Overturning a controversial state Supreme Court decision, a new law allows criminal defendants to seek a writ of habeas corpus...

Attorneys say a new union-backed law will lead to increased litigation against employers and discourage the use of contracted ...

Vice President of Administration & General Counsel of Bridgelux Inc. Livermore ...

A roundup of recent M&A, IPO and financing deals and the lawyers involved.

Former California Chief Justice Ronald George and other advocates of initiative reform had been waiting for an opportunity to ...

Prof. Erwin Chemerinsky, UC Irvine, leads a panel of appellate lawyers in a look at what's on this fall's agenda for the U.S. ...

While "domestic discipline" is no longer prevalent in the United States, corporal punishment of children remains popular. In f...

Parties can avoid disclosing their financial information to each other before reaching a property settlement if, and only if, ...

In an effort to protect consumers and discourage smartphone theft, every smartphone sold in California, beginning in July 2015...

Should the Washington football franchise change its name? Probably, yes. Is a plan to introduce legislation that would remove ...

Home delivery carriers for the Sacramento Bee are employees, a judge has ruled, and the newspaper was wrong to classify them a...

A dispute between insurance companies and a firm operating a Metrolink train during a 2008 collision that left 24 dead is heat...

Burke, Williams & Sorensen LLP is continuing its aggressive expansion in Northern California with three lateral hires from...

As the state copes with drought, the city of San Juan Capistrano's effort to charge more for water is caught in legal limbo, w...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a San Francisco federal judge Friday in a lawsuit by disabled prisoners again...

L.A. Superior Court Judge Mike Camacho, an ex-prosecutor, believes in hard work and efficiency.

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

Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Lois Haight tries to keep things light in the courtroom.

LA County Superior Court Judge Lisa Cole was inspired to pursue a legal career as a teenager.

A move to rewrite rules on how presiding judges discipline state court commissioners and referees has some worried their due p...

Have you considered who might be viewing and collecting information about your clients and cases without your awareness? By Ma...

The 6 Plus, to be honest, reminds me of a Saturday Night Live parody. The phone is so big, so pocket unfriendly, that I cannot...

While self-driving cars have the potential to significantly reduce auto accidents and injuries, they do not fit neatly into th...

Assembly Bill 2293 requires transportation network companies to provide extended coverage for their drivers, and to encourage ...

Making a second bid for attorney fees after warding off patent infringement claims, Newegg.com Inc. alleged that a subsidiary ...

Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla's loss in his bid to block off a road on his property that leads to a popular, seclude...