The high court dismissed a case centering on whether federal law preempts local medical marijuana regulations, pulling the plu...

I am a longtime reader of the Daily Journal and have always considered its staff writers to present a fair and balanced view o...

In reference to two recent pieces on Proposition 34. By Miriam Gerace YES on 34 * SAFE California Campaign ...

Many litigators feel that the arbitration horse has broken out of the barn and is running away at full speed. By Robert Mann o...

A web of current legislation in China regulates the collection and use of data through the Internet and by specific kinds of b...

Apparently this is the first litigant to present the conflict between the peer review statutes and Westlake on the one ...

The 9th Circuit honored Associate Justice Judith L. Haller of the California 4th District Court of Appeal and Sanford Svetcov,...

Northern California energy provider Pacific Gas and Electric Co. was hit with a major proposed class action Thursday by custom...

A federal judge in Oakland heard arguments Thursday in an ongoing battle to define what resources California must provide disa...

Media mogul Barry Diller has joined the major broadcast networks in filing suit against the recently launched BarryDriller.com...

Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, chief justice of the California Supreme Court and the first Asian-Filipina American woman in the natio...

In a free speech case, U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez has issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Trinity County Sher...

Lawyers at Nemecek & Cole, who devote much of their time helping other attorneys and professionals try to escape legal jam...

Victory on the court: Three teams emerged victorious as the Landau Lawyers League concluded its summer basketball season. ...

The Orange County legal community gathered earlier this month to congratulate David A. Thompson on his becoming a justice of t...

Law enforcement agencies announced two separate settlements Thursday over alleged wrongdoing involving Southern California hea...

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday blocking construction of a planned 153,000 square-...

JAMS mediator and arbitrator Fred K. Morrison spent his life learning to acclimate to different situations and lawyers say he'...

An El Segundo-based law firm that handles collections work is suing Santa Clara University for its alleged misappropriation of...

An effort to reform the California Environmental Quality Act was set aside Thursday until next year, state legistlators announ...

James M. Humes, a top staff member for Gov. Jerry Brown, has put his name in for a vacancy on the 1st District Court of Appeal...

The state Supreme Court on Thursday repudiated an old common law ruling regarding settlements not made in good faith, ruling a...

More women than ever served as general counsel at top companies across the country last year, and California leads the upward ...

Chief Legal Officer of Stamps.com El Segundo ...

It's astonishing how, in this day of potentially high exposure liability, the major differences between an "Additional Insured...

New post-grant procedures for challenging patents in the Patent Office take effect next month. By Joe Liebeschuetz and Elizabe...

While the HBOR has some useful and reasonable provisions, it is likely to result in delayed foreclosures without obtaining the...

Toshiba Corp. has agreed to settle claims with a group of plaintiffs that last month won an $87 million verdict against the el...

The U.S. government will pay $425,000 in a first-of-its-kind settlement over claims a former prison inmate contracted a potent...

A Los Angeles jury awarded Hollywood financier David Bergstein $50 million in damages late Tuesday in his legal malpractice ca...