State wage claims policy has not changed, says Deputy Chief Labor Commissioner Denise Padres. ...
Perspective
Competitor Standing Under California's Unfair Competition Law
By Carla Pinedan
In an antitrust decision, the California Supreme Court has carved a clearer path for competitors to sue for unfair competition...
Elaine Elinson reviews the story of the Mendez family, who led the fight that changed the course of history for American stude...
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has picked 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye as the next chief justice of Ca...
Perspective
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel: The Immigration Consequences of a Criminal Plea
By Carla Pinedan
Jennifer Chacón of UCI School of Law reviews the implications of the Supreme Court's ruling addressing a noncitizen's Sixth Am...
A state legislator is trying to get an exception made for the developer of the new Long Beach courthouse to avoid a special ta...
As Wal-Mart Stores Inc. prepares to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling certifying the largest employment class act...
What happens to a case when the original plaintiffs are found to have no standing, but a class has already been certified? Is ...
Los Angeles County Judge Stephen M. Moloney spent time in a seminary before pursuing a career in law.
Armed with a little-known law, Chevron Corp. has been crisscrossing the country to uncover information to aid it in fighting a...
Two Silicon Valley mergers and acquisitions partners jumped from one legal behemoth to another, making the move from 3,500-law...
Some San Diego Ford owners could see their damages awards multiply after a state appellate court's decision that car sales con...
Film financier David Bergstein and construction magnate Ronald Tutor have blocked access to crucial financial information rela...
Lawyers around the state are either preparing for trial or trying to mediate cases related to wildfires dating back to 2006. ...
Until there is a more definitive test for whether drivers are impaired while under the influence of medical marijuana, these t...
While the U.S. Navy enjoys immunity from suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act, this does not operate as a shield for injurie...
Now playing at the Geffen Playhouse, "Thurgood" brings Chief Justice Thurgood Marshall back to life. Alan Friedenthal o...
Jonathan Shapiro of USC Gould School of Law recommends Terry Friedman to carry on the best of Chief Justice Ronald George's le...
Businesses have the power to stop unions from picketing on their property, a state appellate court ruled Monday in a first-of-...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Townsend Merger Talks Called Off Over Conflicts
By Jill Redhage
Merger talks between Townsend and Townsend and Crew and Atlanta-based Kilpatrick Stockton are off due to potential conflicts b...
Judge Richard King may have been a mediocre student in school, but his hard work and determination allowed him to succeed.
Letter to the Editor
Executive Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary for THQ Inc.Agoura Hills ...
The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board is moving ahead with a long-delayed plan to clean up contaminated sediments...
The state attorney general's office announced it has reached settlements with two artificial turf companies to drastically cut...
Toyota Motor Corp. could face a new wave of cases seeking damages for alleged sudden unintended acceleration that had previous...
More than 200,000 state workers will get to keep the full wages they've been paid, a Superior Court Judge ordered Friday. ...
A Dewey & LeBoeuf mergers and acquisitions team in East Palo Alto served as U.S. legal counsel to SANYO Electric as it spu...
The alleged drunken driver accused of killing a young Angels pitcher in an April 2009 car crash will go to trial in Orange Cou...
Shares of 3-D technology company RealD's initial public offering jumped 22 percent above its offer price during its first day ...