A Contra Costa County prosecutor accused of raping and sodomizing a colleague lost his bid Friday to get the government to pay...
A Legislative committee has killed a bill that would have made it a misdemeanor for child molesters to cruising Internet socia...
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Daniel Lazaroff of Loyola Law School examines American Needle Inc. v. NFL, a case that will undoubtedly influence the c...
The Bar Association of San Francisco has given good marks to all seven of the candidates running for seats on the county's Sup...
The California Supreme Court has finally defined who is and is not an employer in a decision that will shape wage and hour pra...
Three appellate court justices on Friday appeared skeptical of claims that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has the authority to fur...
Richard Neff of Neff Law Firm clarifies the concept of "fair use" of copyrighted works, one of the least understood concepts i...
The county claims the integrated software platform it hired Deloitte Consulting to implement to replace its payroll, financial...
Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi chronicle the first-ever account of how the Golden State struggled to develop and protect civil r...
A lawsuit that a production company filed against the Walt Disney Co. over profits from the game show "Who Wants to be a Milli...
Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy has been approved by the Senate as U.S. attorney in San Diego. ...
Rachel F. Moran, a longtime professor at UC Berkeley School of Law who took a leave to help found the law school at UC Irvine,...
Securities
Prosecutors Reverse Themselves, Say They Won't Appeal Broadcom Dismissal
By Gabe Friedmann
After months of silence about their intentions, U.S. prosecutors in Santa Ana filed a motion to drop their criminal case again...
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...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Orange County Superior Court Judge Kirk Nakamura learned to value fairness at an early age from his grandparents' internment d...
Katherine Mader learned early in her career that to succeed she would have to open doors for herself. This philosophy has all...
Trial lawyer Donald F. Costello launched the Million Dollar Advocates Forum in 2007 to help successful lawyers tap a trusted n...
A fishing group in a boat off the coast of Long Beach found the body of missing Irell & Manella partner Thomas Kirschbaum ...
Orange County lawyer Mel W. Campbell pleaded guilty Thursday to money laundering and helping embezzle $889,000 from Kia Motors...
San Jose-based solar power company SunPower Corp. announced it would enter into a $1.2 billion joint venture with Taiwan-based...
Jones Day secured a win for more than 400 lenders in an appeal by Adelphia that was thrown out Wednesday by the Second U.S. Co...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
A Holistic Approach to Mediating Litigated Cases
By Carla Pinedan
While it is no secret that attorneys who represent parties prefer a mediator with a legal background, mediation involves much ...
A new report estimates that as many as seven in 10 children held in California's juvenile halls suffer from mental illnesses, ...
A sports agent who sued his former agency to void a two-year non-compete clause has been terminated from his new job, calling ...
Perspective
Ninth Circuit Widens Split on Copyright Registration Issue
By Carla Pinedan
The 9th Circuit has finally ruled on what is needed to file suit for copyright infringement, say Mark Lee and Benjamin Shat of...
Discovery wars in the unintended acceleration litigation against Toyota Motor Corp. are starting early - and with particular f...
Law firms and corporate legal departments grappling with smaller budgets are continuing to find alternatives to the billable h...
In "The Living Constitution," author David Strauss challenges originalism while arguing that the Constitution can remai...