A judge considered departing from precedent Wednesday in deciding whether to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the retention of D...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has named Sacramento-based political attorney Richard C. Miadich as the new chairman of the Fair Political P...

The transfer comes amid a demurrer from the city and a motion to intervene from a nonprofit involved in a similar case.

A new study shows more than 50 percent of senior in-house lawyers think firms can be doing more to promote their diverse attor...

Amid a slew of lawsuits prompted by the death of 346 people on Boeing 737 Max planes, the company promoted its general counsel...

The American Bar Association cut dues for members, effective Wednesday, in an effort to reverse a trend of declining membershi...

Richard D. Pfeiffer, the attorney fighting to release a former follower of Charles Manson, said his affinity for “lifers” came...

A spicy dispute is headed for Ventura County Superior Court as Huy Fong Foods, the producer of popular hot sauce sriracha, and...

The Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement Tuesday reaffirming its position that glyphosate does not cause cancer will...

Five years after being filed, jury selection and opening statements began Tuesday for a rare civil suit brought under the Fals...

An appellate panel split on whether or not the state’s former law regarding second degree felony murder was unconstitutionally...

A museum in Spain will keep a $40 million painting by iconic impressionist Camille Pissarro despite a claim by descendants of ...

A bill that would ban consideration of a plaintiff’s race, ethnicity and gender in calculating civil damage awards passed the ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shot down efforts to revive a putative class action alleging insurance companies fightin...

While affirming the State Bar’s need for a fee increase in 2020, State Auditor Elaine M. Howle proposed a much more modest hik...

Agency fees that public employee unions charge to nonmembers only apply prospectively under the U.S. Supreme Court’s Janus rul...

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos illegally delayed a rule requiring online universities to notify their students if the...

Families of people killed in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last month accused the Boeing Company of intentionally circumv...

The Los Angeles city attorney’s office said it only recently found emails indicating outside counsel defending its interests i...

The embattled attorney was temporarily appointed counsel as he said he’s finalizing his agreement with private attorneys

Greene Broillet & Wheeler LLP announced a $10 million settlement on behalf of young man injured by a tractor trailer.

A federal appeals court’s decision to appoint a special prosecutor in the criminal contempt case against former Maricopa Count...

Elliot N. Brown, a longtime partner and former managing partner at Irell & Manella LLP, is leaving the firm to join the me...

New data from the American Bar Association show graduates are employed more frequently in full-time positions 10 months after ...

Pitting the power of the arbitrator against the arbitration agreement, attorneys for Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. argued Mond...

The California Democratic Party and former chairman Eric Bauman have been named in another lawsuit alleging sexual harassment ...

Despite her heavy calendar, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Wendy Chang knows her cases inside and out.

Mark Hattam draws on his past as a horse racing reporter in negotiating San Diego water issues.

The Los Angeles city attorney's office said Friday it has discovered a batch of emails by outside counsel hired to defend its ...