Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to pay $20 million to settle the claims of a nationwide class of mortgage consultants who all...

Think that class action waivers aren't enforceable in California? Think again now that the U.S. Supreme Court has entered the ...

Do mandatory arbitration provisions in a residential development's covenants, conditions and restrictions actually constitute ...

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A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge has ordered Distict Attorney Steve Cooley's office to return assets seized last month on al...

A federal judge in Los Angeles on Monday delayed sentencing for a former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney who...

One of the jurors involved in awarding a massive $677 million verdict to plaintiffs suing the nursing home chain is being targ...

How does the government raise revenues in a nation founded by tax objectors? By calling new levies "fees" to obscure their tru...

In a win for employers, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that workers can't sue to enforce a state law that protects ...

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali confirmed Heller Ehrman's liquidation plan Monday, triggering a major transition in the c...

Disbarred for nearly three years, former securities trial lawyer William S. Lerach proved Monday he hasn't lost the knack for ...

For San Francisco County Judge Andrew Cheng, a fan of Russian literature, contemplating the fairness of the criminal justice s...

San Francisco-based Genstar Capital LLC announced July 29 that it acquired Connecticut-based Evolution Benefits Inc.

As the proportion of obese Americans reaches historic highs, weight discrimination in the workplace is poised to become a burg...

Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants San Francisco ...

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California is seeking a 30-year sentence for a former U.S. Immigration ...

The American Bar Association is honoring the Santa Monica City Attorney's office for its work for focusing state and national ...

Hewlett-Packard Co. chief executive officer and president Mark Hurd resigned Friday for violating the company's terms of busin...

Attorney General Jerry Brown and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told Northern District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker Friday that he...

Washington, D.C.-based Covington & Burling beefed up its presence in Silicon Valley by transferring three partners from it...

Jennifer R.S. Detjen was confirmed Friday as an associate justice of the Fresno-based 5th District Court of Appeal. ...

As the economic fallout in the legal industry brings attention to the emergence of small firm practices, it seems fitting that...

With the U.S. Senate now in its summer recess, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Goodwin Liu and Northern District of ...

Hanson Bridgett is picking up 11 attorneys from Sacramento's McDonough Holland & Allen, which is currently in the process ...

The legal services industry lost 800 jobs nationwide in July, reflecting a slowdown in job losses. ...

Los Angeles County Sheriffs Deputies in Lancaster and Palmdale are disproportionately arresting African Americans and accusing...

State court administrators are investigating allegations that Marin County's family court employees improperly destroyed media...

Why in the world would the immigration bar oppose the call for repeal of the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship, a propos...

Is China taking the lead in upholding consumer rights with its Anti-Monopoly Law, or will the law's complexity stall progress?...

If you're going to take away a fundamental right from a certain group of citizens, you'd better have a darn good basis for doi...