If the Alameda Unified School District does not petition the Supreme Court and obtain a reversal, the district will be require...

The U.S. Senate confirmed Fernando M. Olguin to fill the second of three vacant seats in the U.S. District Court for the Centr...

A State Bar judge on Monday denied a motion for sanctions filed by attorneys defending Jon M. Alexander, Del Norte County's em...

A court rules that Samsung's "Olympic Genome Project" Facebook app is free speech rather than an unauthorized use of athletes'...

Multiple firms advisd Sprint Nextel Corp. in its acquisition of Clearwire, owner of a coveted frequency range that is more ade...

Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said Monday she expects executions in the state won't resume for at least another three year...

A gay Armenian office worker named partners and staff members from Los Angeles law firm Tobin Lucks LLP as defendants in his e...

A personal injury plaintiff who claims he was thrown from a moving ambulance will be bound by the $350,000 settlement his lawy...

Civil rights groups asked a federal judge on Monday to issue a preliminary injunction halting enforcement of a newly enacted b...

Susanne Fenstermacher followed her father's footsteps into the law and on to the bench.

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

General Counsel for Sabal Financial Group LP Newport Beach ...

Government attorneys asked a federal judge Friday to toss out two lawsuits about a wiretapping and surveillance program enacte...

By Ken Basin ...

During litigation, parties often enter into agreements that restrict the use of information designated "confidential" - but th...

Since the film focuses on Lincoln's effort to end slavery by pushing the 13th Amendment through a sharply divided Congress, th...

Although the U.S. Supreme Court's docket is light on First Amendment cases this term, 2013 may well bring important developmen...

In a sign that large corporations are aggressively pursuing patent claims against rivals, a licensing entity created by Nokia ...

A San Diego defense attorney returned to court Friday, despite being attacked with a razor the day before, allegedly by a cli...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC represented NetApp Inc. and Autodesk Inc. in their respective note offerings of $1 bi...

Michael W. Perry, the former CEO of now-defunct IndyMac Bank FSB, has agreed to leave the financial industry permanently and p...

Saving courts' reserves and pushing for better funding will be the judicial branch's No. 1 priority this coming year. ...

Assistant Presiding Judge Winifred Y. Smith is eager to tackle issues facing the court system.

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar court, listing attorney...

San Diego Superior Court Judge Luis R. Vargas has joined the district attorney's office, effective in January. He is schedule...

A son of immigrants, Judge Angel Bermudez takes keen interest in 1959 Cuban Revolution

Judge Lawrence Karlton might seem gruff to some, but most realize it's high standards at play.

In a banner year for collections by federal prosecutors, the four U.S. attorney's offices in California reaped nearly $765 mil...

While the overall representation of women and minority partners in law firms was up slightly over the past year, women associa...

Recent reports indicate that as many as 10 courthouses in the county may close by next summer, as the court system must cut it...