A federal appeals court on Monday affirmed a ruling that an Abbott Laboratories patent for technology used in a blood-glucose ...

Five former members of San Diego's pension board are off the hook on felony charges that they violated the state's conflict of...

Donald Haidl, the alleged "money man" for convicted Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, who testified for 10 days against his f...

The federal Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it will place new curbs on smog-forming nitrogen dioxide for the first...

An Orange County law group accused of defrauding homeowners seeking mortgage modifications cannot sue Bank of America for slan...

The Mental Health Services Act has failed to aid vulnerable foster youth it was intended to help, while paying millions of dol...

Longtime judge and Inglewood Mayor Roosevelt Dorn pleaded guilty Monday to a conflict of interest charge in connection with an...

In the wake of a $32 million jury verdict against an Internet service provider found liable for hosting Web sites that sold kn...

Trial is set to begin today to determine how much trading card maker The Upper Deck Co. owes its former business partner for c...

Notorious plaintiff securities lawyer William S. Lerach wanted to take a European vacation after his recent release from U.S. ...

Just two weeks after hearing arguments in a case that cast into doubt a ruling from last term that endorsed the right of defen...

Peter Smithhisler of North-American Interfraternity Conference explains what is needed to teach younger fraternity members the...

Melanie Petersen of Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost examines the subject of charter schools and its role in public education.

Elizabeth Roth and Barbara Tanzillo of GCA Law Partners say winning or losing wage and hour cases hinges on the employer's cha...

James Wong of Chinney Capital delves into the controversy behind Google's dispute with the Chinese government.

The California Supreme Court sanctioned the use of arrest warrants that identify suspects solely by their DNA profile Monday, ...

The Justice Department approved the proposed $2.5 billion merger between live entertainment industry giants Ticketmaster Enter...

Environmental attorneys Gideon Kracov and Steve Zikman provide tips on navigating through complex administrative policies and ...

A defamation lawsuit brought against a plaintiffs' attorney who appeared on YouTube and television to criticize a dietary supp...

Bet Tzedek Legal Services held its annual dinner gala on Jan. 13 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Barb...

Superior Court Judge Peter P. Espinoza's decision Friday that Roman Polanski will have to show up in a courtroom here before h...

San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has lifted her unexplained boycott of Superior Court Judge John S. Einhorn.

Renewable energy company Enel North America Inc. called on Kaye Scholer partners Jeffrey Chester and Michael Fernhoff in Los A...

After freezing salaries early last year, Cooley Godward Kronish moved its associates up the lockstep compensation scale this y...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed Friday to reconsider its 2003 decision to remove a fish native to the fragile Sacram...

A San Jose judge dismissed a trade secrets theft lawsuit between Santa Clara-based Applied Materials Inc. and a rival company ...

Latham & Watkins awarded bonuses Friday to a large chunk of its associates, with payouts ranging from $2,500 to $85,000. T...

Tesla Motors, Inc. has finalized its $465 million loan guarantee with the Department of Energy with the help of attorneys at W...

Betty Broderick, convicted in 1991 of murdering ex-husband and prominent San Diego attorney Dan Broderick and his new wife, Li...

California and 15 other states filed a motion Friday to intervene in an ongoing legal battle in hopes of helping the federal E...