After two decades on the bench, San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Ellen L. Chaitin is retiring. ...

Although California is getting one new federal judge, four other local judicial nominees must wait, as Senate Republicans have...

San Francisco County Superior Court Judge John K. Stewart has been selected as the next assistant presiding judge of the court...

Apple Inc. has asked a federal judge to award it $707 million extra in its patent infringement case against Samsung Electronic...

A mortgage-modification lawyer in Los Angeles sued by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could be disbarred unde...

Due to bankruptcies filed by California cities and other local governments nationwide, Goodwin Procter LLP has launched a new ...

Motorcycle lover Judge Charles Ervin first saw courtroom action as a bailiff.

Stanford Law School won a five-year, $7.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of State to continue developing the next gene...

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

Most people don't think about getting cancer when they sip their morning coffee, but a slew of major companies face claims the...

Vice President and General Counsel for Fresh Enterprises LLC Irvine ...

A cottage industry of lawyers filing or threatening to file serial lawsuits against small businesses over these "technical" or...

A new program at UC Irvine School of Law will provide training for attorneys transitioning from private practice to in-house r...

Hoping to return one of its tablet computers to sales racks in the United States quickly, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. asked a...

The 9th Circuit announced late Friday that it will rehear en banc an important arbitration ruling originally decided by a thre...

The judge overseeing the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP bankruptcy must consider whether to approve a partner settlement plan and whe...

The Orange County Superior Court will require all documents in new civil cases next year to be filed electronically. The requi...

A long-running gender discrimination class action against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. cleared an important procedural hurdle in the U...

A change in circumstances may be in the form of "unrealized expectations," but this argument requires the supported spouse to ...

After a hard-knock legislative year, the state's judicial branch is awaiting the outcome of a ballot measure to increase taxes...

A village of Inupiat native Alaskans whose land is under threat of disappearing because of erosion it attributes to global wa...

When workers' compensation reforms take effect in January, lawyers won't be going to court anymore over treatment disputes, bu...

One of California's largest-ever planned residential developments has received a significant blow in Los Angeles County Superi...

The rise in white collar criminal prosecutions carries with it an increase in parallel civil and criminal cases. By Steven S. ...

O'Melveny & Myers LLP added Jorge deNeve as counsel in Los Angeles. DeNeve will be a member of the firm's White Collar Def...

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

Judge Patti Jo McKay's soft-spoken demeanor belies her command of the law.

Judge Eric Nakata keeps lawyers in his court on their toes while he enjoys watching them battle.

More plaintiffs' attorneys in smaller-value cases are pushing state courts to grant fee waivers for their clients. Lawyers say...

A recent decision is yet another example of how statements by pharmaceutical companies about clinical trials consistently give...