A 27-year veteran of the public defender's office died when he jumped in front of a Metrolink train as it left the Sylmar/San ...

A Superior Court judge has ordered an insurance company to pay a Burbank sound studio $14.1 million after rejecting the insure...

Though they're often derided, lobbyists for tribes with casinos have done a good job of educating members of Congress on the m...

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

A Superior Court judge is considering whether to certify a class action on behalf of gays and lesbians who claim the popular d...

Five women who signed on for a spooky tour of Hollywood claim they got treatment far scarier from their tour guide, including ...

Under FEHA, employers must participate in an "interactive process" meant to allow for early intervention , outside of the lega...

If the federal Adoption Incentive Program expires, more children will grow up in long-term foster care, less prepared to make ...

A JAMS neutral who had been hearing a family's probate disputes as a temporary judge has been pulled off the case - 14 years a...

California has adopted the “American” rule of each party bearing its own attorney fees in litigation, writes Michael Paul Thomas.

Web Exclusive - One of the three defendants charged with the bombing of the federal courthouse in downtown San Diego, and a Fe...

For the First Time, a Bakersfield woman will head California women lawyers.

Following months of speculation about Heller Ehrman's fate, firm chairman Matt Larrabee announced that shareholders will vote ...

A closely-watched probate case that has tested mediation confidentiality statutes is headed to the state's Supreme Court.

Holly Fujie almost wasn’t the State Bar’s new president. A year ago she wasn’t even thinking of running. Thank an appellate j...

When former McAfee Inc. General Counsel Kent H. Roberts met with company executives in May 2006 to tell them about the date ch...

Web Exclusive - The trucking industry failed to convince a federal appeals court to impose an emergency injunction to block th...

The San Francisco Superior Court has unanimously elected Judge Katherine Feinstein as assistant presiding judge.

As Thomas A. Kirschbaum prepared to enter the cabin of his 26-foot sailboat, "Feral," he silently thanked the person above dec...

Attorney General Jerry Brown announced Wednesday he has sued several baby furniture manufacturers, alleging they failed to war...

Web Exclusive - About 300,000 motorists who claim they were wrongly fined for violating red-light cameras got a second chance ...

Web Exclusive - The Federal Circuit clarified the legal standard for determining when a defendant induced others to infringe p...

Howrey has added a partner from DLA Piper to its global litigation group.

Heller Ehrman, once regarded as one of the most successful and respected law firms in California, called a firmwide shareholde...

Two recent cases have addressed important aspects of peer review — the extent to which peer review participants have immunity ...

A Hollywood trial lawyer who fought in court for the likes of Robin Williams, Sylvester Stallone, John Fogerty, Mick Jagger an...

Ivory Coast banana and pineapple plantation workers claiming a toxic pesticide left them sterile lost their bid to hold Americ...

With 3.5 billion prescriptions written each year, the United States is an attractive market for those who prey on the sick, wr...

Dennis Hsieh of Neighborhood Legal Services counsels Toni Ovall at the St. John's Well Child Center in Compton. Hsieh helps ca...

In discussions with the Department of Justice, the special committee that led an internal investigation into McAfee Inc.’s sto...