Parties in the long-simmering Bratz brawl are trying to settle the case, a lawyer said in a court hearing Wednesday. ...

In a settlement that legal observers called a novel win for consumers, insurer Health Net has agreed to offer new health cover...

Immigration officials should move away from sweeping raids and broad prosecutions involving minor immigration violations and i...

Two recent appellate decisions are likely to limit the stampede to the Eastern District of Texas for patent cases, write Steph...

Everyone's cursing their budget woes these days, but the financial turmoil at San Francisco's public defender's office has tur...

Amid great fanfare, Gov. Schwarzenegger last year signed into law a bill that was supposed to provide some protection for home...

President Obama admitted making mistake after his failed nomination of Tom Daschle — the SEC should follow suit and admit it b...

Disability rights advocates filed a statewide discrimination lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente and its medical group Wednesday...

On the birthday of both Lincoln and Darwin, a debate continues to rage between the moral, cultural and political significance ...

Just two days after the Obama administration sparked criticism by asking that a case against the government be dismissed on gr...

While a lot has been made over the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama, Randy McMurray would like you to know he i...

War-wounded Judge David M. Szumowski inspires admiration and respect among lawyers who appear before him in his San Diego c...

Anthem Blue Cross has reached a new $15 million settlement with the state over the company's controversial use of rescission t...

Health care providers reeling from a Supreme Court decision last month that allowed "balance billing" could suffer a new finan...

Creating uniform rules for Freedom of Information Act requests would go a long way toward advancing Obama's transparency goals...

A recent appellate case demonstrates the need for harmony between the federal Mandatory Fee Arbitration Act and the California...

The current recession is not an ordinary business cycle downturn, but rather part of a major structural realignment, writes Th...

Two competing proposals up for debate before the American Bar Association's House of Delegates next week suggest changes to a ...

With Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's future thrown into question recently by unexpected cancer surgery, Tuesday's ...

New judge Michael B. Donner is assigned to civil court, but he mostly handles criminal trials in case-backlogged Riverside Co...

Stanford Law School Professor Mark Lemley, along with colleague Anthony Falzone, filed a preemptive lawsuit Monday to stop the...

The state must reduce prison overcrowding by cutting the system's population by approximately 52,000 inmates within two to thr...

A jury's verdict Monday rejecting a civil rights and employment suit against Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas a...

Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles' largest law firm, reported Monday that its 2008 revenue dropped 4 percent and per-partner p...

Santa Clara County officials were within their rights to fire a deputy public defender who refused to talk to his superiors ab...

When Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. named Kevin Ohlson to serve as his chief of staff, it appeared to create a vacancy at...

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday proposed the establishment of an independent commission to investigate a...

The more than two dozen layoffs announced Friday in the San Diego office of Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps isn't expected...

When only one spouse's name appears on the title to a home, the other spouse has few options if the couple ends up splitting, ...

A task force is busy reviewing family law proceedings to recommend improvements — but what family law really needs is strong l...