The Obama administration will likely reinvigorate antitrust enforcement, and might start with taking a closer look at pharmace...

The federal corruption trial of Mike Carona will continue without the former Orange County sheriff's mistress nearby as a co-d...

Disputes arising from online virtual worlds could make their way to real world courts, writes Robert D. Brain. - Forum Column ...

Lawyers suing on behalf of learning disabled bar exam takers should focus on two specific sections of the Americans With Disab...

Retired judge formed own religion. ...

The Judicial Council and others are considering proposals that would require mediators to meet and pass professional eligibili...

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow Tuesday to a convicted murderer from California when it vacated a 9th U.S. Circuit Court o...

President-elect Barack Obama announced Tuesday the selection of former California lawyer and legislator Louis E. Caldera, a Se...

Citing "extraordinary new evidence" of judicial and prosecutorial misconduct, attorneys for film director Roman Polanski on Tu...

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch adds three attorneys in San Diego.

A lawsuit seeking to shut down the large pumps that remove water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta has opened a whol...

“In the area of electronic surveillance, it’s essential to have accountability on the part of the people we trust with our com...

As a farm worker, Rosendo Peña was incarcerated for picketing in protest of working conditions. Thirty-five years later he's a...

Although the U.S. Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the issue of hacker-obtained evidence, the line of Fourth Amendment cases...

The San Jose-based technology company, which develops small packages for silicon chips used in everything from cellular phones...

In one of this term's major employment cases, the U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided Monday over whether unions can require m...

The 9th Circuit has created a confusing patchwork of decisions involving free speech and intellectual property, writes Mark S....

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to intervene in a dispute over whether police are required to return pot seized from me...

New York should take a cue from California regarding Ultimate Fighting Championship events, writes Kristin Johnson. - Forum Co...

The Federal Circuit agreed with a San Diego judge's ruling that Qualcomm Inc. committed misconduct by failing to disclose the ...

A federal jury on Monday rejected the claims of Nigerian plaintiffs who said Chevron Corp. was responsible for the shooting de...

Obstacles to high court fall for former union lawyer Marsha S. Berzon ...

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has elected four partners in its Los Angeles and Palo Alto offices.

"I think the entire country is waiting to see what the California Supreme Court does," said Marcy Berkman, a deputy in the San...

The delicate issue of how the government should weigh environmental interests against those of big business comes before the U...

Demanding that hydroelectric dams — which emit no carbon dioxide and provide the cleanest, most reliable, and cheapest form of...

Under California law, the tort of trespass to chattels encompasses “intermeddling with or use of or damages to” personal prope...

Philadelphia-based Duane Morris, home to 650 lawyers, has claimed Thelen's 19-attorney construction group from its New York of...

Environmentalists and community groups have filed three lawsuits against a county-approved plan to expand oil drilling in the ...

Even if lawmakers return for another lame-duck session this month, the 110th Congress is nearly certain to close up shop witho...