A decorated and disabled U.S. Army veteran on Wednesday sued to obtain spousal benefits for her same-sex partner in what is be...

The 9th Circuit plans to announce its decision Thursday on the public release of videotapes made of the 2010 district court be...

A group of U.S. solar manufacturers who have filed a trade case alleging unfair practices by China are lauding an ITC determin...

Users of Megaupload.com, the file sharing service whose leaders were charged with criminal conspiracy last month, may be able ...

More than 100 workers at Inland Empire warehouses will keep their jobs after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction W...

Critics of Tuesday's blanket order allowing regular media access to juvenile dependency courts are predicting more delays and ...

Troubles for law schools over their graduate employment figures grew Wednesday as a group of plaintiffs class action attorneys...

A Paul Hastings LLP legal team advised a subsidary of Japan's largest home builder in buying out the California Public Employe...

Covington & Burling LLP represented The Walt Disney Co. in its acquisition of a controlling interest in UTV Software Commu...

How should judges deal with lawyers who used to be their colleagues? That's the question some courts have had to grapple with ...

The first-to-file system poses problems for biotech because of patent law's written description requirement. By George Yu of S...

A well-intentioned initiative geared to protect our drinking water has strayed far from its purpose. By Anthony T. Caso of Cha...

The 2012 season is off to a quick start, and all signs indicate that this year will be even choppier. By James D. C. Barrall o...

California's insurance commissioner announced a settlement with Blue Shield of California Life and Health Insurance Co. for co...

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Bank of New York Mellon must pay $20 million to a unit of Orange County-based Pacific L...

Now that the science behind bone marrow transplants has improved, there is no rational basis to ban compensation for donors. B...

As patent attorneys test the boundaries of an appellate court ruling that may undermine the District of Delaware's status as a...

The state assembly voted Tuesday to put a ballot measure before the people that would alter California's oft-maligned "three s...

John F. Krattli will serve as acting Los Angeles County Counsel. He replaces outgoing County Counsel Andrea Ordin, who steps d...

California's Superior Court judges may soon begin posting lists of election campaign contributors near their courtrooms, under...

California Attorney General Kamala Harris joined other state attorneys general in an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Cour...

The online piracy problem calls for a global attack, not a US business-based approach. By Joe Donnini of Whittier Law School ...

An Orange County plaintiffs' lawyer not only lost her case at the 4th District Court of Appeal on Tuesday but also got some ha...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals signaled Tuesday that it might start granting asylum to people who have testified in cri...

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP represented Silicon Valley venture-capital giant Andreessen H...

Northern District U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag took command in 2010 with the vow to get tough on white collar crime. A year and ...

Michael Raab and Patrick Mahoney have announced the formation of Raab Mahoney, a two-lawyer criminal defense practice in Los A...

Over the past several years, Riverside County Superior Court's criminal trial backlog has decreased significantly because of a...

Venture capital investment in clean tech companies was $4.9 billion last year, signifying a drop from 2010 of 4.5 percent, and...

Each side claimed victory Monday when a jury verdict was reached in a fee dispute between a tax lawyer and a wealthy widow who...