Gov. Gavin Newsom planned to unveil his draft 2022-23 budget Monday — and it’s likely to be another good year for court fundin...

Mediator Glen Reiser has a gentle way of helping attorneys and parties see the strengths and weaknesses of the claims, attorne...

Sutter County judge focuses on research and reading

Richmond Mayor Thomas K. Butt contends the emails were not properly privileged, keeping them secret was a violation of the Bro...

Since New York resident Radek Barnert purchased his printer in his home state, and didn’t allege injuries in any other, U.S. M...

“The city had no duty to guard against the known hazardous activity of paddle boarding or to warn paddle boarders, since the r...

The sister of Dave Patrick Underwood, who was shot and killed outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland in May...

Maurice Sanchez willl be the first Latino justice of the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 3, and Laurie M. Earl, the fir...

There is no provision in statute or case law that provides anything for the court to work from when deciding how to approach t...

The ruling by Superior Court Judge J. David Markham is the latest in a trend of judge’s looking skeptically on developments th...

“These cases are not about abortion nor women’s reproductive rights in any way,” Kings County DA spokesman Philip W. Esbenshad...

In the county’s 148-year history, there had been seven women judges on the Ventura County Superior Court.

Anglin Flewelling & Rasmussen LLP and Lagerlof LLP combined will have 47 attorneys in offices in Pasadena, Portland and Se...

“This office and four other district attorney offices (Plumas, Lassen, Tehama and Shasta) have been working with Cal Fire inve...

“The Boy Scouts tout the plan and the settlements as historically high. When considered from the perspective of the individual...

The agency that oversees the federal courts is evaluating a proposal that could require judges to disclose financial ties to p...

Some of state’s busiest state and federal courts say suspending trials for a couple of weeks is required to adjust to reduced ...

Attorney General Rob Bonta’s petition argues the 9th Circuit panel’s November decision imposed a heavy burden on the state to ...

The three co-authors said their legislation attempts to build on a New York law that attempts to get around a federal statute ...

Mark D. Brutzkus specializes in the apparel and fashion industries; Nicholas A. Rozansky has litigated in a wide range of sect...

The Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions said a mentor judge could become personally invested in a mentee’s success “to the p...

“This is a massive raw sewage spill from one of the world’s largest water treatment facilities,” attorney Alexander R. Wheele...

In the Jan. 3 order, Central District Court Executive Kiry K. Gray said all jury trials were suspended because of the “alarmin...

This is a sharp increase from his two predecessors. The nominees of President Barack Obama, a fellow Democrat, were 42% women ...

Peter Anderson of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP filed the motion seeking a hearing on Feb. 7 on the grounds that U.S, District Jud...

Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez has been a key legislative ally for her new employer, posting a 100% voting record with the grou...

"We appreciate the court's decision to uphold the department's regulations aimed at implementing voter-approved criminal justi...

Assemblymembers Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, Chris Ward, D-San Diego, and Mike A. Gipson, D-Carson announced they would hold a ...

Elizabeth Holmes — who once was a star CEO whose trial drew large crowds to San Jose’s federal courthouse — could face a maxim...