrowding appear to be complicating the math behind a bill aimed at bolst...

A group of Argentineans who claim they were kidnapped and tortured by their government in the 1970s at the direction of a Merc...

Unlike one-of-a-kind characters and fictionalized plots, the ideas behind the dozens of reality shows pitched every day in Hol...

Yolanda N. Northridge has made the transition from the civil to the criminal bench as easily as she moved from life as a nun a...

Employers are now free of one of the biggest litigation threats facing their business. By Dan Chammas, Rebecca M. Aragon, and ...

California courts' application of unconscionability law to class arbitration in employment claims is questioned. By D. Gregor...