Attorney General Eric Holder appointed Laura E. Duffy of the Southern District of California to serve a two-year term on the A...

In the continuing battle over capital punishment in California, a state court ruling threatens to further delay any lethal inj...

President Barack Obama's top civil lawyer on Friday argued in favor of a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals staff attorney seek...

Alston & Bird LLP and the California Endowment hosted the event, “California’s Health Care Future,” at the Omni Hotel in d...

Courts struggle with how to square decades-old privacy case law with rapidly-evolving technology. By William K. Pao, L. David ...

California's approach to online juror misconduct is insufficient, leaving judges and practitioners to fill in the gaps. By Mic...

William Gould's new book provides an unparalleled look at the intersection of baseball lore and baseball law. By Mark S. Askan...

The federal Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday fined a cement maker $1.4 million over claims that it failed to insta...

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has built an army of at least 100 attorneys on both coasts sifting through the ashes...

The state Supreme Court's opinion in a pivotal meal-and-rest break case could be delayed by almost three months after the cour...

On Dec. 5, the Youth Law Center, a nonprofit organization recently recognized as one of the nine best high-impact charities se...

Renewable energy contracts in California will have to meet new requirements to qualify towards California's ambitious renewabl...

On Dec. 7, the Association for Corporate Growth in Los Angeles hosted its annual Holiday Party at the Beverly Hills Hotel. ACG...

The Contra Costa County Employees' Retirement Association, which administers the county government's retirement system, filed ...

Debate over a controversial online piracy bill threw the House Judiciary Committee into chaos Thursday, as the typical decorum...

A state appellate court ruling Thursday appeared to doom a court challenge to San Francisco's below-market-rate condo conversi...

After serving in administrative positions for the Sacramento County Municipal Court, in 1992 Dennis Jones became the first exe...

The Disability Rights Legal Center, a public interest law firm whose mission is to champion the rights of people with disabili...

The California Public Utilities Commission has found a way to continue collecting for another year money it uses to fund green...

Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino counties’ Annual Luncheon, the nonprofit organization’s marquee fundraising ev...

Tampa-based Holland & Knight LLP, one out-of-state firm among many that's struggled to grow in Los Angeles, is in the proc...

The Senate confirmed Alaska Supreme Court Justice Morgan Christen’s nomination to join the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals on a 95-3...

On Dec. 6, the Irish Heritage Award reception took place at the Arent Fox firm in Los Angeles. Arent Fox attorney Michael Turr...

The San Diego County Bar Association’s 2012 President Marvin Mizell is sworn into office by Judge Joe Littlejohn at Stepping U...

The District of Delaware's status as a place for plaintiffs to file patent infringement lawsuits without fear of the cases bei...

A year after opening its first international office in Venezuela, Littler Mendelson PC has opened two offices in Mexico, the l...

On Dec. 1, Loyola Law School in Los Angeles welcomed about 180 graduates for its swearing-in ceremony for those who passed the...

An amnesty program for traffic-fine scofflaws that the state and the judiciary hopes will fill its bare coffers is drawing sha...

Despite tense U.S. relations with Iran, a San Diego defense contractor owes about $3 million to Iran's defense ministry, a 9th...

Kelly Dermody has a passion for pro bono work, an enthusiasm she hopes will be contagious among the members of the Bar Associa...