Property owners in the city of Perris got a break last week when a state appellate panel reversed a trial court's decision reg...

Former government officials and civil liberties advocates clashed over the National Security Agency's PRISM surveillance progr...

The Law Society of Hong Kong will allow the Hong Kong office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP to practice as a for...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 292 into law, which alters California's workplace discrimination law to include claims of sexual ha...

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced broad measures to overhaul the criminal justice system, characterizing the push to...

Justice James A. McIntyre is known for his practical approach.

Environmental groups sued the federal government Monday alleging its approval of a plan to log 150,000 acres in Siskiyou Count...

The 1st District Court of Appeal wants to hear why a San Francisco Superior Court judge required eight groups of plaintiffs an...

The legal industry has been notoriously slow to jump on the "green" bandwagon, but the Law Firm Sustainability Network, which...

After 23 years on the state appellate bench, Art W. McKinster hasn't wearied of the work.

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

Those concerned with airlines’ safety after last month’s crash landing of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 might be reassured by Eva...

There are two main types of advance health care directives: a living will and a durable power of attorney. California also all...

A pan full of gold in the form of immediate principal write downs and refinancings could prove to be elusive as long as legal ...

The problem is that these securitization arrangements were developed during a time when many had the foolish idea that home pr...

Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Brian Walsh will chair the the Trial Court Presiding Judges Advisory Committee and ser...

California's groundbreaking effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions through a carbon trading market is a "grand experiment", ac...

Law firms across the nation have seen minimal revenue growth so far this year - but Southern California firms may be weatheri...

Toyota Motor Corp. is trying to persuade a judge to knock out a breach of warranty claim against the automaker in a $20-millio...

Retired criminal defense attorney Stephen J. Scherr discusses his role in the 1979 trial of Dan White, and how the law has cha...

A group of public officials and lawyers debated potential gun control policies at the American Bar Association's annual meetin...

When it comes to breaking into the "old boy's club" often seen among law firm ranks and big businesses, women should carry wit...

Several Silicon Valley general counsel said Friday they're disheartened by the lack of law firms with legal practices focused ...

Legal experts think it is unlikely that the Obama administration will overturn a customs ban that would bar older Samsung Elec...

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP nabbed Blake Allen from Duane Morris LLP, the firm announced last week. The addit...

Mary-Christine "M.C." Sungaila of Snell & Wilmer discusses the challenges modern women lawyers face. ...

The Daily Journal honored California's leading in-house lawyers with receptions in Menlo Park on June 5 and in Beverly Hills o...

One way to entice big law firms to diversify and put women and people of color in leadership roles is for companies and their ...

Amid the national debate over "stand your ground" laws, many Californians would be surprised to know that this state also has ...

A labor agreement for a $586 million court construction project in San Diego has enraged nonunion sub-contractors, who claim t...