How the 14th Amendment's protection of parental right may impact attempts to ban circumcision. By Michael A. Helfand of Pepper...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Wednesday that will force Amazon and other online companies with marketing affiliates in t...

Judges and attorneys with the Los Angeles County Bar Association have drafted a series of voluntary stipulations designed to b...

California law firms are beefing up their China practices in response to investigations into Chinese companies that merged wit...

Court referee Marc Kopeikin never went to college but has plenty of knowledge to pass on.

In a U.S. Supreme Court term that was dominated by cases from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the San Francisco-based c...

The Environmental Protection Agency now governs federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. By Don Frost Jr., Jane Kroesch...

With non-practicing entities increasing in number daily, it's only a matter of time before your company is the next target. By...

Reverse mergers may be the best way to raise capital for some Chinese companies. By James Wong of Chinney Alliance Group ...

A federal judge is granting renewed scrutiny to allegations of government misconduct in the prosecution of two executives from...

Complaints of mortgage-loan fraud perpetrated by borrowers against financial institutions are up 31 percent nationwide compare...

A Jewish judge didn't have to disclose his religious affiliation before agreeing to arbitrate a case involving a German defend...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider whether an Idaho couple can challenge the government's authority to prevent ...

A state appellate court stepped in Tuesday to prevent an attorney from being deposed with questions that would violate attorne...

The State Bar's legal assistance funds will receive a huge financial boon, thanks to amendments added Tuesday to the annual St...

An unusual Internet auction launching this week allows anyone - film buffs as well as investors and industry professionals - ...

A California appellate justice sided with public interest watchdogs and media outlets Wednesday, ruling that the San Diego Cou...

One month after his acrimonious departure from heavyweight plaintiffs' law firm Girardi Keese, former U.S. District Judge Step...

Recent reports that Gov. Jerry Brown is interviewing candidates for the state Supreme Court have raised court-watchers' hopes ...

Barnes & Thornburg LLP continues expansion of its Los Angeles office, grabbing six more lawyers from Akin Gump Strauss Hau...

Vice President and General Counsel, Mills College in Oakland ...

Arnold Mednick can't use his sleight-of-hand skills on juvenile cases, though he'd sometimes like to.

Many criminal defendants fall victim to an unknown procedural rule that makes appealing their convictions practically impossib...

The rapid ascension of social media has courts struggling over civil discovery issues. By William K. Pao, L. David Russell, an...

The U.S. Supreme Court decision providing Miranda rights to children will hopefully divert referrals of minor offenses to the ...

In a case with ramifications for organized labor, the U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it weight whether a union in Califor...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider if law enforcement's use of warrantless GPS tracking devices to surveil suspe...

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will weight whether a condemned state prisoner is entitled a new court-appointed lawyer ...

The judiciary's lobbyists have given lawmakers a wish list of demands they would like to see met if the Legislature cuts the j...

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday to hear the meat industry's challenge to a California law that calls for swine that are ...