A personal injury plaintiff who claims he was thrown from a moving ambulance will be bound by the $350,000 settlement his lawy...

Civil rights groups asked a federal judge on Monday to issue a preliminary injunction halting enforcement of a newly enacted b...

Susanne Fenstermacher followed her father's footsteps into the law and on to the bench.

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

General Counsel for Sabal Financial Group LP Newport Beach ...

Government attorneys asked a federal judge Friday to toss out two lawsuits about a wiretapping and surveillance program enacte...

By Ken Basin ...

During litigation, parties often enter into agreements that restrict the use of information designated "confidential" - but th...

Since the film focuses on Lincoln's effort to end slavery by pushing the 13th Amendment through a sharply divided Congress, th...

Although the U.S. Supreme Court's docket is light on First Amendment cases this term, 2013 may well bring important developmen...

In a sign that large corporations are aggressively pursuing patent claims against rivals, a licensing entity created by Nokia ...

A San Diego defense attorney returned to court Friday, despite being attacked with a razor the day before, allegedly by a cli...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC represented NetApp Inc. and Autodesk Inc. in their respective note offerings of $1 bi...

Michael W. Perry, the former CEO of now-defunct IndyMac Bank FSB, has agreed to leave the financial industry permanently and p...

Saving courts' reserves and pushing for better funding will be the judicial branch's No. 1 priority this coming year. ...

Assistant Presiding Judge Winifred Y. Smith is eager to tackle issues facing the court system.

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

San Diego Superior Court Judge Luis R. Vargas has joined the district attorney's office, effective in January. He is schedule...

A son of immigrants, Judge Angel Bermudez takes keen interest in 1959 Cuban Revolution

Judge Lawrence Karlton might seem gruff to some, but most realize it's high standards at play.

In a banner year for collections by federal prosecutors, the four U.S. attorney's offices in California reaped nearly $765 mil...

While the overall representation of women and minority partners in law firms was up slightly over the past year, women associa...

Recent reports indicate that as many as 10 courthouses in the county may close by next summer, as the court system must cut it...

It is that time of year again where ample opportunities exist to build or blow up client and family relations. Can you avoid t...

Earn MCLE: The objective of this article and self-study test is to familiarize readers with the meaning of "action on the cont...

LeRoy Simmons might not consider himself famous, but the retired judge turned mediator has been involved in two cases made int...

Judges with the state judicial branch's working group on new courthouse construction voted Thursday to recommend that four new...

On Dec. 5, more than 120 lawyers and judges celebrated the start of the holiday season at the Women Lawyers Association of Los...

The Commission on Judicial Performance publicly admonished Judge Derek G. Johnson for suggesting a rape victim should have fo...

Walgreen Co. agreed Thursday to pay $16.57 million to settle a case in which 43 counties throughout the state accused the phar...