San Francisco attorney Hannah L. Blumenstiel has been appointed as a bankruptcy judge for the Northern District of California.

The Alliance of California Judges, well known for its criticism of the state's judicial branch governance, is seeking to prese...

It was a gut-wrenching screw up. Even so, the attorney who accidentally missed oral argument before the state Supreme Court la...

In another setback for Arizona's immigration crackdown, a federal appellate court ruled Monday that a law barring drivers from...

The ruling applies the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Wal-Mart v. Dukes and puts in jeopardy plaintiffs' $5.2 million...

Arthur Conan Doyle published most of his Sherlock Holmes stories from 1887 to 1927. Works published before 1923 are likely in ...

An annual report indicates that the judicial nominee pool was slightly less diverse in 2012 than in the previous year.

U.S. District Judge S. James Otero issued the injunction order against Randy H. McMurray.

A defense attorney from Washington, D.C. and two plaintiffs' attorneys are attempting something historically difficult: entici...

One of the biggest players in a massive government tax fraud suit against members of an Hasidic sect was back in a Central ...

The State Bar is likely this week to decide to seek legislation that would impose a surcharge on lawyer dues to bolster fundin...

Central Valley farmers hoping to force the federal government to give them more water got nowhere with a federal appellate cou...

A line of lawyers vied Friday for a leading role in the many actions filed against Hewlett-Packard Co. and its executives for ...

A federal judge cut Apple Inc.'s patent infringement award nearly in half Friday, ruling that jurors had miscalculated damage...

A group of state judges wants to convince us to sell off one of our cherished constitutional protections for a pittance: a tri...

Mabel Walter Willebrandt was far ahead of her time working as a federal prosecutor during prohibition. By Ira Friedman and Dav...

A significant split over federal pleading standards and a highly unusual amended opinion in a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal...

Sheppard Mullin adds attorneys in San Francisco and Los Angeles

A Fresno federal judge on Thursday rejected a bid by the city of Los Angeles to scale back its responsibility to control dust ...

"Who are those guys?" A question that often arises when attorneys are sued by nonclients who seem to come out of nowhere. By J...

On Jan. 10, President Barack Obama signed the Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act into law, which consisted of a...

Here's how it works: The player and the team each submit a proposed salary to the arbitrator (of course, the player proposes a...

The San Mateo County district attorney's office has reached a plea deal with Orange County resident John G. Hedderman, who was...

A courthouse construction project for San Diego County Superior Court has drawn a number of critics in recent months, includin...

Once a prosecutor who logged long hours in trial, retired Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Richard S. Flier now devote...

The Daily Journal celebrated 20 years of honoring rising California legal stars with a reception Tuesday night in Santa Monica...

"Tomorrow's Lawyers" provides lawyers and legal educators an account of the issues currently facing the legal profession. Acco...

Former Los Angeles-based Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Edith Ramirez was tapped by President Barack Obama ...

A key Republican U.S. senator's statement that he would not "fight to the death" to block the confirmation of William Orrick I...

Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor urged state leaders to better emphasize civic education for students at an e...