The California Judges Association is pushing four proposed changes to the procedures used to investigate alleged judicial misc...

Structural changes to the criminal justice system have not happened quickly, but the last 20 years have seen dramatic changes ...

UC Irvine School of Law's inaugural class scored a 90 percent pass rate on the July bar exam, second only to Stanford's 94 per...

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

Off the bench, Judge Stephen S. Trott has channeled Lincoln, performed with Johnny Cash

The next decade will hold many changes for law firms - an increased demand for associates who have carved out a niche, a decre...

The holidays are upon us. Given that everything seems to be protected by intellectual property rights, maybe someone should pr...

Has our high court, in adopting Daubert-ese, pointed the way for greater rigor in the scrutiny of suspect expert testim...

The courts took on a slew of environmental disputes this past year and many of the cases hit on what is arguably the single-bi...

A San Jose federal grand jury indicted three men Friday for running a $60 million fraud scheme that deceived investors into th...

The rulings came in a raft of decisions, all finished before Republican-appointed board member Brian Hayes retired in mid-Dece...

At the new Employment Rights Clinic, six students from the Loyola Law School took on an unusual role this semester while helpi...

In a class action over alleged securities fraud, a 9th Circuit panel on Friday reversed U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel...

The U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jon S. Tigar as the newest federal judge in th...

Law schools have increased enrollment in their master's of law and other non-J.D. programs by 52 percent since 2000, according...

With the economy picking up and the industry enjoying smooth sailing in terms of its output of films and TV shows, studios are...

Having lost its bid for a permanent injunction against South Korea-based rival Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. in its smartphone ...

Attorneys at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP scored a defense verdict Thursday when a Delaware jury cleared their Mo...

New assignments for several judges on Friday shocked attorneys in San Francisco County Superior Court, which will move respect...

A Harvard Law School graduate from Irvine and his law firm have been sued for operating an alleged nationwide mortgage-modific...

The California Public Employees' Retirement System may not get preferential treatment as a creditor in municipal bankruptcies,...

Berkeley is the latest of many law schools in California and around the country to offer moot courts for appellate practitione...

Morrison & Foerster LLP lawyers in California advised on two recent deals that involved more than a dozen firms across the...

San Mateo County Judge Leland Davis III takes his job on the bench, and as a father, seriously.

The California Bar Foundation announced the appointment of seven attorneys to the foundation's board of directors, as well as ...

As Congress continues to wrestle with thorny discussions on budget cuts and tax increases, law firms across California and the...

If class actions and mergers require government approval, settlements in patent suits between rivals should be subject to at l...

On Sept. 23, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1680 into law. ...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC has expanded its Asia platform by opening a new office in Beijing, its third office la...

A jury delivered a resoundingly pro-defense verdict late Wednesday in a federal lawsuit accusing former Los Angeles District ...