With its first attempt rejected, why a revised Google Books settlement may very well pull Congress into the mix. By Richard E....

Attempts to reform the partisan policy of redistricting in California are likely to face challenges. By Rod Pacheco and John R...

San Francisco's progressive reputation is about to be put to the test as a federal trial kicks off today over whether the city...

In a ruling that could bolster prosecutions, a federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that officials at a state-owned corporat...

With gas prices skyrocketing, efforts to reduce America's reliance on foreign oil cannot come any sooner. By Jonathan Michaels...

Lawyers for San Jose criminal defense attorney Jamie L. Harley, whom a jury found guilty of money laundering last summer, argu...

State appellate court justice chastises lawyer for helping client shield real estate assets from a creditor. ...

In what is believed to be a first, a federal judge said Friday she likely would reject a request for a permanent gang injuncti...

Focusing on what "style" of health care worked in other countries is not the solution for reform. By David McFarlane of Snell ...

While Friday's jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed promising signs for most in the private sector, the lega...

Three former BigLaw associates and law school classmates launched a virtual law firm and so far, the formula appears to be a s...

The union representing state lawyers and administrative law judges overwhelming approved a labor agreement Friday with Gov. Je...

The scandal-plagued, financially stricken Los Angeles suburb of Bell has been billed more than $1.2 million in a five-month sp...

A longtime government lawyer who faced off against the legendary Johnnie Cochran, Judge Kevin C. Brazile finally has his ideal...

A State Bar panel says U.S. News & World Report should count diversity as 15 percent of a law school's rankings. ...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC lost six intellectual property litigation partners to Latham & Watkins LLP.

Posting negative comments about your employer on Facebook is a dangerous proposition, says Marissa L. Dragoo of GRC LLP. ...

Son of a judge appointed by Gov. Ronald Reagan, Earl Maas III has carried on the family's judicial legacy since being tapped b...

The dispute highlights a conundrum looming over the entertainment industry - how to distribute content to new platforms withou...

Neutral James A. Roberts nurses many passions - one of them is mediating complicated cases involving difficult parties. ...

The Bar Association of San Francisco’s Barristers Club hosted its third annual Crystal Ball fundraiser on March 26 at the Gree...

U.S. District Court Judge Otis D. Wright II paid a visit to the Meserau Free Legal Clinic in Ingelwood on March 26 to talk wit...

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP is now officially Sedgwick LLP, the firm announced Thursday. ...

A federal bankruptcy judge approved a $20 million settlement Thursday between the Heller Ehrman LLP estate and its lenders, Ba...

The trial of journalist Thomas Cooper was the first major constitutional challenge to the Sedition Act of 1798. By Peter Charl...

InfoLawGroup LLP, a six-lawyer virtual boutique with an international reach focusing on the fast-evolving specialty area of da...

Had U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner granted injunctive relief in John Lonberg's 14-year-old lawsuit against Riverside, pl...

A thriller set in 1960s England that draws on the country's criminal justice system and modern history. By Simon Tolkien. ...

California Sen. Barbara Boxer is urging the American Bar Association to put more pressure on law schools to stop reporting mis...