Elwood M. Rich, retired judge and longtime fixture at the Riverside courthouse best known for founding California Southern Law...

A California business lobby is working on legislation to stop what it alleges is a plague of lawsuits by asbestos litigators a...

Some companies who agreed to discuss their information management policies on the record appear to be ahead of the curve. ...

The state Supreme Court last fall told the bar to try once more to rewrite California's existing professional conduct rules to...

A growing cry to curb so-called 'frivolous' lawsuits against businesses over disability access regulations has yielded three b...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari to a case challenging a depression-era agricultural "marketing order" requi...

An attorney for venture capital giant Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers LLC demanded access Monday to confidential financi...

The insider trading trial of former baseball star Doug DeCinces was put on ice Monday, just hours before jury selection was se...

Stanislaus County Judge Thomas Zeff is known for his tough courtroom demeanor, bold rulings.

Sacramento Superior Court Commissioner Scott Harman encourages patience in the courtroom.

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

It might be game over for video games that use celebrity likenesses without a license as First Amendment legal defenses are of...

Alaska's member of the House has introduced legislation to eliminate the president's broad powers under the Antiquities Act of...

Thinking about forming a law partnership? Take your own advice: clarify the issues, get it in writing and abide by the agreeme...

A man who suffered a below-the-knee amputation after he was hit by a truck was awarded more than $34 million Thursday. ...

Armen Gekchyan was arrested Wednesday after he made an appearance at Los Angeles County Superior Court in Van Nuys. ...

A class action lawsuit will be dismissed as a part of an agreement with Veterans Affairs to take back land to build housing fo...

The concert promoter could not have known physician Conrad Murray would take actions that helped lead to Jackson's death, the ...

Arthur L. Alarcón, a senior judge at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals who became an outspoken capital punishment critic, ...

Roughly 1,000 inmates in Monterey County Jail have scored a victory after a federal magistrate certified their class action ag...

The 2nd District Court of Appeal ordered a new trial for a Honduran man seeking damages for a workplace injury he claims will ...

The insider trading trial of former Major League Baseball star Doug DeCinces and several co-conspirators is set to begin Tuesd...

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A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.

Judge Daniel Juarez says he ascended to the bench thanks to his family and a bit of good fortune.

In an unusual move, the state Supreme Court on Thursday reversed one of its own decisions from just eight years ago, ruling th...

In April 2014, the State Bar's professional responsibility committee released an opinion on e-discovery ethics. And just this ...

Traditionally, family law practitioners and civil litigators existed in separate worlds with little overlap between the two pr...

After just a few days of trial proceedings, the Boy Scouts of America settled a lawsuit Thursday brought by the family of a ma...

Erin E. Schneider, an SEC insider who has overseen accounting fraud cases involving CEO bonuses, actions against hedge fund ma...