The state's judicial watchdog agency Monday scolded a retired San Bernardino County judge for rude and demeaning comments to a...

Yolo County has improved its system for choosing racially representative grand juries after a prominent Hispanic man complaine...

Web Exclusive - A federal judge on Monday handed identical six-month prison sentences to the last two class action lawyers imp...

Employees who feel they've been discriminated against can try to resolve the problem internally without fear they'll lose thei...

Orange County supervisors are set to approve today a plan to build an expanded DNA lab that would be overseen jointly by the s...

U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer denied attorney Terry N. Christensen’s motions for a new wiretapping trial Monday, rejecti...

Pro bono service is the best way for lawyers to invest themselves in the type of charitable and volunteer service called for b...

A recent 9th Circuit decision highlights the importance of accurate drafting, not only for stock purchase agreements, but for ...

Seven former Heller Ehrman attorneys will be joining Goodwin Procter's real estate investment management and hospitality pract...

Dan Stormer of Hadsell, Stormer, Keeny, Richardson & Renick in Pasadena is lead plaintiffs’ counsel for Nigerian activists...

Parties strain to understand their adversary’s intentions in settlement negotiations, and often overlook the most important in...

A federal judge is set to decide today whether to grant attorney Terry N. Christensen a new trial based on what his attorneys...

Attorneys call it “The Big Myth.” Common misconceptions regarding who is allowed to vote in California after being convicted o...

Personal jurisdiction is of practical importance for casinos, because it answers the question of whether the casino can be sue...

Charles Patterson, a partner in the Los Angeles office of San Francisco-based Morrison & Foerster, is one of about 20 U.S....

The policy-making body for the state's courts unanimously approved a list of 41 construction projects that will be funded by a...

The State-Authorized Risk Assessment Tool for Sex Offenders is meant to aid judges, probation and parole officers in assessing...

The management team of San Francisco-based Thelen has called a firmwide partnership meeting for Tuesday at which dissolution i...

Fontana Judge Stephan Gray Saleson says the key to compelling testimony is letting the witnesses tell jurors the story. It's h...

The latest reports from the State Bar

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed two lawyers and a retired appellate justice to positions on state commissions.

When Pacific Gas and Brobeck collapsed, Judge Dennis J. Montali had the daunting duty of patching up their finances. ...

Don't expect to play golf with Tom Mars, Wal-Mart's general counsel. The retail giant's corporate culture encourages arms-leng...

No matter who wins the election, we must remember that the Constitution applies to everyone, writes Kathleen Taylor. - Forum C...

Although many types of property may be subject to escheat laws, employers are generally left holding unpaid wages, commissions...

Animal advocates have scored a coup in a settlement that makes it tougher for Los Angeles County's six shelters to euthanize c...

Timothy J. Corcoran Left Practice for Mediation With No Regrets ...

In trying to influence Californians to vote against Prop. 2, the secretary of agriculture proved to be just another bad egg in...

An elderly pedophile who traveled from Garden Grove to the Philippines for sex with young girls will be locked up for life, th...

Defense attorneys in the Broadcom stock option backdating scandal this week accused the lead prosecutor in the case of leaking...