From left, Marjorie Soto, law school student and a recipient of a Mexican American Bar Foundation scholarship, with Arthur J. ...

The O'Reilly & Collins estate has settled $7.4 million worth of claims with its bank and a former attorney. ...

State judges can seek public employment if they retire before their term expires, a state court of appeal ruled late Friday in...

The State Bar will audit the MCLE compliance of 5,500 lawyers whose last names begin with the letters N-Z. About 40 percent of...

Instead, the branch will simply be known as its leadership body, the Judicial Council. The move to strip away the name of the ...

The Supreme Court has now - perhaps surprisingly - waved the Environmental Protection Agency along in its efforts to address c...

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the EPA's greenhouse gas "tailoring rule," which revised the statutory thresholds ...

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of PetSmart Inc. Phoenix, Ariz. ...

With sufficient education, we could save at least half of the $32 million spent on discipline. Not only would the public be be...

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

Brad Hill, presiding justice of the state appellate court in Fresno, has done well in politics, too.

Michelle K. Lee, deputy director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, discusses the patent system and potential reform dur...

A federal judge expressed incredulity Thursday over lawyers' attempts to expand California's stringent wage and hour laws to L...

Should patents be issued on business ideas that are implemented using conventional software and hardware techniques? The U.S. ...

To what extent do traditional policies provide coverage for traditional torts committed online and for the new cybertorts of s...

Employers may want to review their agreements in light of the EEOC's current enforcement activity. By Karen Reinhold ...

The case presented two showdowns: one between the cable industry and a charismatic disruptive technology and the other between...

The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about whether the state's public records act covers communications related t...

Thomas V. Girardi asked jurors Thursday morning to award $37 million for medical care and to "duplicate that" in further dama...

Gregory Priamos will head the Riverside County counsel's office where he said he hopes to both serve the county and continue a...

Public Law Center Volunteers for Justice event raises $715,000 ...

Refuting testimony from a senior deputy district attorney, Judge Terry K. Flynn-Peister testified that when she was a federal ...

The proposed definition released earlier this month by a Board of State and Community Corrections committee has drawn criticis...

An Orange County lawyer mismanaged a loan modification mill, lost control of a skyrocketing client list and let nonlawyer empl...

Alston & Bird LLP invited 4th District Court of Appeal Justice Carol D. Codrington to its office to address the importance...

A self-styled 'relentless optimist,' neutral is a good listener. ...

Jeffrey M. Verdon Law Group has carved a niche representing an unusual branch of estate and tax planning known as asset protec...

Even if a registration is cancelled, the underlying common law rights continue in the geography where the mark is used and kno...

The court extended significant workplace protections Thursday to immigrants in the country illegally, giving them an opportuni...

The U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the president's recess-appointment powers Thursday in a ruling that will help resolve hundreds...