Payers of state and local tax have broad standing to bring suits to restrain the waste of public funds. Of course, the plainti...

A judicial panel's order Monday granting California a two-year extension to cut its prison roll could cede more control of the...

Legal observers said plaintiffs, in seeking to keep the case in state court, may have tripped over a California civil procedur...

Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday named entertainment law maven Kenneth Ziffren as a senior adviser charged with helping to slow t...

An ineffective teacher turned an ambitious student into a nervous and demoralized ball of nerves, said the father of a 13-year...

"Re-equitization"is a term, and more importantly a process, which relates to law firm partnership and capitalization structure...

The plaintiffs' steering committee overseeing state litigation against Toyota Motor Corp. over sudden acceleration claims want...

U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh had reservations over the closing argument of Apple's lead trial counsel, but not enough to de...

The gift is the largest in its 45-year history and one of the largest ever to a California bar group. ...

Several major education cases of the past five decades in which plaintiffs prevailed have each made constitutional claims. But...

A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

The plaintiffs in Vergara v. California have not publicly received support from advocacy groups experienced in litigating majo...

Newly appointed Judge Peter Hernandez has shown himself to be flexible and reasonable, lawyers say.

Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Privacy Officer Clarient Diagnostic Services, Inc. Aliso Viejo...

Re: "Put the Demurrer Out to Pasture?," Feb. 4. By Garth M. Drozin ...

You will not be shocked to learn that many government officials try to avoid public disclosure by using their personal email a...

Policyholders and their attorneys had cause to celebrate in 2013, as the year culminated with several notable policyholder-fri...

Homegrown San Francisco law firm Sedgwick LLP will move many of its administrative functions to a central Kansas City office i...

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Louis M. Meisinger retired Friday after six years on the bench to return to his post at ADR S...

But the nationwide legal sector saw a slight uptick in jobs last month, according to employment data released Friday. ...

Cisco Systems Inc. and a Chicago-based patent holding company both claimed a favorable result after the Silicon Valley-based ...

Should visual artists get royalties similar to other artists? By Melissa K. Dagodag and Keith Monach ...

Mortgage lenders may have picked a fight with the wrong U.S. Marine when they tried to foreclose on Christopher A. Brewster wh...

A proposal by the state Supreme Court's ethics advisory committee would prohibit California judges from being members in The B...

Hard work and good fortune helped Tony Richardson ascend to a seat on the superior court.

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

San Diego's new family law judge Robert O. Amador has long fought for children's well-being.

A Sacramento federal judge on Monday upheld an effort by California and Nevada to overhaul its long-term development plan for ...