A recent case suggests that a state law requiring employers to maintain group health plan coverage for employees on pregnancy ...

California's cash-strapped state courts face severe cuts in the face of a budget crisis that threatens to usher in a "new norm...

The husband-and-wife lawyers accused of planting drugs on a school volunteer they believed mistreated their son have been indi...

A jury ruled 12-0 in favor of the defense Friday in a disability discrimination trial against Genentech Inc. in Santa Clara Co...

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advised Oracle Corp. in its planned two-part debt offering of $5 billion announced last week. ...

At its meeting Friday, the council heard from officials in courts in Kings and San Joaquin counties for extra funding. Three o...

Privacy advocates are concerned about technologies implemented by transportation agencies that track where customers get off a...

A retired pro basketball player's $1.45 million arbitration award against investment advisors who lost him money will stand, a...

Former Silicon Valley executive Kris Chellam has agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission la...

A State Bar judge made preliminary findings Friday that Santa Clara County prosecutor Troy A. Benson suppressed evidence in a ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is getting another chance today to decide whether goods purchased cheaply overseas can be sold in the d...

Judge James F. Iwasko may seem stern, but lawyers say he's a regular Joe.

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

Proskauer Rose LLP hired Rajani K. Gupta as senior counsel in the firm's Los Angeles office. Gupta represents banks, financial...

Judge Donald Currier's resume includes the following: state official, war veteran, detective.

A State Bar dues-waiver program has enlisted dozens of senior lawyers to do pro bono work. In July, the bar changed the rules ...

Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles held its 7th annual Just Neighbors event on Oct. 13 at the Autry National Center of...

The legislation, which has been codified at California Civil Code Section 55.3 et seq., was signed by Gov. Brown as an urgency...

Anonymous contribution to anyone - person or corporation, liberal or conservative - is not speech under any meaningful definit...

The ability of the firms and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley to find new technological opportunities is uncanny. By Martin Ken...

Christopher Cottle draws on his experience as an appellate court justice to bring sometimes contentious litigants to settlemen...

The Latina Lawyers Bar Association hosted its 15th Annual Awards and Scholarships Gala on Oct. 19 at the Millennium Biltmore H...

Two U.S. citizens have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's policy ...

In some circumstances such as divorce, child custody or criminal cases, practicing law can be hazardous to one's health. For t...

Archer Norris Partner Gary A. Watt was recently honored at the Contra Costa County Bar Association Gala for his significant co...

On Oct. 13 Patrick M. Kelly was sworn in as president at the State Bar's Annual Meeting in Monterey. Kelly is a partner at W...

The Department of Justice and Los Angeles County agreed Thursday to extend the timeline for implementing reforms to the region...

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP is making a concentrated push into Asia with the opening of a new office in Shanghai, C...

Homeowners notched a victory this week in an ongoing lawsuit alleging that Farmers Insurance Group and other carriers collecti...

A state judicial watchdog agency publicly admonished Kern County Superior Court Judge Charles R. Brehmer Thursday for violatin...