A federal judge in Orange County is poised to hold a New York lawyer in contempt and to order him to give up $625,000.

The California Supreme Court could issue the last word on when the governor is allowed to use a line-item veto to slash health...

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Trial began Tuesday in the SEC's civil stock options backdating case against the former controller of software company Embarca...

Attorney general candidate Kamala Harris called on rival Steve Cooley to return donations from a subject of his office's inves...

The L.A. County Bar Association joined the American Bar Association's fight against the Federal Trade Commission over a propos...

Will allowing shareholders proxy access stimulate new and fruitful deliberations or will board functions be under threat? By J...

A former marine and 4th degree black belt in American Kenpo finds use in military strategy and martial art principles for liti...

The author of the book "The Exorcist" has sued Warner Bros. Entertainment, claiming it is the latest studio to properly share ...

Thousands of veterans are set to return from Iraq. Will they be provided with vital services to effectively reintegrate into s...

A U.S. judge curbed discovery requests by a defendant who is using San Francisco's crime lab scandal to challenge his federal ...

Law firms resolved Sarbanes-Oxley issues using a single template. But one template won't address Dodd-Frank Act's impact on ev...

Prison officials are responsible for accommodating state inmates with disabilities even when they are behind the bars of count...

Two brothers were charged in connection with a real estate fraud scheme that targeted more than 300 victims throughout Souther...

When the e-mail blast went out at UCI School of Law seeking students to work for the release of an Iraqi Christian held in imm...

In a complaint filed Tuesday, Hewlett-Packard Co. said Mark Hurd would carry trade secrets to his new job at rival Oracle Corp.

Stenographers in California are becoming increasingly vulnerable as the prospect of replacing them with computers and voice re...

Lawyers who represent defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial are grappling with a backlog that's keeping many o...

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...

The latest transactions by California attorneys.

Spurred by stories of sick and injured policyholders whose disability claims are denied and then tied up in court, state lawma...

Patent litigator Stephen Korniczky has joined Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton's San Diego office as a partner and co-cha...

Manufacturers are presenting hybrid and electric cars as the definitive solution to our fossil fuel problem. But is this accur...

For entertainment lawyers like Corey Field, negotiations over intellectual property usually focus on money. When it comes to h...

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

A dispute between two major record labels involving royalties from the online sale of rapper Eminem's songs is set to head bac...

When the judge has made your case, adding more layers to the discussion will only complicate things, by Nathaniel Bruno of She...

The legal sector gained 1,000 jobs nationwide in August, according to a preliminary report released Friday by the U.S. Departm...