The ruling is likely to have far-reaching effects, as cities throughout the state have changed their election systems after be...

U.S. District Judge Beth Freeman whittled down a substantial portion of the proposed antitrust class action, finding the socia...

At the heart of the motion are tens of thousands of documents Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP said it tried to pry from the cit...

Reversing the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled federal employment laws do not appl...

A woman who sued the federal government after she was denied a CARES Act stimulus check because of her immigrant husband lost ...

A civil rights lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of California alleges wrongful death and excessive police force in arrest...

The 1st District Court of Appeal on Wednesday denied a petition to overturn an Alameda County judge's order requiring potentia...

As the criminal trial of Yevgeniy Nikulin concluded what was expected to be the final day of proceedings Wednesday, the federa...

USC’s president said it will join an amicus brief supporting Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

Bayer said Wednesday it agrees with opposing counsel's decision to withdraw part of a $10.9 billion settlement of the Roundup ...

It’s a sign of the times that the most surprising aspect of the case is not the large award but that a jury delivered a civil ...

District Attorney Chesa Boudin agreed to the deal and said his office will not seek the death penalty for any case it prosecutes.

Nestle says class action uses consumer protection law to attack companies for alleged third-party labor practices.

Raising further legal questions about the America Invents Act patent law, a federal appellate court on Tuesday vacated a decis...

The judge handling the first federal trial to resume in California slammed prosecutors Tuesday for reconvening a pool of anxio...

In its statement Monday, ICE said students in the U.S. on F-1 or M-1 visas, enrolled in schools that offer a combination of in...

Gov. Gavin Newsom intends to announce his nominee within the next few months.

An assessment this Friday of the online “baby bar” for first-year students in non-accredited schools is expected to provide ne...

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Winifred Y. Smith issued decisions on several questions of first impression in the wage an...

The first federal trial in the Northern District of California resumed Monday despite concerns from some jurors who said they ...

The apartment association suing Los Angeles over its eviction ban said if a judge allows tenants’ groups to intervene, other l...

Restaurants already crippled by pandemic closures now face a new hurdle as governments seek to enlist them in contact tracing ...

Setting the stage for a likely showdown before the U.S. Supreme Court, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday aff...

While the courtrooms where the infected prosecutor appeared were identified informally among attorneys, San Mateo County court...

The country added 7,500 legal services jobs in June, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment Situation report r...

According to the recent complaint, LegalMatch has continued to operate despite the bar’s demands it cease operations until its...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear two cases deciding whether two corporations can be sued for allegedly funding s...

Latham & Watkins LLP welcomed back private equity and M&A transactional attorney Eric J. Schwartzman in its Bay Area o...

The motion sought recusal of District Attorney Todd Spitzer’s prosecutors because he publicly condemned a court commissioner’s...

The death of country folk singer and songwriter John Prine from complications related to COVID-19 in April struck a chord with...