Conflicts between publicity rights and expressive speech raged throughout 2014, and will continue into 2015. By David Halberst...

In 2014, the 9th Circuit considered three cases intended to further clarify the distinction between guilt determination and se...

New rules implemented by the NLRB tilt the playing field in favor of unions as employers will have just days to respond to uni...

A proposal by a state Supreme Court ethics' committee to bar judges from belonging to the Boy Scouts because of its discrimina...

One of the largest law firms in LA is moving to the U.S. Bank Tower building after a fire closed its former offices. Lewis Bri...

A Central District judge last week stayed a proposed class action against Honda Motor Co. and Takata Corp. over allegations of...

Environmentalists seeking to save whales from Japanese hunters in the Southern Ocean drew a stern rebuke and a civil contempt ...

An 11-year clerkship helped make Barbara McAuliffe's transition to the bench a seamless one.

A federal judge grappled Friday with whether plaintiffs in a challenge to government surveillance programs have enough evidenc...

Lawyers say that North Korea getting blamed for the massive data breach does not really help the company fight four pending la...

Commissioners aim to favor consumers and start-ups by broadening the definition of entities allowed to buy and stream network ...

A Boston-based storage management company will pay $44.5 million to settle claims by prosecutors in Sacramento that it overcha...

The government has voluntarily asked to dismiss several counts against two people who allegedly made money off secondhand info...

San Jose is at the center of a closely watched case over whether it's legal to require developers to create affordable units o...

Fired Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn and others had said a quick sale could produce $50 million in profit for legal service...

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

San Mateo County Judge Susan L. Greenberg is known for handling family law cases efficiently.

Most U.S. attorney's offices in California do not appear to be pursuing dispenaries as aggressively since an August 2013 memo ...

With the help of technology, risks once limited to the largest firms now reach virtually every firm. By J. Randolph Evans, Sha...

On the agenda for the Board of Trustees' regular meeting Friday is a discussion item proposing the appointment of a special co...

City Attorney Mike Feuer vows to prosecute scam artists. The cross-jurisdictional partnership will also offer free resources a...

California leads the nation in number of inmates awaiting execution, even as 2014 marks the lowest rate of executions in the U...

Richard C. Brizendine, 59, pleaded guilty to federal financial crimes after structuring shady deals for a marijuana dealer. ...

One of the oldest plaintiffs' firms in San Diego, Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield LLP is best known for it...

A civil rights lawsuit on behalf of California students allegedly denied a quality education due to disruptive conditions in s...

Drath has been a part-time neutral for years, but continued practicing until recently. He said he realized what a better mood ...

A week after the Supreme Court ruled a trial judge should have considered arguments for disqualifying a prosecutor in a high-p...

Steve Coony will start in Manatt's Sacramento office on Jan. 1. Coony will serve as a managing director in the firm's governme...

Marc I. Willick is aiming for damages from Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik LLP over asbestos cases filed in his name without his kn...

A group of 500 warehouse workers filed a complaint against their employers, who operate and staff warehouses at the Port of Lo...