A group of University of California students came a step closer to a $38 million refund on Monday, when the 1st District Court...

Fifty-one law students will have to find new summer employers following Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's cancellation of its summer a...

The justices late last month directed attorneys James S. Thomson and Peter Giannini to be ready to argue whether financial s...

On June 15, the Los Angeles Superior Court will close all 11 branches of the Informal Juvenile and Traffic Court. By Arnold W....

Principles of equity along with several Water Code sections require that the oversight costs be reasonable. By Jad Davis of Ku...

In a surprise move, Sen. President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, has signed onto a bill seeking to limit the moneta...

A group of California cities and counties today will ask a state court to throw out a lawsuit that could force them to pay bac...

A prominent executive turned white-collar convict is free and clear after the federal judge on his case took the unusual step ...

Lawyers who won't be a fit in potential merger can leave, official says. ...

With charter schools an increasingly popular educational alternative, the state Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed how teacher u...

Miller Starr Regalia, a venerable presence in the Bay Area, looks to Newport Beach ...

Environmental mediation requires a unique combination of approaches, far beyond the classic caucus-only mediations that are st...

An intellectual property company that saw a $612 million trial court judgment in its favor erased on appeal is arguing it was ...

The state Administrative Office of the Courts must pay more than $4 million in a dispute with a construction company, a jury f...

The firm snagged the chairman of King & Spalding's patent initiative, Courtland Reichman, to start the office. ...

Judge Robert Trentacosta took over the San Diego court as the judiciary faces devastating cuts.

Judge Alfred Goodwin has led a storied career on the bench, perhaps enough for a memoir.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped guide Menlo Park-based private equity fund Silver Lake in its agreement to acquire a...

As efforts to expedite litigation over major development projects begin to take shape, opposition is growing not only from env...

Solar City has taken another step forward in its path towards a public offering later this year by filing a confidential submi...

The Northern District's chief judge, James S. Ware, surprised attendees at a conference Saturday by announcing he'll leave hi...

New information to consider when deciding your tactics and strategies during mediation. By Christine Masters of PMA Dispute Re...

Dick Clark Productions Inc. has won a dispute with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association over the broadcast rights to the as...

Two of Southern California's most widely recognized sheriffs went zero-for-two at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, denying pe...

Delegates from community groups, legal aid associations, law enforcement and other government agencies met Saturday to discuss...

MGA Entertainment Inc. filed a brief late Friday urging an appellate court to uphold a $310 million judgment the Bratz manufac...

Given the nearly insurmountable costs associated with bringing a car to market, it is a serious question of whether any ground...

Learn about one of a judge's most potent tools: the power to dismiss. By Hon. Hank Goldberg of the Superior Court of Los Angel...

Robert A. Van Nest seemed to be playing to multiple audiences Monday when he delivered Google Inc. 's closing argument as the ...

A Marin County man was sentenced Monday to 22 years in prison for scamming more than 50 people out of roughly $31 million. ...