When California voters went to the polls in 1978 to decide whether to reinstitute capital punishment, what were they thinking...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the incarceration of South Carolina man for overdue child support payments violated h...

A former Pennsylvania police chief cannot to sue the local government over an employment dispute on free-speech grounds, the U...

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that they will consider if plaintiffs who suffered no injury can sue under a law polic...

In a closely watched case that legal observers said helps strengthen Indian tribal sovereignty, an appellate court established...

A key provision in the patent reform bill that would prevent Congress from grabbing funds from the U.S. Patent and Trademark O...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to step into a high-stakes dispute over water rights between a power company and the stat...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case involving a San Francisco pilot's suit against the government for the emot...

Sacramento bankruptcy attorney Thomas A. Willoughby was selected late last week to represent the committee of unsecured credit...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up a closely watched case dealing with method patents, its first such case since ...

In her first opinion as chief justice, Tani Cantil-Sakauye sided with California game wardens Monday in a case implicating con...

A bill that would allow farm workers to organize by submitting a petition to the state instead of holding a secret ballot elec...

Kern County (Bakersfield) ...

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

A new legislative effort could provide significant copyright protection to fashion designers for the first time since the 1930...

Glimpse inside a legal system where information about public affairs travels by word of mouth only. By Genaro Lara ...

An attorney reflects on lessons learned as his 50th birthday approaches. By Dan Lawton of Lawton Law Firm ...

Should courts credit criminal defendants for payments made to victims by insurers? By Antonio R. Sarabia II ...

We should fight Proposition 8 every way that we can, both in the courts and at the ballot. By Tom Watson of Love Honor Cherish...

In trouble with U.S. Customs and Border Protection? Tips on how to defend yourself in a penalty action. By F. Gordon Lee of No...

An attorney representing Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. accused Apple Inc. of using a "double standard" during a Friday hearing,...

A jury found a former managing partner and a senior partner at the Los Angeles business litigation and commercial law firm Rut...

In his first public appearance since a ruling upholding his decision in the Prop. 8 case, former U.S. District Judge Vaughn R....

Oaktree Capital Group LLC turned to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP for its proposed $100 million initial public offering. ...

Dar-Sav Inc., a marketing company that operates a chain of 40 haircutting stores throughout the state, is suing former Bryan C...

Federal and state authorities sued a Santa Maria-based oil company Friday, alleging it broke the law by polluting Santa Barbar...

Judge dismisses suit against San Mateo County over Lehman Brothers investments. ...

Juniper Networks Inc.'s former general counsel, Lisa C. Berry, lied about the stock options grant process she oversaw, the Sec...

The U.S. Supreme Court will announce as early as Monday whether they'll consider a San Francico pilot's lawsuit against the go...

Senior Vice President and General Counsel Retirement Housing Foundation ...