Former Los Angeles pastor Christopher Iruke was sentenced on Monday to 15 years in prison and ordered to pay $6.7 million in r...

The state Supreme Court on Monday unanimously reversed a death sentence in a murder case, finding that a potential juror was i...

The U.S. attorney's office will suffer a leadership blow to its criminal appeals section this week when its chief departs, les...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a California case concerning how public sector unions charge workers for t...

A document released by staff members of the California Energy Commission claiming that it has the right to usurp local governm...

Longtime Morrison & Foerster LLP litigator Gordon P. Erspamer, a renowned advocate for military veterans' rights, has reti...

The U.S. Supreme Court signaled Monday that it would roll back the federal government's authority to protect environmentally s...

A prosecutor dropped in civil court, Judge Jacqueline Jackson caught up like the track star she was.

A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

Outgunned and out-organized by the entertainment industry and its allies, technology companies face an uphill battle against p...

A reader comments on "9th Circuit divide could deepen with new appointments." ...

Will the Justice Department be forced to scale back its FCPA enforcement tactics? By Bethany Hengsbach and Thaddeus McBride of...

For a laundry list of appellate practice "don'ts," look no further. By James C. Martin and Wendy S. Albers of Reed Smith LLP ...

Why Volt technology is an important bet for America's future prosperity. By Mark A. Neubauer ...

The U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles announced Friday it had charged nine people with illegally selling protected wildlif...

The federal government wants drug and device companies to report every lunch, speaking fee and grant over $10 that they give t...

The agent known for hit shows "The Biggest Loser" and "Project Runway" has settled a long-running arbitration with his former ...

A year after taking over as District Attorney for San Francisco in the wake of Kamala Harris' departure to become state Attorn...

The legal sector lost 1,800 jobs nationwide in December, according to a preliminary report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Stati...

In a rare break with its customary schedule for granting cases, the U.S. Supreme Court announced on Friday it would take two n...

Playing up a Southern drawl and throwing in homespun catch phrases can work to a trial lawyer's advantage -- as long as it's u...

Two separate efforts - new legislation and a recently revived court challenge - could extend and potentially save the lives of...

The National Labor Relations Board has ruled class-action waivers in employment contracts violate federal labor law, creating ...

The State Bar has closed - without filing charges - an ethics investigation into a civil litigator accused of illegally interc...

A rare criminal price-fixing trial against a public company kicked off in the Northern District today against AU Optronics, a ...

In what may end up being the first IPO of the year, biofuel company Renewable Energy Group, Inc. has announced plans to sell r...

Consumers seeking to enjoin AT&T's now-dropped $39 billion merger with T-Mobile USA Inc. asked a federal judge Thursday fo...

An independent panel has cleared two government scientists of wrongdoing after a Fresno federal judge accused them of acting i...

One year into office, Gov. Jerry Brown has embarked on perhaps the single largest transformation of corrections and rehabilita...

A group of five corporate and intellectual property partners from Reed Smith LLP's Silicon Valley office have decamped the lig...