Ramzi Abadou was so valued at Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins that he was given founder Bill Lerach's office. But a...

Prominent human rights attorney Susan B. Jordan, who was a strong advocate for the rights of medical marijuana growers, died l...

Section 101 of the U.S. Code is a blunt instrument ill-suited for discerning patentable subject matter in emerging technologie...

Lawyers have been busy helping cleantech companies take advantage of the vast array of funding opportunities and get a piece o...

The Securities and Exchange Commission may file civil fraud charges against former Countrywide Financial Corp. chief executive...

Hopefully soon-to-be Justice Sotomayor will stand as courageously for the rule of law as did Carlos Moreno - her nomination co...

Fresno County Superior Court Judge Denise Whitehead has helped out both young offenders and rookie lawyers. ...

An infusion of federal money into nationwide infrastructure, and cash-strapped public agencies increasingly looking to partner...

Still active at 93, former Navy intelligence officer and now senior district court judge Samuel King stays busy hearing 9th Ci...

A drop in demand for special work permits, known as H-1B visas - fueled by an ailing economy and new employer hiring restricti...

As the Chrysler and GM bankruptcies will likely prove, forum shopping biases the bankruptcy courts in favor of the case placer...

New financial disclosure requirements from the Treasury are likely to affect athletes and celebrities who perform here - even ...

State Attorney General Jerry Brown will soon force foreclosure consultants to register with his office and put up money to gua...

In this era of "Change!" constant overhauling of the law is deemed to be a good thing, writes Gideon Kanner. ...

In an escalating showdown between the executive and judicial branches over a challenge to the National Security Agency's Terro...

Kenneth Kahn, 1942-2009 ...

Disgruntled Alameda County Superior Court employees are circulating a petition of "no confidence" in the court's chief executi...

There are ways to reduce the risk of film investments, writes Mark Litwak. ...

The future of many technology patents appeared uncertain Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review an appellate cou...

The California Supreme Court wiped out a $1 billion judgment against Bank of America on Monday, giving the banking industry a ...

Elaborating on a 2002 decision to ban the death penalty for the mentally retarded, the U.S. Supreme Court held Monday that sta...

The interests of excess insurers often conflict with those of primary insurers and insureds, writes Shaun H. Crosner.

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court of the Bar Court, listing attorney...

Letter to the Editor ...

Why does the government regulate consumer products like toothpaste, but not financial products like mortgages, asks Amelia War...

Obama's capitulation to his critics on Guantanamo will not only imperil the rule of law; it will actually make us more vulnera...

A panel of judges will decide whether Sacramento Superior Court Judge Peter McBrien broke rules of conduct by abrubtly ending ...

The sour economy has promoted a group of mostly small- and medium-sized transaction lawyers in San Diego to form a support gro...

A well-known San Jose criminal defense attorney who faces an array of misconduct accusations and federal charges has escaped d...

Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seemed unlikely to win more appellate clout from the U.S. S...