You don't have to be in the billions to capture tax savings before year-end. After all, the 15 percent capital gain rate ends ...

What goes on behind the scenes of the Electoral College begins with the U.S. Constitution, winds its way through the State Cap...

Scotts Valley-based VirnetX Holding Corp. kept up its patent litigation winning streak against technology giants, persuading a...

Apple Inc. appeared to come out ahead in a high stakes case heard at the state Supreme Court Wednesday pitting Internet retail...

Judge Ronald M. Gould was assigned Wednesday to sit on the panel of a closely-watched climate change case pending at the 9th U...

The number of civil filings in the trial courts continued to decline slightly in fiscal 2010-11, in line with a multi-year tre...

Lacey's election marks the first time in the office's 162 year history that someone other than a Caucasian male will lead the ...

California currently has more prisoners on death row than any other state in the nation. And following Tuesday's vote to prese...

Mission West Properties Inc., a real estate investment trust, has agreed to sell certain real estate assets to a joint venture...

The phrase "Would You Rather...?" is a valid trademark that a board game company has been willfully infringing for nearly a de...

A San Jose magistrate judge awarded sanctions against Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. for discovery squabbles befo...

A Los Angeles County judge filed papers defending herself against an effort by a developer to disqualify her from the case.

More independent filmmakers are striking deals with eager foreign buyers. But entertainment lawyers caution the market for for...

Riverside County Public Defender Gary Windom abruptly ended his employment with the county Wednesday, as did a high ranking de...

Proposition's success means no new cuts, and likely Democratic supermajorities could aid courts' funding.

It's the issue that most impassioned the dissenting justice that makes a recent appeal of a granted anti-SLAPP motion intrigui...

Richard Climan and Keith Flaum use a mock negotiation to discuss the pros and cons of the "Most Favored Nations" provision in ...

The federal government's recently-filed suit against Bank of America reveals some disturbing practices employed by the iconic ...

Dean R. Gits, who earned a reputation for humility and deep dedication to clients during his decades-long career as a criminal...

Trial is expected to begin this month for a man charged with making bomb threats after authorities learned of a Facebook post ...

A state appellate court ruled Tuesday that Central Valley officials are not doing enough to prevent dairy operations from poll...

An Hispanic man convicted in 1983 for the murders of a Mojave couple cannot win a reversal even though the prosecutor dismisse...

A Contra Costa County Superior Court judge is under fire from the state Commission on Judicial Performance for allegedly influ...

A small Delaware patent holding company was awarded $30 million - plus potential royalties - by a Virginia federal jury Tuesda...

The new San Diego Law Library Partnership Program offers businesses the opportunity to host educational programs and receive o...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a class-action suit against big media companies over the industry practice o...

The Brinker decision has helped plaintiffs' attorneys hone their allegations against three particular employer behaviors: auto...

Six attorneys joined Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP late last month in its San Diego and Del Mar Heights offices...

After roughly nine months of stalled negotiations, 265 disgruntled employees at San Francisco County Superior Court have reach...

Reinforcements are on the way for the embattled Los Angeles County Probation Department.