Last week, a Senate committee passed legislation that promises to revolutionize automotive safety. By Jonathan Michaels ...

As a nascent medical and recreational marijuana industry sees exponential growth, many cannabusinesses in the state are seekin...

A proposed $415 million anti-poaching settlement that Silicon Valley technology giants are prepared to pay a class of former e...

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.

Privacy attorneys say tech companies should take notice of the agreement Google Inc. made with Italian regulators, which marks...

I am surprised that the Daily Journal would print Mark Miller's one-sided diatribe about the Supreme Court's Yates deci...

Direct democracy, gerrymandering and federal court standing - three contentious topics - are on stage Monday as the U.S. Supre...

DLA Piper announced last week that Dean Fealk, a partner and chair of the global equity group in the firm's San Francisco and ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived an application for asylum by two Armenian citizens after finding that the Board ...

A new bill would increase protections against gender-based pay discrimination by reducing employers' defenses under California...

The federal government will pay a Sacramento utility district more than $22.5 million for money it spent keeping and destroyin...

A lawsuit filed Friday in federal court accuses dockworkers of letting management run a disastrous health care plan with milli...

Under current California law, a deceased person's reputation cannot be injured, and thus you cannot defame the deceased. Acros...

Attorneys representing creditors of the failed Fontainebleau Las Vegas development claim the $300 million settlement reached w...

The CEO of a San Diego-based holding company pleaded guilty Friday to defrauding investors in a complex securities scheme. ...

Orange County attorney Thomas J. Umberg is in Afghanistan this week, meeting with applicants for a unique program that brings ...

When a criminal defendant flees, he certainly doesn't make things easier for himself in the courtroom. But what happens to his...

A state appellate court ruling that fills in one of the gaps left by a landmark California Supreme Court employment ruling has...

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Alessandro Ricciardulli keeps learning as he teaches.

Judge Ronald Bauer doesn't issue tentative rulings, but he still lets lawyers know where he stands.

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.

Judge W. Michael Hayes' approach to his felony docket was shaped by 20 years as a police reservist.

The Federal Communications Commission faces a lengthy legal fight to defend the incoming set of new net neutrality rules, expe...

In December the Council on Environmental Quality proposed draft guidance on how to deal with climate change impacts under NEPA...

The particular wording of different policy forms may mean the difference between having or not having insurance coverage where...

A lack of succession planning carries with it enormous risk for the law practice and can deprive attorneys the assurance of a ...

An Orange County judge ruled Wednesday that anyone staying in a motel in Costa Mesa as of Feb. 25 would be granted an exemptio...

Longtime Silicon Valley lawyer Michelle Lee is on the cusp of becoming the permanent director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark...

The state Supreme Court opined Thursday that the California Highway Patrol is probably not liable for an accident caused by a ...

A State Bar committee voted Thursday to recommend to drop the agency's investigative unit that pursues nonattorneys who practi...