Gideon Kanner of Loyola Law School compares the media's treatment of two instances of land-use regulation and the First Amendm...

Deborah Stein of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett examines the financial consequences of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme. ...

San Francisco District Attorney Kamala D. Harris takes a look at the crime problem from different perspectives in her new book...

Joshua Traver of Cole Pedroza says CA Civil Jury Instruction No. 430 fails to accurately state the application of two differen...

D. Gregory Valenza of Shaw Valenza says public policy issues have furthered court restriction on use of non-solicitation agree...

The federal appeals court said defense lawyers failed to marshal mitigating evidence in the penalty phase of a Van Nuys man 19...

Two years after Homeland Security officials agreed to first obtain a court order before forcibly drugging immigrants who are f...

A federal judge on Wednesday set aside Orange County billionaire Henry Samueli's guilty plea in the Broadcom stock option back...

After handling civil trials for close to a decade, Neil Cabrinha next year becomes a family law judge.

Somaxon Pharmaceuticals Inc. has again been sent back to the drawing board by the Food and Drug Administration over its drug, ...

Coffee wholesaler Diedrich Coffee Inc. Tuesday said it would be acquired by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. and not by Pee...

Delivery drivers won preliminary approval for a $12.8 million settlement with UPS over claims the drivers were misclassified a...

Parties on both sides of the lawsuit over Proposition 8 today filed briefs outlining their arguments in the gay marriage case....

Described as either clarifying the law or a cautionary "do-as-you-please key" for judges, an appellate decision on the equitab...

Judge Terry Friedman, whose lifelong commitment to public service took him from pro bono work to the Assembly and the Los Ange...

An attorney for the former board chairman of McKesson Corp. Tuesday asked a federal judge to consider evidence of possible jur...

U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed to be in agreement Tuesday that a federal statute used to prosecute public officials and wh...

In a blow for corporate defendants, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that lawyers have no immediate right to a...

Daniel Scott of Chadbourne & Parke discusses Jay-Z's track 'Forever Young' and how artists can achieve immortality through...

Matthew Stein of Sedgwick provides a play-by-play account of how NBA star Chris Bosh scored big with a slam dunk court win. ...

With immunity, billionaire Henry Samueli reluctantly took the stand Tuesday as a defense witness at the trial of one of his fo...

Trial attorney Jeffrey A. Tidus, who helped run the civil boutique firm Baute & Tidus in Los Angeles, was fatally shot out...

Lonny Zilberman of Wilson Turner Kosmo analyzes Roby v. McKesson's treatment of harassment claims and punitive damages....

AOC says hefty raises, promotions and extra paid vacation to make up for furlough days was needed to hold on to valued employe...

Michael Young of Alston & Bird asks whether Roby v. McKesson is a victory for both employers and employees. ...

President George W. Bush appointed veteran Securities and Exchange Commission staff lawyer Elisse B. Walter to her dream job -...

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a landmark decision Monday that opens the door to far-reaching regulation of greenh...

Careers in the Navy and as a police officer have given Michael J. Cassidy a calm focus on the bench.

The Department of Energy announced revised rules Monday for its $60 billion loan guarantee program aimed at boosting clean tec...

Biopharmaceutical company Celgene announced plans Monday to acquire Gloucester Pharmaceuticals for up to $640 million. ...