Keith Bishop of Allen Matkins warns that California's failure to reserve the power to repeal or amend certain corporate laws m...
The complaint filed in San Francisco alleges the collection of DNA samples from arrestees is an unlawful search. ...
Democratic lawmakers are trying to undo a recent high court that makes it harder for workers to win discrimination claims. ...
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has until Sunday to sign bills aimed at resolving a fight between Southern California air regulator...
The lawsuit filed by CB Legal Search is just the latest spat over a placement deal to reach the courts this year. ...
Federal officials vowed Tuesday to review every contract and consider new agreements to overhaul the nation's immigration dete...
Walter Bean Scott of Pillsbury Winthrop in San Diego says he was inspired to act after realizing there isn't a veterans bar. ...
The California Supreme Court struggled Tuesday to balance the rights of children who have been abused or neglected with their ...
Isaac Gradman of Howard Rice says the 'Servicer Safe Harbor,' intended to encourage loan modification, violates the Takings Cl...
Frank Loo of the San Bernardino Public Defender's Office says People v. Strider upholds privacy rights for gang members in pos...
Six years of litigation involving claims of discrimination and harassment at the South Gate Police Department came to an end T...
California Courts of Appeal
Court Asked to Redo Math In Attorney Fees Litigation
By Laura Ernden
A San Jose attorney who won a dispute with the contractor who built his house can't get compensated for the $664,000 he and hi...
U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Ban on Animal Cruelty Films May Violate First Amendment
By Lawrence Hurleyn
A federal statute that bans the depiction of animal cruelty appears to be hanging by a thread after the U.S. Supreme Court hea...
After years of trying to overturn an attempted murder conviction, Rafael Madrigal has been released from state prison in Chino...
K.C. Victor of Victor Legal Solutions says when the economy is down, legal recruiters can save time and money by finding the r...
Criminal defense attorneys Gail Shifman and Vicki Young say it's time to decriminalize drugs and expand abuse therapy outside ...
Senator Tom Harman says the California Supreme Court's decision in the In re Tobacco II Cases is disconnected from the state's...
A new wave of mortgage victimization is quickly gaining steam, with many of the same abusers from the subprime market now taki...
A Virginia federal judge wants to know why a patent holding company should not have to pay for its now-dropped lawsuit against...
It's not popular review site Yelp, but it comes pretty close in the lawyer world. In-house counsel will soon rate outside law ...
FRESNO - Federal officials have settled a legal battle with environmental groups by agreeing to stop commercial development in...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the Obama administration's views on the legality of San Francisco's plan for universal ...
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was the most forceful defender of the attorney-client privilege in a case before the U.S. Su...
Elizabeth Lake and Shannon Little of Holland & Knight say the new general storm water permit sets strict compliance and mo...
Stephen Smerek and Nicolas Jampol of Winston & Strawn say the law governing a retailer's request for personal information ...
Judge Robert J. Perry of the Los Angeles Superior Court advises on how to ask clear questions during trial. ...
A U.S. judge seems poised to toss out another lawsuit attacking Barak Obama's right to be president on the claim that he was b...
Daniel Garrie and Jean-Luc Chatelain say electronic archiving infrastructures, while complex and costly, are needed to protect...
Craig W. Johnson, 1946-2009 ...
Personal Injury & Torts
Top Plaintiff Lawyers May Face Discipline In Banana Case
By John Roemer
An independent prosecutor has recommended a punishment for Thomas V. Girardi and Walter J. Lack over forged documents. ...