Thomas E. Perez, the new head of the U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division, talks about redistricting, immigration a...

A majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed reluctant Monday to encourage judges to intervene in the fight over excessive...

Several major movie studios have made moves to shore up falling DVD sales - but are they courting antitrust complaints in the ...

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...

A court-appointed receiver for California's prison system isn't immune from lawsuits for failing to pay an outside contractor,...

Richard Kellner and Alfredo Torrijos of Kabateck Brown Kellner peel back the layers of conflict surrounding Proposition 64.

Stewart Levine of Resolution Works portrays how two brothers, caught in a family business dispute, successfully reached an agr...

A former vice president at HBO & Co. left a U.S. courtroom Friday near tears after testifying in a criminal securities fra...

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors is set to consider building a $660 million, 17-story complex to replace the Superior...

The idea of electronic court recorders attracted renewed attention during a legislative watchdog hearing on spending by the st...

The son of a couple murdered in 2006 has asked a Contra Costa County judge to let him tell a jury why his parents' convicted k...

Three former Ralphs managers acquitted of engaging in unlawful hiring practices sued the grocery chain, claiming they were mad...

Despite a bruising year of layoffs and pressure from clients, most firms will pay associates bonuses this year. But how those ...

Selina Bryant's story echoes that of thousands of people who say they were ensared in the recent subprime mortgage mess, but w...

Three months after an attorney complained the state Supreme Court is giving away valuable appellate briefs to for-profit firms...

Fascinated with world religions, Joanne C. Parrilli thought about a career in theology but decided to go into law. A good list...

Peter Fagen and Lyndsy Rutherford of Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost say e-mails not maintained by the educational agency are no...

A federal judge on Thursday threw out yet another lawsuit claiming President Obama was born in Kenya and therefore unqualified...

A federal judge awarded $711 million in damages against notorious "Spam King" Sanford Wallace for tricking Facebook Inc. users...

Oral objections in federal bankruptcy court Thursday temporarily derailed approval of a $19.7 million settlement agreement bet...

A union representing Los Angeles County's prosecutors said it plans to file a lawsuit against District Attorney Steve Cooley t...

Meredith Johnson of Higgins Settlement Law explains why qualified settlement funds can benefit plaintiffs. ...

Oakland-based Renewable Funding, which has pioneered a financial model to expand solar power and energy efficiency retrofits i...

Stewart Kwoh of APALC remarks on the first national civil rights conference for the Asian American and Pacific Islander commun...

A former Broadcom Corp. board member testified that a former executive now on trial tricked him into approving improper stock ...

Although President Barack Obama has dismissed criticism about his ambitious agenda, addressing the nearly 100 vacancies on the...

Judge Barry A. Taylor comes out of retirement to preside over a criminal courtroom in Van Nuys - where he once tried cases as...

Los Angeles County Public Defender Jennifer Friedman emphasizes the need to change how courts, lawyers and labs handle forensi...

Marc Ehrlich of Best, Best & Krieger applies the Dept. of Justice's memorandum on medical use of marijuana to city enforce...

A legislative watchdog committee will soon vote on whether lawmakers should require the Administrative Office of the Courts to...