Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Aria Systems Inc. San Francisco ...

Judge Pamela P. King took a break from law to raise her kids - all of whom turned out to be lawyers.

It's a state of affairs that has union critics indulging in schadenfreude. The very labor leaders who championed the Affordabl...

Several recent decisions suggest that advertisements and products which refer to actual people may be more risky than their pr...

Until recently, it would have been unlikely to hear about a large verdict in a same-sex harassment case. By Polina Bernstein a...

As long as capital punishment exists, some offenders will receive less punishment than they deserve. Some may even get away wi...

Minor league ballplayers have filed a class action against Major League Baseball and several of its franchises, alleging the l...

The Palo Alto-based firm hired two additional Sidley Austin LLP partners to its Los Angeles office, adding an energy and infra...

The entertainment giant elevated Ana M. de Castro, who has worked in the company's legal department for 18 years, to deputy ge...

Carl C. Holmes, a former Orange County public defender who spent more than 30 years in the office and was known for his passio...

The conservative wing at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rose up Wednesday to bash liberal colleagues who granted habeas...

The proposed rule barring judges from membership in the Boy Scouts is dangerous and misguided. By Paul A. Hoffman ...

There is plenty of guessing over whom Brown will pick to replace Justice Joyce L. Kennard, who announced Tuesday she will step...

A state lawmaker has called for an audit of the Administrative Office of the Courts in what he says is an effort to promote ef...

A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.

In the past 10 years, just 19 tenured teachers in the entire state of California have been terminated for performance. By Dani...

Justice Joyce L. Kennard, the longest-serving member on the state Supreme Court, known for her fierce independent streak that ...

Justice Joyce L. Kennard, the longest-serving member on the state Supreme Court, known for her fierce independent streak that ...

The 9th Circuit recently denied a petition for panel rehearing in a case strongly affirming the First Amendment rights of prof...

A policy that restricts inmate mail at Ventura County Jail to the form of postcards is being challenged in federal court by a ...

The San Francisco-based software developer provides tools to help employees compare and purchase health care plans, a sector m...

Both Realtek Semiconductor Corp. and LSI Corp. took their shots Tuesday morning during opening statements before an eight-memb...

It was recently revealed that the massive Target data breach involved credentials stolen from a third-party contractor. So wha...

Firm represents San Diego-based Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc. in its sale to Mallinckrodt plc. ...

After nearly 25 years on the Orange County Superior Court bench, Judge Nancy Wieben Stock is retiring to join mediation and ar...

San Mateo-based AtHoc Inc. specializes in emergency mass-notification systems that have been used amid natural disasters and o...

At least 15 judges have drawn election challenges for the June primary. Meanwhile, 27 candidates signed up to vie for 14 open ...

Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer has formally requested an audit of the Judicial Branch's Administrative Office of the Courts...