From activist to prosecutor, corporate lawyer to the bench, Judge Lucy Koh is making a big impact.

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

Santa Barbara County Judge James Voysey relishes the wide variety of criminal cases he handles.

Lawmakers are hurrying to amend last year's AB 1159 law to respond to the president's recent executive actions. But questions ...

California places substantive and procedural restrictions on lenders' right to deficiency judgments upon the foreclosure of re...

This coming Dec. 15, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will engage in a rare en banc rehearing of a case that, culturally ...

With the recent release of the documentary "Citizenfour," we must ask, is Edward Snowden the valiant whistleblower or the cont...

Local police increasingly use high-tech surveillance but without clear policies or public debate about what they're doing, why...

Once a customer reaches a certain level of data usage, AT&T has been throttling data speeds for smartphones, according to ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will consider the appropriate standard for determining damages for design pa...

Splitting with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, an appellate panel has struck a blow to Motorola Mobility LLC and other ...

A probable third jury trial between Mattel and MGA about Bratz dolls and trade espionage could hinge on whether MGA's window t...

Described by colleagues as serious and understated, state Supreme Court nominee Leondra R. Kruger's advocacy before the U.S. S...

James Herman, Santa Barbara County's assistant presiding judge, is active locally and statewide.

Increasingly popular workplace technologies facilitate employees' ability to access data remotely, but also from their new com...

"Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral, and Geopolitical Issues" is a compilation of 15 authors' views on U.S. drone polic...

If it goes without saying that attorneys should always be prepared, then why am I saying it? Unfortunately, experience, of cou...

A San Francisco federal judge has overturned a $105 million patent damages award for San Jose-based Power Integrations Inc. an...

Lisa G. Sherman started her own employment firm last year, adopting a unique and collaborative business strategy that keeps co...

Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. successfully warded off a class action over allegedly false advertising practices relate...

With the recent conclusion of a slew of bankruptcies including Stockton, Detroit and Jefferson County, Ala., difficult questio...

In 2014, California's public schools were the subject of debate in courtrooms across the state, potentially foreshadowing a sl...

Suit seeks an emergency order to stop the city from forcing motel residents to relocate every 30 days, a limit established by ...

Law firm leaders continue to feel increasingly optimistic about the legal economy and their projections for profits are steadi...

Superior Court Judge Deborah Brazil emphasizes effective communication in her courtroom.

Package delivery companies are allowed to text people when their parcels are arriving without violating the Telephone Consumer...

Rockstar Consortium Inc. and technology giant Google Inc. are on the verge of reaching a settlement of their patent lawsuit, a...

Last March, the U.S. Supreme Court took a rare and welcome step: It granted a prisoner's handwritten petition for review. By D...

History is being made in New York as we speak. Last December, the Nonhuman Rights Project brought a writ of habeas corpus to g...

Most informed citizens probably know by now that corporations collect information about them, but they may be unaware of the e...