The cost of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy will increase by $46 in November to pay for extending four temporary bankruptcy j...

A set of plaintiffs in a long-running antitrust class action on Friday filed a motion to approve a $38 million settlement with...

Unresolved, however, are lawsuits challenging the project that critics said will now proceed. ...

The new Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corp. is a 72-lawyer firm with headquarters in Sacramento and offices in Sa...

Several firms with California presences saw large jumps in the total value of M&A transactions they handled in the first h...

Judge Jerold Turner presides over misdemeanors, but he says the crimes are plenty serious.

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

Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP added Richard J. Zuromski Jr. as partner in San Francisco.

State appellate Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson makes note of the greater impact of his decisions.

Learn more about what can and cannot be used to offset disability income plan payments. By Chuck Teixeira ...

Important tax rules to know when dealing with divorce, Part 2. ...

After four years as an associate justice on Palau's Supreme Court, Alexandra F. Foster is returning to American soil, this ti...

After nearly two decades helping law students get involved in public service, Lisa Mead has returned to a position where she...

Bayer CropScience's $500 million purchase of AgraQuest Inc. represents a move to strengthen its agricultural technology portfo...

The acting county counsel for Mendocino County was detained early Tuesday morning for alleged possession of a concealed firear...

Public Counsel hosted the 2012 William J. Lasarow Awards on June 21 at the Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles. The event s...

Absurd federal policies, enormous college loan debt and students' abusive behavior are suffocating education. By Betty Raskoff...

ADR Services Inc. neutral Steven Pearl uses his encyclopedic knowledge of wage-and-hour laws and his relentlessness to help pa...

Emulex Corp. will pay Broadcom Corp. $58 million to license three of its patents on Ethernet technology in a partial settlemen...

The Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association (LGLA) and Asian Pacific City Attorney's Association (APCAA) held a welcoming receptio...

The full impact of the case is yet to be seen, but it is likely to increase the use of "binding mediations"; mediators should ...

Plaintiffs' employment lawyers at Hurwitz, Orihuela & Hayes are considering broading their practice in light of recent cou...

n Orange County Superior Court judge who asked a court commissioner to make his wife's $300 traffic ticket assessment go away ...

More than 50 students have been placed as interns in 51 Orange County law firms and law-related businesses through Project SEL...

The complaint filed by the father of Kelly Thomas attempts to show a widespread pattern of police misconduct, which some exper...

A cluster of cases in Southern California highlights what appears to be a growing trend: local officials allegedly accepting b...

The State Bar said it wants to reevaluate 24 discipline plea bargains the bar had previously accepted. The move comes in the w...

The acting county counsel for Mendocino County was detained early Tuesday morning for alleged possession of a concealed firear...

Even as the U.S. Supreme Court mostly backed federal primacy and executive discretion over immigration enforcement this term, ...

The state Supreme Court has given a last minute reprieve to a Sacramento man who posted to Facebook information about a trial ...