After the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review an idea theft case over the Syfy Network reality show "Ghost Hunters," a feder...

Court expands employers' ability to get workplace violence restraining orders. By Judith S. Islas of Leibert Cassidy Whitmore

Several telemarketers pleaded guilty Friday to federal felony charges involving taking more than $11 million from underwater h...

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

The California Air Resources Board approved changes to its controversial low carbon fuel standard rule Friday to tackle issues...

The head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office visited San Diego on Friday to assure innovative companies that the agency is...

After nearly 45 years, it's time to raise these limits to accurately reflect the costs involved. By Allen P. Wilkinson

When the cost of bankruptcy, and being tied up for years in litigation with uncertain outcomes, is not a practical option. By ...

Zynga's languishing stock price on Friday could discourage other companies from going public unless they see an improvement in...

A comforting principle of criminal justice has become riddled with moral ambiguity. By Jose H. Varela of the Marin County publ...

Attorney General Eric Holder appointed Laura E. Duffy of the Southern District of California to serve a two-year term on the A...

In the continuing battle over capital punishment in California, a state court ruling threatens to further delay any lethal inj...

President Barack Obama's top civil lawyer on Friday argued in favor of a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals staff attorney seek...

Alston & Bird LLP and the California Endowment hosted the event, “California’s Health Care Future,” at the Omni Hotel in d...

Courts struggle with how to square decades-old privacy case law with rapidly-evolving technology. By William K. Pao, L. David ...

California's approach to online juror misconduct is insufficient, leaving judges and practitioners to fill in the gaps. By Mic...

William Gould's new book provides an unparalleled look at the intersection of baseball lore and baseball law. By Mark S. Askan...

The federal Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday fined a cement maker $1.4 million over claims that it failed to insta...

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has built an army of at least 100 attorneys on both coasts sifting through the ashes...

The state Supreme Court's opinion in a pivotal meal-and-rest break case could be delayed by almost three months after the cour...

On Dec. 5, the Youth Law Center, a nonprofit organization recently recognized as one of the nine best high-impact charities se...

Renewable energy contracts in California will have to meet new requirements to qualify towards California's ambitious renewabl...

On Dec. 7, the Association for Corporate Growth in Los Angeles hosted its annual Holiday Party at the Beverly Hills Hotel. ACG...

The Contra Costa County Employees' Retirement Association, which administers the county government's retirement system, filed ...

Debate over a controversial online piracy bill threw the House Judiciary Committee into chaos Thursday, as the typical decorum...

A state appellate court ruling Thursday appeared to doom a court challenge to San Francisco's below-market-rate condo conversi...

After serving in administrative positions for the Sacramento County Municipal Court, in 1992 Dennis Jones became the first exe...

The Disability Rights Legal Center, a public interest law firm whose mission is to champion the rights of people with disabili...

The California Public Utilities Commission has found a way to continue collecting for another year money it uses to fund green...

Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino counties’ Annual Luncheon, the nonprofit organization’s marquee fundraising ev...