The governor’s rejection reiterated his tough stance against cities he says are affordable housing scofflaws.

An Ohio attorney accused of collecting millions while colluding with the Los Angeles city attorney's office to quickly settle...

A bankruptcy attorney appointed on Monday to represent thousands of people harmed by wildfires allegedly caused by the Pacific...

Intellectual property attorney Thomas F. Fitzpatrick is taking on the company's newest executive role.

An 11-year-old false claims case hangs on by a thread after counsel for the plaintiff convinced a federal judge to stay her te...

An Ohio attorney pleaded the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination more than 200 times while deposed over his relationshi...

Michael J. Avenatti took the witness stand Friday over a $4.85 million debt, testifying for three hours about his personal fin...

The day before Apple lost a $31M jury verdict, a federal judge said Qualcomm owes it $1 billion but the larger case is still h...

An Orange County judge is deciding whether the sheriff’s department can delete e-mails defense attorneys say may contain infor...

Spyglass Media Group has announced the appointment of Cheryl Rodman as the company’s first chief legal officer.

A senior judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals urged her colleagues Friday to reconsider the state of privacy law as ...

The complaint claims that SB 524, a 2016 law barring private boarding schools from using LGBT conversion therapy and several o...

A hearing on sexual harassment and misconduct allegations against 2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson is s...

The State Bar is moving forward with plans to solicit a $100 licensing fee increase and $330 in one-time fees, following the B...

The Ventura County Fire department released a 71-page report detailing the origin of the 2017 Thomas Fire and laying blame on ...

The federal judge overseeing student-athletes’ most recent bid for a pay-for-play compensation model took a sympathetic view o...

Two Bay Area cities are asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to revive their lawsuit against five of the world's large...

Pasadena-based CIT Group Inc. has appointed James R. Hubbard to replace Stuart Alderoty as general counsel effective Monday.

The documents relate to former Gov. Jerry Brown’s pardoning of a former state senator.

A state appellate court completely has reversed a $58 million verdict in a mobile home park case, clarifying legal issues rela...

Private litigation has already emerged from this week's college admissions scandal as students and parents claim the alleged s...

The 2016 voter initiative to keep the death penalty required the state to maintain the ability to “perform any duty needed to ...

A total of $30 million in no-bid contracts secured by a private attorney accused of misconduct while litigating dual Los Angel...

The U.S. Department of Justice got a rough welcome in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday, where it was contest...

Two of President Donald J. Trump’s nominees to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appeared before the U.S. Senate Judiciary...

An Alameda County jury hit Johnson & Johnson with a $29.4 million verdict Wednesday afternoon over claims its baby powder ...

Apple Inc.’s counsel refused one more time to apologize for accusing Qualcomm Inc.’s counsel of witness tampering by the end o...

A hearing in May will determine if the attorney should be sanctioned for a bad-faith filing.

Former Securities and Exchange Commission San Francisco Regional Office head Jina Choi has joined law firm Morrison & Foer...

The 9th U.s. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law did not violate plaintiff companies' civil or constitutional rights, and cr...