For lawyers in large law firms, the number of substantive claims has inched down the last two decades. Prices swing widely but...

Another class action suit was filed this week accusing an energy company of failing to implement a safety system on one of its...

Foley Bezek Behle & Curtis LLP wins multimillion dollar settlements for its clients, based on its David vs. Goliath prowes...

How the justices got there is as interesting as the outcome of the Supreme Court's decision in King v. Burwell. By Mich...

In another sign that the state Supreme Court is showing a newfound regard for criminal defendants' rights, all seven justices ...

The State Water Resources Control Board is under attack from water users who argue they are immune to cutback orders. ...

Several of the lawyers disciplined recently were able to mitigate their punishment because of the medical, emotional or substa...

After getting pulled from the ballot by the state Supreme Court last year, the question of whether Californians can cast a non...

Delaware Gov. Jack A. Markell signed a long-anticipated bill Wednesday that amends the state's corporate law code by banning f...

This week, rather than increasing housing or services, the Los Angeles City Council passed two laws that make it easier to sei...

A recent decision by the U.S. high court shows that, at least in some cases, property owners may successfully challenge an unc...

We've been taught that Supreme Court decisions turn on arcane points of law applied with reasoned objectivity to settled facts...

This week, amidst great secrecy from the general public, Congress passed a bill granting fast-track authority for the presiden...

O'Melveny & Myers LLP announced Wednesday it will welcome back three of its former attorneys as partners after serving in ...

A former executive of a Riverside-based renewable energy company has sued his former employer, claiming he was fired after exp...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday vacated the stiff conviction against a man sentenced to 14 years in jail af...

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Callaway Golf Co. Carlsbad ...

As online marketplace lending continues to expand, big institutional investors are cautiously eyeing young financial startups ...

A Brown administration proposal to exempt drought-related projects from environmental review was narrowed during budget negoti...

Senate Bill 213 finally addresses this problem that is wasting citizens' time, souring potential jurors on the legal system, a...

An arraignment calendar deputy didn't make a "mistake of fact" by missing police report's mention of potential felonies when s...

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.

A Sacramento judge allowed state attorney general Kamala Harris to keep the voter initiative from advancing to the next stage....

This month, the Los Angeles City Council cleared the way to make the city the largest in the United States to have a minimum w...

Hologram USA settled quietly this month with the Michael Jackson estate and Cirque du Soleil over unauthorized use of the 3-D ...

African Americans in San Francisco face starkly disproportionate rates of arrest according to a recent study, which found that...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit continued a string of decisions rejecting patent protection for software tec...

A Riverside County jury has awarded $40 million to the family of a man who was stabbed to death in a TGI Fridays. ...

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, Senate Bill 608 is Exhibit A. The bill does not provide any new shelter, bu...

A former Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner said under oath Tuesday that her estranged husband, a semi-retired Irell & Ma...