The short-lived job growth the legal market saw in July slowed to a crawl in the month of August as the industry added only 10...

Environmental and land use attorneys said they're closely watching state legislation that would fast-track environmental legal...

A competency hearing in Vista against a lawyer who told foreclosed homeowners to break back into their homes was postponed Fri...

The Heller Ehrman LLP estate settled with the estate of fellow bankrupt San Francisco law firm Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison...

A Silicon Valley startup that streams DVD rentals over the Internet appealed an injunction ordering it to cease operations. If...

After a series of decisions setting tougher standards for large patent awards, patent attorneys on both sides of the bar are a...

Today, opponents of same-sex marriage are making their fourth trip to the state Supreme Court , but this time what’s at stake ...

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is opening an office in Washington, D.C.

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

A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

Carolyn B. Kuhl is focusing on efficiency during her second run leading L.A.'s civil courts.

Judge Michael P. Candela's bootstrap life has served as an inspiration to youth in foster care.

The city of Vernon has paid former official Donal O’Callaghan $500,000 to settle an employment contract dispute. ...

Welfare recipients in California speak out about fraud in the system. By Kaaryn S. Gustafson of University of Connecticut Scho...

A 1st District decision clarifies two rules governing disputes between a seller and broker. By Steven C. Spronz of Murchison &...

What's the better standard for inverse condemnation actions - strict liability or the rule of reasonableness? By Bradley D. Pi...

San Fernando Valley lawyer Alfred Nash Villalobos was convicted this week of federal extortion and obstruction of justice char...

Conservative judges at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blasted their liberal colleagues on Thursday over a decision that...

A state appellate court Thursday rejected the latest challenge to California's $250,000 cap on non-economic damages in medical...

Legislation authored by Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, that would have lowered the burden of proof in physical elder abuse ca...

The dramatic drop in the price of solar panels this past year due to steep competition from China has driven a California sol...

Duane Morris LLP hired a prominent white-collar and securities litigator to beef up its Southern California offices ...

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan said Thursday it will open a Washington, D.C. office to service the growing number of i...

After 20 years on the federal bench, Senior U.S. District Judge Oliver W. Wanger of the Eastern District of California will st...

Sacramento County officials have agreed to pay a $400,000 settlement to end two men's civil rights lawsuit alleging sheriff's ...

U.S. District Judge Jeremy D. Fogel reluctantly handed off a long-running challenge to California's lethal injection procedure...

The state Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a woman who broke her wrist riding a bumper car can sue an amusement park...

Plaintiffs' boutique Kantor & Kantor LLP is one of a handful of firms in the nation focusing on employer health insurance ...

El Segundo-based Janzen Johnston & Rockwell Emergency Management Services Inc. agreed to pay $4.6 million to settle allega...

The merger between Hennigan Dorman LLP and McKool Smith may turn out to be wedded bliss but it appears to be a marriage of con...