The 1st District Court of Appeal issues a significant decision addressing urban water management plans. By Alfred E. Smith of ...

As money has poured into the election fight over Proposition 23, which would effectively kill the state's climate change law, ...

Trial courts facing criminal case backlogs don't have to sideline civil and family court matters to deal with the problem, the...

The latest deals and transactions by California attorneys.

Hundreds of millions of dollars in fines haven't stopped drug and medical device companies from illegally marketing their prod...

San Diego attorney Craig Shaber pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to one count of tax evasion for the 2000 tax year. ...

Federal prosecutors are giving up on the final count of what had been a high-profile economic espionage trial against two men ...

An en banc panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals brought an end Friday to a lawsuit against San Francisco officials w...

Plaintiffs' lawyers filed what could be the state's first class action based on alleged "robo-signing" of home-loan documents,...

Latham & Watkins represented Aliso Viejo-based Clarient Inc., a molecular diagnostics company, in its $580 million sale to...

With the election fast approaching, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Ulmer has been making a strong bid to keep his ...

With less than two weeks to go before the election, Steve Cooley has widened his fundraising lead over Kamala Harris in the ca...

Health advocates are taking Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to task for slashing general fund dollars for special education student...

A federal judge said Friday that he will hold an evidentiary hearing to determine what to do about genetically modified sugar ...

Intel Corp. scored a minor victory last week in its ongoing legal battle with Canadian patent holding company Wi-Lan Inc., whi...

Two groups released a report last week showing disparities in marijuana arrest rates between blacks and whites, calling on min...

Millionaire construction magnate Ron Tutor is hoping a judge will pave the way for one of his companies to foreclose on a larg...

Children of unauthorized immigrants deserve access to our higher education system. By Jennifer Chacón of the UCI School of Law...

The information you post on Facebook is easy prey for law enforcement, identity thieves and lawyers. By Orange County attorney...

Weeks after being accused of bribing witnesses in connection with the long-running Nicaraguan banana farm pesticide litigation...

Federal appellate committee looks into billing irregularities for work done by private attorneys who receive tax money. ...

Proposition 19 withstands constitutional objections and leads to a more rational drug policy. By Allen Hopper of the ACLU. ...

Earn one hour of MCLE credit by reading "Introduction to Receiverships" by Edythe L. Bronston and David J. Pasternak and answe...

Barbara Scheper runs formal proceedings in her Chatsworth courtroom. Some attorneys say it stems from her background in federa...

Understand what receiverships are, when they are appropriate and the scope of their powers. By Edythe L. Bronston and David J....

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

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...

Fear and greed. That's what helped fuel millions of dollars in fraudulent claims being paid out following a series of Californ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set a Dec. 6 oral argument date for hearing the Proposition 8 same-sex marriage case Thu...

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted 61 individuals accused of distributing large quantities of methamphetamine an...