The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that last year’s California Supreme Court decision establishing a stringent, e...

Business conflicts motivated Lincoln Bandlow’s departure from Fox Rothschild LLP’s Los Angeles office, the prolific copyright ...

Two years after a federal judge approved a billion dollar settlement ending much of the consumer litigation following revelati...

In a rare suit brought under the False Claims Act, a defendant invoked the Fifth Amendment over 100 times during testimony Thu...

California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye appointed three judges to the Judicial Council on Thursday and reappointed fou...

After multiple failed attempts to try and charge $379 million to ratepayers to recover costs linked to the 2007 wildfire that ...

Law Rocks raised more than $136,000 at its San Francisco fundraiser, with a winning performance by a band dominated by Winston...

A group of water suppliers are attempted to block new wetlands protections passed by the State Water Resources Control Board l...

Walmart appointed healthcare veteran Jeanine Jiganti to new health and wellness general counsel role.

What is a federal appeals court to do when considering a legal question already addressed by a nationwide injunction issued ou...

An attorney for the defense said the relator was pursuing the case out of revenge against a former employee turned competitor,...

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench began her term Wednesday as a member of the Commission on Judicial Perfo...

An attorney for the defense said the relator was pursuing the case out of revenge against a former employee turned competitor,...

A judge considered departing from precedent Wednesday in deciding whether to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the retention of D...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has named Sacramento-based political attorney Richard C. Miadich as the new chairman of the Fair Political P...

The transfer comes amid a demurrer from the city and a motion to intervene from a nonprofit involved in a similar case.

A new study shows more than 50 percent of senior in-house lawyers think firms can be doing more to promote their diverse attor...

Amid a slew of lawsuits prompted by the death of 346 people on Boeing 737 Max planes, the company promoted its general counsel...

The American Bar Association cut dues for members, effective Wednesday, in an effort to reverse a trend of declining membershi...

Richard D. Pfeiffer, the attorney fighting to release a former follower of Charles Manson, said his affinity for “lifers” came...

A spicy dispute is headed for Ventura County Superior Court as Huy Fong Foods, the producer of popular hot sauce sriracha, and...

The Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement Tuesday reaffirming its position that glyphosate does not cause cancer will...

Five years after being filed, jury selection and opening statements began Tuesday for a rare civil suit brought under the Fals...

An appellate panel split on whether or not the state’s former law regarding second degree felony murder was unconstitutionally...

A museum in Spain will keep a $40 million painting by iconic impressionist Camille Pissarro despite a claim by descendants of ...

A bill that would ban consideration of a plaintiff’s race, ethnicity and gender in calculating civil damage awards passed the ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shot down efforts to revive a putative class action alleging insurance companies fightin...

While affirming the State Bar’s need for a fee increase in 2020, State Auditor Elaine M. Howle proposed a much more modest hik...

Agency fees that public employee unions charge to nonmembers only apply prospectively under the U.S. Supreme Court’s Janus rul...