Lee Bollinger of Columbia University examines the business of journalism and First Amendment protections.

Readers weigh in on recent issues.

Deborah Stein of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett discusses the impact of business interruptions in the film industry and the na...

Margaret Russell of Santa Clara University says with compelling public interests at stake, its time to address the use of tele...

Sacramento Superior Court Judge Loren McMaster says the computer California Case Management System should not take precedence ...

In a wide-reaching hearing, federal judges on Tuesday showed continued dismay and skepticism over the state's reductions to sa...

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Samsung Electronics has agreed to pay Rambus $900 million in cash and stock, resolving a long-running and bitter legal battle ...

The Obama administration was poised Tuesday to nominate three Northern Californians to the federal bench, sources have told th...

The remaining issue in talk-show host Conan O'Brien's ongoing negotiations with NBC over a settlement for his early departure ...

Los Angeles-based Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith more than doubled its office space in New York, grabbing three floors at...

All state courts will be closed Wednesday as a cost-cutting measure.

Law firms become diverse when they undertake concerted initiatives with that as their goal, according to a study released Tues...

Attorney John Browning spotlights botched robberies and unsuccessful stick-ups that have garnered media attention.

Lawyers Constance Rice and Molly Munger received the Human Dignity award Friday at the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles' 39th ...

The Alameda County Bar Association honored members for distinguished service at a dinner Thursday. State Assembly member Mike ...

Just last May consumer lawyers were celebrating a 4-3 victory at the California Supreme Court that boosted their ability to en...

San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos has been cleared of a claim by an investigator who claimed he retaliated...

The Obama administration said Friday it will allow thousands of illegal Haitian immigrants to remain in the U.S. temporarily a...

Two investment fund managers involved in separate fraudulent schemes felt the heat Friday from federal prosecutors in San Fran...

State prison guards don't owe attorneys fees to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in a 1st Amendment suit, a 1s...

Attorneys from Schiff Hardin, led by San Francisco of counsel K. William Neuman and associate Brett Greenberg, recently comple...

Family law practitioners Stacy Phillips and Ram Cogen say the silence amidst attorneys during a budget crisis that will severe...

Christine Peek of McManis Faulkner examines the debate over broadcasting the Prop. 8 trial and action taken to disseminate inf...

U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper, perhaps best known for presiding over some of Southern California's toughest cases ...

John A. Boyd looked up to the judges' bench in a Riverside bankruptcy courtroom. He asked for relief from a stay in a case so ...

Northern District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker's courtroom last week was transformed into a lecture hall of sorts, with a parade ...

Despite a life spent in private schools, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP associate Danielle Katzir found herself at the heart...

Four short months after his September hire as general counsel, Jon Sobel has ceased work at the high-profile Silicon Valley el...

Readers comment on proposal to revise the professional rules of ethics to address the “innocent-convict.”