Getting rid of some seriously flawed criminal justice policies would help alleviate the state's budget crisis, writes Jeffrey ...

A decision involving water transfers in Florida, will likely have a profound impact on California's water supply and delivery ...

For big firms, client conflicts create a murky area for issues of legal malpractice liability, write Scott B. Garner and Isabe...

A Superior Court judge on Wednesday formally dismissed two high-profile damages suits against Dole Food Co. Inc., months after...

The nation's cash-strapped immigration courts are struggling to keep pace with a surge in new cases that resulted from ramped-...

A federal jury handed down a verdict late Tuesday awarding San Francisco law firm Shartsis Friese more than $1.3 million for m...

A former aide to accused Orange County Ponzi mastermind Danny Pang says a payment was made to Los Angeles-origin legal powerho...

Placer County Superior Court's former Court Executive Officer John Mendes is not only facing accusations of taking nearly $500...

Hugh R. Manes 1924-2009

Not every nook and cranny of the Constitution requires judicial review, writes Allan Ides.

A day after the Daily Journal reported officials had reached a deal to close the state court system's $393 million budget gap,...

A recent case provides a strong message that investors can't use NAFTA arbitration to get around environmental rules, write Jo...

President Barack Obama's top lawyers have reacted strongly to the denial of their state secrets privilege claims by the 9th U....

A federal judge dismissed all claims in a long-running securities class action against software giant Oracle and its chief exe...

There are many pitfalls involved in making offers under Code of Civil Procedure Section 998, write Gary A. Watt and L. Maple Lay.

The Federal Circuit has clarified the law of patent licensing when it comes to third parties, write Rod S. Berman and Bernard ...

The Justice Department's antitrust division's chief economist dialed back expectations Tuesday on how aggressively it will pol...

Federal prosecutors have asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review a lower court's decision last week to throw out...

Robert E. Boyce plans to use his stint as president of the San Diego Criminal Defense Bar Association to promote support for f...

David Sugden's book "Gray Markets" explores the intersection of the legal market and the black market.

Putting on a summer concert or festival means navigating local ordinances, writes Richard J. Idell.

A recent 4th Circuit case is instructive on how to handle angry former spouses who use the Internet to smear each other, write...

After social networking site Facebook began allowing its users to register personalized Internet addresses Friday, attorneys r...

If band members all agree on an arrangement for ownership of the band name, things will be much simpler if the group breaks up...

Readers weigh in on the State Bar's attorney discipline system.

Marin County Superior Court plans to cut in half the hours of its records office to help bridge budget shortfalls.

More than 20 Southern California churches said they were scammed out of thousands of dollars for broken computer systems by an...

In "The Dark Side," Jane Mayer reminds us that we must continue to pay attention to the damage that was done to the Constituti...

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday ruled unanimously that the government has the authority to deport immigrants prosecuted for frau...

ExxonMobil Corp. must pay about $500 million dollars in interest and costs on the punitive damages it owes for the 1989 Exxon ...