1922-2010

There are high expectations in the Northern District of California for new U.S. attorney Melinda L. Haag, especially among att...

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

The National Institutes of Health announced Friday that it would resume grant funding for human embryonic stem cell research, ...

The multi-district litigation against Toyota Motor Corp. over sudden unintended acceleration problems just got bigger, with a ...

Longtime San Diego County Counsel John Sansone is retiring in January to teach law.

A former supervisor with U.S. Immigration and Customs' Enforcement in L.A., and his wife, defrauded the federal government of ...

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...

A former Marine and 4th degree black belt in American Kenpo finds use in military strategy and martial arts principles for lit...

When the San Diego Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance last month, easing regulations on wineries, the intent was to enco...

Will the eastern Mediterranean Sea reserve of natural gas provoke hostility or a promote greater cooperation among surrounding...

Civil rights lawyers who filed a wide-ranging lawsuit Friday against California for allowing school districts to charge fees f...

When it comes to in limine motions there are some that you should never bother to draft, by Curtis E.A. Karnow of the S...

Experts say the U.S. government is likely to meet a hostile 9th Circuit if it decides to appeal last week's ruling by a Rivers...

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Friday affirmed a federal jury verdict in Chevron's favor against native Nigerian...

Lawsuits are likely on the horizon after last week's massive explosion and fire in the San Francisco suburb of San Bruno that,...

Does President Barack Obama's newly constituted National Labor Relations Board signal a turning point for organized labor? By ...

We demand a lot from jurors, but we often fail to equip them properly. Here are five simple guidelines to help jurors tackle c...

In a closely-watched copyright case, a federal appeals court panel ruled Friday that a computer software program cannot legall...

Television announcers speed-read reams of medical warnings in 30-second drug commercials, but the pharmaceutical industry hasn...

Part way through closing arguments, and following more than 40 days of jury trial, Forest Lawn settled its lawsuit against maj...

The latest challenge to a Nov. 2 ballot measure, proposing a temporary one-half cent sales tax increase, has been shot down.

1958-2010

Latham & Watkins antitrust partners Karen Silverman and Al Pfeiffer scored a win for client Ovation Pharmaceuticals Inc. l...

A U.S. District Court judge late Thursday issued a ruling overturning the military's controversial "don't ask, don't tell" pol...

Food safety and organic farming interests sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture Thursday in an ongoing dispute over the plan...

A Los Angeles jury awarded $405,000 Thursday to a former Twin Towers inmate who claims three jail deputies beat him and pepper...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California released a scathing report Thursday accusing Los Angeles County Sher...

JAMS family law specialist Thomas R. Murphy is known for creating charts to help clarify the issue in complex disputes.

Craigslist Inc. and minority shareholder eBay Inc. are stuck with each other, according to a ruling Thursday by a Delaware judge.