The designer of an endoscope caused hundreds of patient infections and scores of deaths worldwide as a result of its product b...

It was either a former federal narcotics agent or a man who has become a witness against him who was the mastermind in a wire ...

Nine anonymous legal workers were allowed to litigate against their former firm without revealing their identities, then partl...

General Counsel GlobalTranz Enterprises Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) ...

The 1st District Court of Appeal has vacated the rulings of a private family judge hired by a Napa County couple to resolve th...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Wednesday that will prevent courts from considering immigration status in awards for personal i...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declined en banc review of a granted habeas writ despite heated protests from a port...

A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.

Diego Cartagena, associate vice president and pro bono director at Bet Tzedek Legal Services, is trying to get attorneys hooke...

A Los Angeles County judge invaded jury deliberations in a "unique and egregious" manner, requiring a death penalty verdict to...

An attorney who was punched by an Orange County district attorney's office investigator during a courthouse argument about the...

A bill that would require a conviction before police can seize a person's belongings is poised to pass the state Legislature. ...

An organization representing timeshare developers has dropped its sponsorship of a bill limiting access to owner access to mem...

A former Orange County elected official suing a lawyer for alleged malpractice is contesting a trial continuance granted becau...

Terra Tech Corp., a conglomerate of marijuana-related companies, hired its first general counsel Tuesday. ...

Insurers are not insulated from bad faith claims by simply tendering the full policy limit, a published appellate decision fou...

Federal prosecutors cannot spend money pursuing defendants in medical marijuana cases without first showing state laws were br...

A Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded $10 million to a man who was struck by a speeding teenager in La Puente while making...

A jury was chosen Tuesday in a criminal case involving a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent accused of conspiring to...

A note from the editors.

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The state Supreme Court has denied a bid by the University of Southern California to review a lower appellate decision that re...

A judge certified on Friday a class of Urban Outfitters Inc. department store managers who say they are cheated out of overtim...

A trial date was set in a $2 million copyright infringement case in which a group of plaintiffs allege several broadcasting st...

After an eight-day strike, Santa Clara County Superior Court staff returned to work Monday. While both sides praised the new a...

A former client accusing Thomas V. Girardi and his firm of withholding settlement proceeds alleged no new facts to justify a 1...

A San Diego County judge gave preliminary approval Monday to a $100 million settlement with most of the remaining defendants i...

Corporate Counsel Empire Southwest LLC (Mesa, Arizona) ...

The State Bar has rehired the executive search firm whose contract to help the agency find a new top prosecutor was terminated...