Daniel M. Sklar was a prolific entertainment lawyer who had many friends and clients in Hollywood and the music industry.

A one-week deadline is looming for two bills pending in the Legislature aimed at clearing the backlog of what some have estima...

After nearly two decades of litigation, a paint manufacturer has agreed to pay over $60 million to 10 counties and cities to s...

Michael J. Avenatti, the ubiquitous television presence and counsel to the porn actress suing the president and his personal a...

To prove someone profited off your likeness, is it necessary to show that the average customer can recognize your identity or ...

In a case that could create a circuit split, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel grilled government and American Civil L...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday took away the ability of immigration judges to remove deportation cases from their ...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bipartisan Senate bill that prohibits disclosure of witnesses’ immigration status unless it is direc...

The Commission on the Future of Legal Education may recommend changes to the traditional bar format

A state Senate budget subcommittee has recommended a $500,000 cut to the annual budget of the Commission on Judicial Performan...

Bruce Van Dalsem is the core of a cadre of Quinn Emanuel helicopter skiers.

The daylong symposium on April 27 covered a wide range of topics, such as the #MeToo cases.

A federal grand jury indicted the former CEO of Bumble Bee Foods LLC on allegations of conspiring to fix prices of canned tuna...

A three-judge panel of the court on Wednesday affirmed U.S. District Judge William Orrick’s denial of a motion to strike and d...

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel affirmed the life sentence handed down to a juvenile gang leader who participated in...

As U.S. immigration authorities step up work site inspections and audits, employers should implement rigorous procedures for c...

The chances of revival for a $500 million copyright infringement lawsuit against the creators of the Fox series “Empire” could...

A lawsuit over what constitutes timely public access to state court filings is headed to trial after a federal judge said that...

A Riverside County Superior Court judge struck down an assisted suicide law Tuesday after a lawsuit claimed it was illegally p...

The reviewability of the Trump administration’s decision to rescind Obama-era rules against deportation of immigrants brought ...

In their second debate leading up to the June 5 primary, candidates for California attorney general called incumbent Xavier Be...

Superior courts across the state are holding what have become known as Humphrey hearings to determine a defendant’s financial ...

Oakland lost its battle to ban coal from its shipyard Tuesday, although the ruling won’t have the kind of scope supporters of ...

The policy change, which applies retroactively, also extends to harassment claims.

A group suing Oakland to obtain information related to Mayor Libby Schaaf’s alert that immigration agents would target Norther...

The White House’s efforts to fill a raft of vacancies on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have hit a roadblock in Califor...

The faculty vote came on the heels of the ABA’s legal education council supporting eliminating the admissions test mandate

The constitutionality of shackling defendants as a matter of policy during pretrial proceedings remains up in the air, with th...

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP continued its expansion by adding two new partners on Monday, when John H. Booher ...

A federal appellate judge asked attorneys for California why they were bothering to appeal a district court injunction on enfo...