Steven R. Smith, dean of California Western School of Law, announced Friday that he will be stepping down in August 2012. ...

The State Public Works Board has approved a site in Siskiyou County in northern California for a new courthouse. ...

Headhunters say their business is taking a beating by law firms' tentative approach to placing lateral candidates and their re...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals breathed new life Friday into a whistle-blower lawsuit alleging that Corinthian Colleges...

A citizens group trying to kill a high-end residential project in Orange has accused the developer of interfering with the gro...

The chief justice will set up a group to explore solutions to court budget cuts. Her announcement came the same day that the S...

A superior court judge on Friday gave a securities class action plaintiff more time to find a replacement attorney without wad...

Last week's market volitility did more than leave some retirement accounts in the red-it could ultimately lead to a large disc...

In the wake of the economic meltdown, which has spurred few enforcement actions or prosecutions, a relatively obscure federal ...

Superior Court Judge Sonoma County (Santa Rosa) ...

A physical attack brought Judge Christine Byrd a greater understanding of the courtroom.

Palo Alto-based Cooley LLP expanded its intellectual property practice in Seattle with the addition of three partners.

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

Superior Court Judge, Kern County (Bakersfield) ...

Lawyer rosters in Riverside County and the Central Valley didn't keep up with population booms last decade, and local attorney...

The chilling tale of how an attorney came to defend an American serial killer. By Sam L. Amirante of Amirante and Etchingham a...

Mediation at its heart is about negotiation - dollars are relatively easy to deal with, interests create the challenges. By Ri...

The future use of public-private partnerships in California takes a positive step forward. By James M. Chantland and D. Creigh...

Personal accounts of immigrants detained at Angel Island are uncovered for the first time. By Elaine Elinson ...

Firm represents foreign-based companies seeking U.S. investors. ...

San Francisco-based Sedgwick LLP is adding an office in Washington D.C. Aug. 15. The firm's leadership said the move will stre...

The Blue Lake Rancheria tribe of Humboldt County will recoup $2 million in federal taxes plus interest, a 9th Circuit panel ru...

Jurors heard bond manager Jeffrey E. Gundlach seemingly contradict the testimony of his associate when he denied he ordered un...

JAMS neutral Richard C. Neal's tactic of bluntly assessing the merits and drawbacks of a case has made him one of the more sou...

Using tortured confessions in the terrorism context raises troubling consequences. By M. Katherine Darmer of Chapman Universit...

The state Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide how strictly courts should adhere to a law requiring plaintiffs to give ...

Mattel Inc. filed a notice Thursday of its intent to appeal a federal judge’s decision to award MGA Entertainment Inc. nearly ...

A transgender woman who sued the California Department of Motor Vehicles after one of its employees sent condemning letters a...

The Securities and Exchange Commission is contending that condominiums in the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego actually are securi...