Demanding that hydroelectric dams — which emit no carbon dioxide and provide the cleanest, most reliable, and cheapest form of...

Under California law, the tort of trespass to chattels encompasses “intermeddling with or use of or damages to” personal prope...

Philadelphia-based Duane Morris, home to 650 lawyers, has claimed Thelen's 19-attorney construction group from its New York of...

Environmentalists and community groups have filed three lawsuits against a county-approved plan to expand oil drilling in the ...

Even if lawmakers return for another lame-duck session this month, the 110th Congress is nearly certain to close up shop witho...

Judge McBride distributes his sarcasm equally to all parties.

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

The Sacramento office of Bullivant Houser Bailey has hired an of counsel in its commercial litigation practice.

Shortly after taking the bench, Anne-Christine T. Massullo ruled in the Sharon Stone custody case. ...

A naughty senator and an exploding hotel welcomed Hilton's New General Counsel, Richard M. Lucas, to Beverly Hills. ...

A jury found a 49-year-old Missouri mother guilty of three misdemeanor counts of unauthorized computer access, but rejected pr...

Employment lawsuits typically rise in bad economic times but the increased public focus on meal-and-rest break violations have...

Keying in relationships leads to settlements, Debra Mellinkoff has found. ...

Despite recent calls to oust California judges who allowed same-sex marriage, history shows that successful recalls of judges ...

A lesson for patent litigators: If arguing a client's patent on an infrared camera in a cell phone is being infringed, there n...

The irony of “civil” practice is that oftentimes, some of those who practice it are not, well, civil, writes Matt Valenti. - F...

A federal jury awarded $11.3 million to a quadriplegic man who claimed insurers of an exercise machine company acted in bad fa...

A recent 9th Circuit case suggests that employees who normally live and work in other states may be entitled to the protection...

Given California’s sheer size and energy demands, the California Renewables Portfolio Standard will now stand as the most ambi...

The parent company that owns Macy's and Bloomingdale's will pay $25 million to 200,000 employees who claimed they were denied ...

For all the trumpeting of renewable power in California, few projects are actually being built and the state is falling behind...

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed four lawyers to state positions.

A community justice center under construction in San Francisco's Tenderloin District has drawn criticism from several sides. C...

San Diego Judge Luis R. Vargas handles a massive caseload with patience and aplomb. ...

Pharmacists who earlier this year won an injunction against the state's 10 percent rate cuts to Medi-Cal providers are back in...

Facebook Inc., the popular Palo Alto-based social networking site, does not really think it can collect $873 million from a Mo...

One potential juror in the downtown courthouse this week could have claimed without exaggerating that missing work for a long ...

A San Joaquin County judge was none too happy when a prosecutor ratted out opposing counsel for having a 90-day State Bar susp...

Federal agencies have been reluctant to adopt regulations treating nanoparticles differently than other chemicals or pollutant...

Judge spent half his life on the bench. ...