It's been a seesaw battle between the government and ratings giant Standard & Poor's as the massive $5 billion civil fraud...

Retired California Supreme Court Justice William P. Clark Jr. died Saturday at the age of 81 after a long battle with Parkinso...

Changes to California's toxics-warning law have businesses feeling like they've gained little, while an expanded exemption for...

What is the role of government oversight in the banking industry? A recent panel discussion on the subject quickly turned into...

In a fiery speech at the American Bar Association annual meeting Monday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounced t...

David O. Stewart - a longtime litigator with Ropes & Gray LLP - is one of dozens of lawyers who have made the leap to writ...

Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday signed the first law in the nation granting transgender students in public schools access to sex-se...

Property owners in the city of Perris got a break last week when a state appellate panel reversed a trial court's decision reg...

Former government officials and civil liberties advocates clashed over the National Security Agency's PRISM surveillance progr...

The Law Society of Hong Kong will allow the Hong Kong office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP to practice as a for...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 292 into law, which alters California's workplace discrimination law to include claims of sexual ha...

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced broad measures to overhaul the criminal justice system, characterizing the push to...

Justice James A. McIntyre is known for his practical approach.

Environmental groups sued the federal government Monday alleging its approval of a plan to log 150,000 acres in Siskiyou Count...

The 1st District Court of Appeal wants to hear why a San Francisco Superior Court judge required eight groups of plaintiffs an...

The legal industry has been notoriously slow to jump on the "green" bandwagon, but the Law Firm Sustainability Network, which...

After 23 years on the state appellate bench, Art W. McKinster hasn't wearied of the work.

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

Those concerned with airlines’ safety after last month’s crash landing of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 might be reassured by Eva...

There are two main types of advance health care directives: a living will and a durable power of attorney. California also all...

A pan full of gold in the form of immediate principal write downs and refinancings could prove to be elusive as long as legal ...

The problem is that these securitization arrangements were developed during a time when many had the foolish idea that home pr...

Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Brian Walsh will chair the the Trial Court Presiding Judges Advisory Committee and ser...

California's groundbreaking effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions through a carbon trading market is a "grand experiment", ac...

Law firms across the nation have seen minimal revenue growth so far this year - but Southern California firms may be weatheri...

Toyota Motor Corp. is trying to persuade a judge to knock out a breach of warranty claim against the automaker in a $20-millio...

Retired criminal defense attorney Stephen J. Scherr discusses his role in the 1979 trial of Dan White, and how the law has cha...

A group of public officials and lawyers debated potential gun control policies at the American Bar Association's annual meetin...

When it comes to breaking into the "old boy's club" often seen among law firm ranks and big businesses, women should carry wit...

Several Silicon Valley general counsel said Friday they're disheartened by the lack of law firms with legal practices focused ...