The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will review a case dealing with the deadline for hearing a state prisoner's petitio...
Environmental
State’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan Dealt Setback
By Alexander Phersonn
Implementation of the state's greenhouse gas reduction plan is delayed, generating uncertainty in the business community. By M...
A group of Arizona taxpayers lack the standing to mount a legal challenge to a state program that indirectly funds religious s...
With medical marijuana in legal limbo, is it wise for a landlord to lease property to a marijuana dispensary? By Kevin Sher of...
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider Monday prominent Los Angeles trial attorney Pierce H. O'Donnell's attempt to get fe...
A federal judge in Los Angeles has denied in part a major record label's motion for summary judgment in a copyright case again...
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed Monday a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that had granted habeas corpus relief to an ...
Judge James M. Mize uses his skills in psychology and social work to try to restore civility when acrimonious couples appear b...
San Jose-based eBay Inc. turned to Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP for its $2.4 billion acquisition of Pennsylvania-based GSI Commerce...
A move last week by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to disguise an asylum-seeker's name highlights the new dangers to ap...
Vice president and general counsel for ValueClick Inc. Westlake Village ...
Perspective
With Its Settlement Rejected, What’s Next for Google Books?
By Karen Natividadn
With its first attempt rejected, why a revised Google Books settlement may very well pull Congress into the mix. By Richard E....
Government
The Demise of Opportunism and Ambition: California’s New Reapportionment
By Alexander Phersonn
Attempts to reform the partisan policy of redistricting in California are likely to face challenges. By Rod Pacheco and John R...
San Francisco's progressive reputation is about to be put to the test as a federal trial kicks off today over whether the city...
In a ruling that could bolster prosecutions, a federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that officials at a state-owned corporat...
With gas prices skyrocketing, efforts to reduce America's reliance on foreign oil cannot come any sooner. By Jonathan Michaels...
Lawyers for San Jose criminal defense attorney Jamie L. Harley, whom a jury found guilty of money laundering last summer, argu...
State appellate court justice chastises lawyer for helping client shield real estate assets from a creditor. ...
In what is believed to be a first, a federal judge said Friday she likely would reject a request for a permanent gang injuncti...
Focusing on what "style" of health care worked in other countries is not the solution for reform. By David McFarlane of Snell ...
While Friday's jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed promising signs for most in the private sector, the lega...
Three former BigLaw associates and law school classmates launched a virtual law firm and so far, the formula appears to be a s...
The union representing state lawyers and administrative law judges overwhelming approved a labor agreement Friday with Gov. Je...
The scandal-plagued, financially stricken Los Angeles suburb of Bell has been billed more than $1.2 million in a five-month sp...
A longtime government lawyer who faced off against the legendary Johnnie Cochran, Judge Kevin C. Brazile finally has his ideal...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar Seeks to Rank Schools by Diversity
By Don Debenedictisn
A State Bar panel says U.S. News & World Report should count diversity as 15 percent of a law school's rankings. ...
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC lost six intellectual property litigation partners to Latham & Watkins LLP.
Posting negative comments about your employer on Facebook is a dangerous proposition, says Marissa L. Dragoo of GRC LLP. ...
Son of a judge appointed by Gov. Ronald Reagan, Earl Maas III has carried on the family's judicial legacy since being tapped b...