A man on death row for nearly two decades should receive a retrospective competency hearing and possibly a new trial, the stat...

In a pre-trial ruling, a class of 15,000 current and former security guards has been awarded $89.7 million in wages, interest ...

Do brokers have an on-going duty to ensure the existence of insurance coverage? By John J. McLeod and Daniel H. Rylaarsdam of ...

Judge Gerald Rosenberg keep his chambers meticulous despite his heavy civil caseload.

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

General Counsel for Reddit Inc. San Francisco ...

The FTC has been flexing its muscles recently to ensure the public that it's working to protect private consumer information. ...

Andy Griffith's death spurs memories of a time before lawyers' lives were held hostage by technology. By Dan Lawton of Lawton ...

Courts sometimes cross-apply legal doctrines from other areas of jurisprudence; such is the case with willful blindness in cop...

A case in which prosecutors sought $187 million in damages from a massive wildfire has settled on the eve of trial, but the co...

The momentum has shifted, at least for now, in the smartphone legal battle pitting Apple Inc. against Google Inc. and its alli...

Although the recession affected business for independent mediators, many have come up with innovative ways to sell their work ...

The legal jobs tally remained at 1.1 million after a slight uptick of 200 jobs in June, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...

A growing chorus of appellate justices hoping to hold off on new appointments could lead to longer than usual vacancies, or co...

While hydraulic fracturing has been around for decades, its incidence and effects were unknown, until recently, to many, inclu...

The cost of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy will increase by $46 in November to pay for extending four temporary bankruptcy j...

A set of plaintiffs in a long-running antitrust class action on Friday filed a motion to approve a $38 million settlement with...

Unresolved, however, are lawsuits challenging the project that critics said will now proceed. ...

The new Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corp. is a 72-lawyer firm with headquarters in Sacramento and offices in Sa...

Several firms with California presences saw large jumps in the total value of M&A transactions they handled in the first h...

Judge Jerold Turner presides over misdemeanors, but he says the crimes are plenty serious.

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

Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP added Richard J. Zuromski Jr. as partner in San Francisco.

State appellate Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson makes note of the greater impact of his decisions.

Learn more about what can and cannot be used to offset disability income plan payments. By Chuck Teixeira ...

Important tax rules to know when dealing with divorce, Part 2. ...

After four years as an associate justice on Palau's Supreme Court, Alexandra F. Foster is returning to American soil, this ti...

After nearly two decades helping law students get involved in public service, Lisa Mead has returned to a position where she...

Bayer CropScience's $500 million purchase of AgraQuest Inc. represents a move to strengthen its agricultural technology portfo...

The acting county counsel for Mendocino County was detained early Tuesday morning for alleged possession of a concealed firear...