The longtime heads of several public defender's offices around the state are stepping down, leaving their replacements with up...

The California Supreme Court will soon decide whether hidden cameras in the workplace violates employees' privacy rights, writ...

From blackjack dealer to personal-injury lawyer to mediator, Thomas Neal Thrasher knows how to handle the heat.

Companies that caused disease should not complain that the civil justice system is unfair, writes Dean A. Hanley.

By instituting strong internal controls, a company will be more likely to defeat actions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices A...

Sonia Sotomayor appears to face a smooth passage to the U.S. Supreme Court after completing her testimony before the Senate Th...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has named a slew of new judges to Southern California trial courts, including eight in Los Angeles ...

California juries in asbestos cases aren't fully informed of the effects of their decisions, write Edward R. Hugo and James C....

In U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California on Thursday, a nagging question in Heller Ehrman's bankruptcy...

An unknown number of personal injury and wrongful death cases and potential cases against GM and Chrysler are being virtually ...

A line formed Wednesday outside the Los Angeles Superior Court Metropolitan Courthouse as the first day of court furloughs began.

Not all courts will be furloughing employees to meet the Administrative Office of the Court's cost-reduction plans. Some will ...

The state Supreme Court recently confirmed that wage-and-hour cases brought pursuant to the Unfair Competition Law must be bro...

Although a federal judge had rejected the same argument in another case, a Department of Justice attorney argued to the judge ...

A federal judge ruled that insurance companies must pay a portion of MGA Entertainment's legal costs in its ongoing litigation...

The state's judicial watchdog agency barred former Los Angeles County Commissioner Ann Dobbs from receiving further judicial a...

The United States may unilaterally impose restrictions on carbon emissions, but it will not solve the global climate change pr...

After a seven-year deadlock that ended only with the Bush administration taking an offramp to oblivion, California now has a g...

Now that the California Supreme Court is finished with same-sex marriage, a new hot-button issue has emerged on the court's do...

In the calculations of the judicial mind there is an evolving sense of how and when the Constitution should be reinterpreted t...

Demurrers absorb significant court resources and should be demolished, writes Dan Lawton.

On the third day of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing, several senators pressed her to reveal ...

Union power could be on the rebound, and these five lawyers are ready. ...

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce warns that more union-friendly labor and employment laws could cost jobs and economic recovery.

A former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board outlines the labor and employment reforms the Obama administration has...

There is a bright spot in the recession, at least for labor and employment lawyers. The waves of layoffs have sparked a boom i...

The U.S. work force could be undergoing a dramatic shift away from permanent employees and toward temporary, contingent worker...

President Barack Obama is poised to enact pro-worker policies that will fundamentally reshape labor and employment law. Alread...

With the Obama administration poised to enact more worker-friendly legislation, the Daily Journal offers its first-ever labor ...

Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. are no strangers to allegations of "click fraud." Those cases have settled. Now it's Facebook's turn.