Marine Sgt. Gary Stein's Facebook page, "Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots," is back up following a meeting Tuesday with his sup...
While many expect legal staff hiring to ramp back up this year, some question whether outsourcing could stand in the way of a ...
The newest edition of the often criticized but closely watched list of top law schools by U.S. News & World Report was rel...
UC Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin Liu will face a barrage of attacks today from Republicans who claim he's unfit to ...
Ask Margaret Hay what sets her apart from other mediators and arbitrators, and she'll laugh. "My accent," she said. "But there...
An audit of family court practices in Sacramento and Marin superior courts requested nearly a year ago remains in limbo follow...
San Francisco Superior Court could be on the verge of substantial layoffs to meet a budget deficit of at least $11.8 million i...
The U.S. has consistently emphasized the importance of the international legal system but simultaneously distances itself from...
The business judgment rule, when skillfully employed, is a formidable weapon against derivative lawsuits, writes Jeffrey W. Kr...
Perspective
Lianghui Shows China Is Moving Toward Parliamentary System
By Carla Pinedan
The annual conference, held in five-year cycles corresponding to the term of the NPC, appears willing to hold the government a...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Judges Debate Unpublished Opinions
By John Roemer
9th Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski isn't shy about his deep dislike of a new federal courts rule allowing lawyers to cite u...
A Superior Court Judge on Thursday ordered prosecutors to provide defense lawyers with hundreds of additional pages of documen...
Loyola Law School hosted its fourth-annual Fidler Institute on Criminal Justice on Friday. Panels focused on four topics: snit...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Local and global forces are driving some law firms to shift their tax practices out West. ...
President Barack Obama has nominated Edward DuMont, a partner at WilmerHale and a Washington, D.C.-based appellate specialist,...
Law school students have a lot of confidence in their employment prospects after school but could hardly say the same of their...
Accounting firm Hood & Strong sued labor and employment law firm Jackson Lewis for professional malpractice Monday in San ...
Haitian musician Marc Antoine Joseph, 29, will get another chance to stay in the U.S., the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals r...
By the time the 2009 tax season is over this month, a Web-based application run by the Legal Aid Society of Orange County like...
The Bar Association of San Francisco's tax-controversy clinic matches volunteer lawyers from the area with poor people whose I...
Even if you don't have to pay taxes, you can still get in hot water with the tax collector. Just ask the Service Employees Int...
The Santa Clara County Bar Association has named two minority members to its judicial vetting committee to satisfy critics who...
Medical device companies hoping to tie up a competitor's products in federal court may now have to rely on new legal tactics. ...
Benihana Inc. and its subsidiary, RA Sushi, have been sued in Los Angeles Superior Court for the death of a woman stemming fro...
The agency that handles court-ordered child support services for nearly 2 million families across California has proposed remo...
Nomi Stolzenberg of USC Law School says the belief that religion has ceased to be a relevant factor in judicial appointments i...
Michael Kiely and Claudia Gutierrez of Sheppard Mullin say Recovery Zone Facility Bonds may not provide the economic stimulus ...
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi called on Mayor Gavin Newsom Wednesday to provide more lawyers to deal with the lega...