Jay Feinman of Rutgers University of Law exposes how insurance companies violate rules for handling claims in his new book,
Weeks after an Oregon jury handed down a punishing $5.5 million verdict in the first trial over medical devices called "pain p...
Dean Hanley of Foley Hoag examines the SEC's recently published interpretive release on public company disclosures related to ...
Los Angeles Superior Court could begin laying off 330 court employees as early as next month, in the first of what could be se...
Pat Connolly is a colorful Los Angeles County judge, and his language is just the start of it.
But U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, speaking at Pepperdine University School of Law, dodged direct questions ab...
SACRAMENTO - Through Feb. 12, the walls of the hallway between the governor's and lieutenant governor's offices in the Capitol...
In a case closely watched by California's trial attorneys, the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday struck down that state's dam...
A judge dismissed accusations lodged by Robin Williams that he had a $6 million guarantee for a film called "A Couple of Dicks...
The U.S. Department of Justice still does not like the proposed class action settlement that would allow Google Inc. to create...
Bay Area attorneys with Latham & Watkins, with assistance from Morrison & Foerster, advised Yahoo on its $225 million ...
President Obama formally nominated Orange County Superior Court Judge Josephine S. Tucker to the federal bench on Thursday. ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission's decision came at the coaxing of a federal judge and marks the end of the pursuit of t...
The rate of class certifications in California plummeted more than 50 percent between 2000 and 2005, according to an analysis ...
After more than two decades as a judge, William D. Stein works hard as a neutral to ensure opposing parties have ample opportu...
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal's San Francisco office has a new leader in Sonia Martin, a 36-year-old litigator who started...
For its 50th anniversary, the Mexican American Bar Association of Los Angeles County thought it fitting that its only living p...
A decision by a Sacramento judge has turned litigation over a simple fender bender into a tug-of-war over the state's control ...
The job as California's top lawyer is still anybody's to win, according to a poll released by one of the Democratic candidates...
Hall Marston of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold discusses the quandary facing appellate lawyers when in receipt of a writ...
Mandana Massoumi of Dorsey & Whitney reviews past year employment rulings by the California Supreme Court and looks at wha...
Letter to the Editor
At the Federalist Shindig, a Great Night Was Had By All
By Sharon Liangn
A reader is entertained by a photo and caption featuring John C. Yoo attending a recent Federalist Society event in San Franci...
Ever wonder why some lawyers who are not as smart or connected secure the best of everything? "Fame 101" by Maggie Jessup answ...
A Senate panel Thursday cleared U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward M. Chen's nomination to the federal bench in San Francisco on str...
To close watchers of storied but debt-burdened movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, bankruptcy is looking more and more like a li...
Judges and Judiciary
AOC Seeks Investors to Finish Statewide Computer Project
By Amy Yarbroughn
Court administrators has not signed a contract for deployment of the system, but have announced their intent to award the cont...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Laws governing overpayments are evolving; landlords and tenants need to be aware of their rights, write William Faulkner and T...
When the question of whether former officials of foreign countries can be sued in American courts for acts of torture goes bef...