The scandal involving sexual crimes continues, but the Catholic Church can't quite nail down the concept of repentance, writes...
Bryan Liang of California Western School of Law and Tim Mackey of the Institute of Health Law Studies discuss conflicts of int...
D. Gregory Valenza of Shaw Valenza says when revenge comes in the form of a SLAPP lawsuit, payback is best served in accordanc...
Law firms found no silver bullet for achieving financial stability last year and layoffs turned out to be one of the few signi...
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee seized Tuesday on UC Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin Liu's failure to f...
In her new book, Areva Martin provides parents and caregivers with vital and relevant instructions on how to stand up for chil...
Read our annual list of the leading intellectual property lawyers in California. Plus, we explore how the Central District is ...
Jenna Hamerling, left, Melissa Tyner and David Ackerly launched the Inner City Law Center's legal clinic focusing on the legal...
Teresa Estrada-Mullaney, who trained as a dancer as a child, is known for her professionalism and grace.
A San Diego magistrate judge has reversed a sanctions order against six attorneys who represented Qualcomm Corp. and fell unde...
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elizabeth A. Grimes was confirmed Monday as associate justice to the Second District's Court ...
A legal malpractice claim against Los Angeles attorney Ernest Price and the firm of Ropers Majesky Kohn & Bentley was thro...
Over the objections of the company's former general counsel, a San Jose judge has approved a settlement in which former Atmel ...
Lawyers from Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker and Cooley Godward Kronish worked on Accelrys Inc.'s acquisition of Santa C...
A Court of Appeal in Los Angeles revived a lawsuit Monday against prominent plaintiffs attorney Tom Girardi. ...
The Los Angeles district attorney's union signaled it plans to seek class certification of a lawsuit filed last year accusing ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Hyundai Wins Case Against Insurers
By John Roemer
Two insurance companies wrongly refused to defend Hyundai Motor America on a patent infringement claim related to a feature on...
Sparring continues over the state's new court case management system, with backers and critics planning dueling demonstrations...
The California Supreme Court gave trial court judges a little more leeway Monday to remove appointed counsel and delay crimina...
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday decided not to take a case out of Washington state about whether the Fifth Amendment protection ...
Contrary to what many employers' counsel predict, Chavez v. City of Los Angeles is likely to have a limited impact on attorney...
Daniel Garrie of ARC and Yoav Griver of Zeichner Ellman & Krause advise on how to avoid the pitfalls of a poorly designed ...
Hadar Aviram of UC Hastings College of Law questions the public's captivation with forensic science, a phenomenon known as 'th...
John Tanner of SEIU 721 says California needs to upgrade its aging court system to better serve the public and calls for a new...
"Aggravated felony" and "cancellation of removal" are two concepts that embody the complex and harsh nature of federal immigra...
A battle is raging over a small Bay Area hospital, pitting not-for-profit medical powerhouse Sutter Health against a small com...
Personal Injury & Torts
SLAPP Suit Turns Personal After Brother's Death
By Laura Ernden
In a case that could have reverberations throughout the state, the California Supreme Court case today hears claims a Los Gato...
Judge E. Bradley Nelson trusts his people-reading skills in addition to his legal knowledge in making decisions in criminal ca...
People line up at the resource center for self-represented litigants on the fourth floor of the Mosk courthouse. ...