Those convicted could face a year in prison and a $5,000 fine per violation. The bill would also place an expansive definition...

Policyholders and insurance companies often disagree. But at least on a procedural level, many attorneys representing them agr...

Criminal defense attorney knew no strangers in the courts.

While superior courts across the state have resumed civil law and motion and other pretrial hearings in recent days, or are pr...

Criminal defendants should be barred from subpoenaing social media companies for private user content without exhausting alte...

The Uniform Bar Exam has led to “training of lawyers on matters that bear little relation to the legal issues that they will ...

A bill that aims to stop employers from committing wage theft by shutting down their business and reopening under a new name p...

According to Diane L. Karpman, a legal ethics expert at Karpman and Associates in Los Angeles, the ruling is a big deal, becau...

Superior courts across the state are gradually opening up more courtrooms in the midst of the COVID-19 virus, but to the frust...

The Bureau of Prisons’ website says 1,780 inmates and staff at the two prisons have tested positive for the virus and 10 have ...

Among the items that could be delayed are large court projects Alameda, Los Angeles and San Francisco counties.

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday upheld a trial judge’s decision the NCAA can’t put a cap on education-rel...

Wildfire victims overwhelmingly approved a plan by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to emerge from bankruptcy, the company annou...

A new U.S. Department of Labor rule that expands the list of retailers who can exempt their employees from overtime pay will b...

Administrative Director Martin Hoshino told the Judicial Council the courts are facing about a $255 million shortfall over the...

Pioneer in law opened doors for many women attorneys.

The U.S. attorney's office and the American Civil Liberties Union are battling over sealing applications in the government's u...

A federal appellate panel vacated attorney fees and litigation expenses for most of a $205 million settlement between a class ...

Apple secured preliminary approval Friday for a potential $500 million settlement to resolve accusations it purposely slowed o...

A nearly two-decades-long trademark battle between two fashion companies came to an end when the U.S. Supreme Court unanimousl...

Anti-abortion activist David R. Daleiden, who faces multiple felony counts of illegally recording Planned Parenthood and other...

Just four months ago, Newsom proposed a record $222.2 billion budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year, counting the state General F...

Fresno District Attorney Lisa A. Smittcamp issued a statement in April saying the state of emergency gives her line prosecutor...

Gary, on the bench for 18 years, made “undignified” and “sarcastic” comments toward parties in a contentious custody dispute, ...

Uber will be allowed to arbitrate another class action filed by drivers seeking paid sick leave amid state-mandated stay-at-ho...

Despite some petitioners pleading with the court not to send their matters to “the superior courts of appropriate counties” fo...

The state Senate's Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee on Thursday rejected a bill to repeal and replace Assembl...

During the enforced idleness of sheltering at home, some lawyers clean the garage. Others bake bread. Deborah S. Chang spent h...

After the governor sent warning letters to three rural counties for reopening too quickly, other local governments are startin...

The COVID-19 virus and its potential risks have sparked a discovery battle over whether Los Gatos-based Roku Inc. must allow e...