In this current business and economic climate, employers should consider junking the “at-will” rule in favor of employment con...

Saturday marks the 45th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Justice Stuart R. Pollak of the 1st District Court of ...

The prosecution's star witness in the MySpace cyber-bullying case testified that Missouri businesswoman Lori Drew was aware of...

A police officer has won a $3.6 million jury award after he claimed that he lost salary and rank and was kicked out of an elit...

The California Supreme Court narrowly averted disaster this week in an important antitrust case that was plagued by conflicts ...

Public-interest attorneys won a crucial victory Thursday, when the California Supreme Court unanimously rejected an attempt to...

Lathrop & Gage has merged with Los Angeles boutique Spillane Shaeffer Aronoff Bandlow, marking the Kansas City-based firm'...

In July, Joe Hunt, a former member of the "Billionaire Boys Club," retained Gary K. Dubcoff, pictured, to appeal his murder co...

President-elect Barack Obama will be the first-ever president to be sworn in by a chief justice whose confirmation he voted ag...

Under Obama, lawmakers should simplify public insurance enrollment procedures and cut down on administrative steps that might ...

Behind closed doors Wednesday, the City Council would not approve a $10 million settlement proposed by the city attorney to en...

Firm heartbroken over co-founder’s death. ...

Justice known for ruling in abuse case. ...

Reed Smith snatched a highly coveted, nine-attorney labor and employment group from the dissolving Thelen, including prominent...

Lori Drew “hatched a plot to prey upon the vulnerable psyche of a 13-year-old” by creating and using a fake MySpace account to...

The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to review the validity of a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, but refused...

A former Thelen partner has landed at the Walnut Creek office of Miller Starr Regalia.

President-elect Barack Obama will likely replace nearly all of the nation's 93 U.S. attorneys. Who will get California's four ...

A state lawyer's objections to the use of the word "cage" to describe a photograph of what appeared to be a cage where mentall...

Chicago-based Winston & Strawn has lapped up 19 lawyers from Thelen in the midst of that firm’s dissolution. Sixteen, incl...

The government has made many attempts to expand the landmark 'Hudson’s’ ruling to constitutional violations other than those i...

Charles Hamilton Houston followed a path remarkably similar to Barack Obama's a half-century earlier, writes Marcy Strauss. - ...

Because of the Supreme Court's infamous 'Kelo' decision, entire neighborhood has been destroyed and taken off the tax rolls, a...

More than two years have passed since 13-year-old Megan Meier hanged herself in her bedroom closet in suburban St. Louis, dist...

The Internet's governing body is reporting early success in its effort to prevent cyber-scammers from using a loophole, known ...

Judge James McBride was cited for advancing a trial date without adequate notice or counsel's consent, improperly removing dep...

Attorneys for convicted lawyer Terry N. Christensen fired back at federal prosecutors' "character assassinations" on their cli...

Management of the buildings will begin shifting to the state starting next July, when it will take over the Long Beach courtho...

Although women graduate from law school and enter law firms at nearly the same rate as their male counterparts, the percentage...

Former DLA Piper partner reunites with two former U.S. attorneys at Sacramento firm.