Hanson Bridgett is picking up 11 attorneys from Sacramento's McDonough Holland & Allen, which is currently in the process ...

The legal services industry lost 800 jobs nationwide in July, reflecting a slowdown in job losses. ...

Los Angeles County Sheriffs Deputies in Lancaster and Palmdale are disproportionately arresting African Americans and accusing...

State court administrators are investigating allegations that Marin County's family court employees improperly destroyed media...

Why in the world would the immigration bar oppose the call for repeal of the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship, a propos...

Is China taking the lead in upholding consumer rights with its Anti-Monopoly Law, or will the law's complexity stall progress?...

If you're going to take away a fundamental right from a certain group of citizens, you'd better have a darn good basis for doi...

While the fate of Proposition 8 is uncertain, the battle on appeal may be half won with Judge Vaughn Walker's evidentiary reco...

Pushing for increased transparency and accountability, the new financial reform bill instead shields the SEC from having to di...

The Obama administration might have to support Proposition 8 before the U.S. Supreme Court because of the executive branch's d...

While news of Melinda L. Haag's confirmation as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District spread last week, attention in the leg...

Terrie E. Roberts overcame a dread of trying cases by joining the public defender's office. That experience, coupled with seve...

The American Bar Association is holding its 2010 annual meeting in San Francisco. The conference, which kicked off Thursday an...

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

The law firm known for the past 30 years as Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro (now Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell,...

The judge who issued a May 17 ruling slamming the San Francisco District Attorney's office for failing to disclose evidence to...

White-collar litigator Melinda L. Haag is a step closer to being the next U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Californi...

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan recently settled a malpractice lawsuit brought by former client Tele Atlas, Quinn Emanue...

In one of the largest verdicts rendered in California this year, a San Jose jury on Wednesday awarded a former foster child $3...

Lennar Corp. recently received the green light to develop 700 acres on the site of the former Hunters Point Shipyard in San Fr...

The city of San Diego reaped a $21.2 million award against a group of online travel companies accused of not paying hotel occu...

James Casso, of Meyers Nave in Los Angeles and Fresno, replaces Edward Lee, who resigned from his firm, Best, Best & Krieg...

A federal court judge has issued a default judgement in favor of a U.S.-based charity ordering the Russian government to turn ...

A Chula Vista attorney has asked the presiding judge of the San Diego Superior Court to establish a policy that would immediat...

In the last month, two federal judges on opposite coasts have come down on the side of gay rights advocates in cases involving...

Chief Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling in favor of same-sex marriage could escape appellate review under one scenario being discus...

As anticipated, Solicitor General Elena Kagan won the approval of the U.S. Senate Thursday in her bid to become the 112th memb...

The U.S. Senate voted late Thursday to confirm white-collar litigator Melinda L. Haag as U.S. attorney for the Northern Distri...

How much a plaintiff can recover in economic damages, paid by the insurer, hangs in the balance as the state Supreme Court tak...