With all the fuss over Internet privacy, you'd think that your tax information was more sacrosanct. That's not so in the eyes ...

Gideon Kanner of Loyola Law School comments on a recent controversial event in Israel. ...

Mitchell Jacobs and Thomas Feuerman discuss the issue of debts incurred by spouses after separation in a typical marital disso...

Federal prosecutors hoping to convict slugger Barry Bonds suffered a major blow after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals up...

U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte, Jr's announcement Friday that he will recreate a unit to prosecute corruption charges is a sign t...

Yolo County Superior Court Judge Paul K. Richardson is a fan of the old west who doesn't shoot from the hip in court.

Chris Manderson, John Schafer and Lance McKinlay weren't looking for just any clients when they opened their law firm in Septe...

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

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...

Automatic photos of drivers running red lights are hearsay, an Orange County Superior Court appellate panel has ruled. ...

'Mean and nasty?' Just think how difficult Judge Richard Adler would be without the yoga.

Class-action allegations have been withdrawn against a Los Angeles lawyer accused of cheating homeowners in need of mortgage m...

Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker of San Francisco has denied a media request to broadcast the closing arguments in the same-sex ma...

Covington & Burling attorneys are representing BP plc in a fight over $750 million in insurance policies to cover the cost...

Mountain View-based Synopsys Inc. agreed to buy Fremont-based Virage Logic Corp. for $315 million with the help of more than 3...

The California Supreme Court waded deeper into the battle over Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget cuts Wednesday and granted ...

The extended border search doctrine validates the arrest of an elderly man smuggling 37 pounds of cocaine into the U.S. from M...

JAMS neutral Jay Folberg's background as a law professor and former dean has proved helpful in mediating cases for nonprofits,...

A legal war is brewing between a San Diego County Indian tribe and a local water district over human bones found on land where...

A former lawyer for a Disney company on Thursday told of dealings that allegedly cut the creator of "Who Wants to be a Million...

Testimony from high-ranking church officials taken in a clergy abuse lawsuit should be made public, a judge ruled Thursday. ...

The Supreme Court's recent decision regarding the Miranda doctrine isn't aimed at police officers or even state courts....

Why do attorneys play hardball in mediation when far more often than not, such an approach is incendiary and counterproductive...

Disproportionate teacher layoffs in the L.A. Unified School District tells kids they are expendable and lack the same value as...

The State Bar has named James Towery, a longtime trial attorney and former State Bar president -- its new chief trial counsel....

Defense lawyers in the high-profile pesticide lawsuit released transcripts Thursday that appear to fall short of courtroom ass...

The Mountain View-based search engine is battling a growing number of cases over its collection of private data through unsecu...

California's livelihood depends on a reliable water supply system that is not governed by incessant legal challenges and rulin...

Members of the legal community donated more than 1,600 hours of service and raised more than $285,000 during the Los Angeles R...

Terry L. Polley of Ajalat Polley Ayoob & Matarese was honored by the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Taxation Section...