San Diego criminal defense attorney Judy Clarke has made her reputation helping notorious killers avoid capital punishment. Bu...

A high-profile case that provides guidance on how local governments might approach holiday display regulations without violati...

The Department of Justice has opened a formal investigation into the state judiciary's policies regarding alleged voting right...

Venable LLP is moving to a larger space in San Francisco in an effort to accommodate its plans for continued expansion in the ...

A former University of San Francisco employee alleges he was discriminated against and fired due to his East Indian heritage, ...

In the wake of the creation of insurance exchange markets under the Affordable Care Act, slews of primary care physician group...

A state appeals court panel has declared unconstitutional a mandatory mediation process that binds agricultural employers into...

Five former prisoners were recognized Thursday as the newest graduates of Stanford University's Project ReMADE program, an eff...

Orange County attorneys refused to mince words in expressing their frustration with the Board of Supervisors' decision to call...

U.S. District Judge William Hayes is thoughtful and deliberate, and aims for bullet-proof rulings

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U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman once sought a career in politics, but she has adapted.

In the trial of an accused art thief who is represennting himself, U.S. District Judge William Alsup has faced the tricky task...

I was struck by the tone taken in Marc Debbaut's recent discussion of home monitoring for juveniles. By Alex Coolman ...

There are many factors for an attorney to consider in deciding whether to leave. Here are the top four things every attorney ...

Unlike civil cases, a workers' compensation case can last for a worker's lifetime. As such, practitioners may not feel any urg...

A federal judge has denied an injunction seeking to block a Los Angeles city ordinance that raises minimum wage raise for empl...

A federal court nixed a two-year-old injunction that prevented a former partner of The Cochran Firm PC from using the lionized...

A lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc. accuses the technology startup, its co-founders, and other defendants of stealing the...

The Commission on Judicial Performance publicly admonished Kern County Superior Court Judge John L. Fielder Thursday for two i...

Gov. Jerry Brown awarded an extra $15.5 million from the General Fund to mitigate losses from uncollected court fines and fees...

Sidley Austin LLP is celebrating its 35th year in Los Angeles by bringing on a new M&A partner with a dual mission: co-man...

Seeking to increase public protection, the revised version of the sentencing guidelines for attorney discipline matters tackle...

Corporate attorney George Grellas teamed up with litigator Dhaivat H. Shah in 2011 to establish Cupertino-based Grellas Shah L...

Lynn Duryee is in the third act of her legal career. After 13 years as a civil litigation attorney and 21 years on the bench i...

The need for clarity in the law governing contractual fee shifting is paramount. In reality, however, the law is far from clea...

Lawyers are scoring more attorney fee awards in patent infringement cases as a result of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court opinion...

A district court judge decided Wednesday that a San Diego County man failed to prove his retiree health insurance plan should'...

Among the lawyers disciplined recently is one who may be the first to run afoul of judicial ethics rules as a lawyer - through...

Advertising networks and online video services specifically designed for media directed at children are giving peace of mind t...