Lawyers, clients and courts have long complained about the abuse of the discovery process. Serious proposals for reform finall...

Clinically and behaviorally challenged physicians are now empowered by the decision in Fahlen to launch harassing lawsu...

Comcast won't need to make Santa Monica-based Tennis Channel available to nearly all of its subscribers by Sept. 7 after all. ...

An appeals court on Friday handed a victory to San Jose-based ActiveVideo Networks Inc., which is locked in a patent dispute w...

Former professional cyclist Floyd Landis, who was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title after failing a doping test, has a...

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

A cutting-edge case involving a juror who made posts to Facebook during the course of a trial will not get a hearing before th...

A director of the Alliance of California Judges is questioning the decision by the Judicial branch's Court Facilities Working ...

A recent report claims the venture environment continues to resemble "a tale of two cities," citing growing money disparities ...

California-accredited law schools are fighting a proposal to require them to maintain a 50-percent rolling pass rate for their...

In a dramatic win that could reshape the mobile device industry, a federal jury awarded Apple Inc. just over $1 billion in dam...

Two judges are about to face off in a race for San Francisco County Superior Court's assistant presiding judge seat. ...

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Jeffrey S. White, a Republican appointee, sided with gay rights in case now before high court

San Jose-based Adobe Systems Inc. named Michael A. Dillon as general counsel. Dillon, who will also hold the titles of senior ...

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The high court dismissed a case centering on whether federal law preempts local medical marijuana regulations, pulling the plu...

I am a longtime reader of the Daily Journal and have always considered its staff writers to present a fair and balanced view o...

In reference to two recent pieces on Proposition 34. By Miriam Gerace YES on 34 * SAFE California Campaign ...

Many litigators feel that the arbitration horse has broken out of the barn and is running away at full speed. By Robert Mann o...

A web of current legislation in China regulates the collection and use of data through the Internet and by specific kinds of b...

Apparently this is the first litigant to present the conflict between the peer review statutes and Westlake on the one ...

The 9th Circuit honored Associate Justice Judith L. Haller of the California 4th District Court of Appeal and Sanford Svetcov,...

Northern California energy provider Pacific Gas and Electric Co. was hit with a major proposed class action Thursday by custom...

A federal judge in Oakland heard arguments Thursday in an ongoing battle to define what resources California must provide disa...

Media mogul Barry Diller has joined the major broadcast networks in filing suit against the recently launched BarryDriller.com...

Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, chief justice of the California Supreme Court and the first Asian-Filipina American woman in the natio...

In a free speech case, U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez has issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Trinity County Sher...

Lawyers at Nemecek & Cole, who devote much of their time helping other attorneys and professionals try to escape legal jam...

Victory on the court: Three teams emerged victorious as the Landau Lawyers League concluded its summer basketball season. ...