In the first trial in a wide-ranging government corruption scheme in San Bernardino County, a jury convicted Rancho Cucamonga ...

Lenders to troubled Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer are expected to decide today between a plan to send the studio into bankruptcy or a bu...

The $200 million initial public offering completed Wednesday by Pacific Biosciences of California Inc. hit right in the middle...

A federal judge asked Thursday in a dispute between football players and their lawyers over an earlier settlement: Why didn't ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission passes two major developments for the upcoming proxy season for U.S. public companies. ...

The California Judicial Council isn't allowing judges who are critical of a proposed pay raise for court employees to air thei...

California family law is on the brink of the most dramatic changes the troubled system has seen in decades, according to exper...

Plaintiffs' lawyers fronting the federal multi-district litigation against Toyota Motor Corp. over unintended acceleration pro...

Lawyers who focus on sustainable construction are closely watching an unprecedented New York federal court lawsuit filed this ...

Gordon & Rees is taking legal action against two former clients the firm says owe it more than $100,000 in unpaid bills. ...

Court fees are increasing statewide to avoid more court closures. ...

Construction magnate Ronald Tutor has lost a bid to foreclose on a large library of films involved in a hotly watched bankrupt...

Federal prosecutors have secured another guilty plea in the criminal antitrust investigation into price fixing in the thin-fil...

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Los Angeles man to serve 21 months in prison and pay restitution for recruiting homeles...

Greenberg Traurig announced Wednesday it has scooped up two patent litigation partners from Weil, Gotshal & Manges in Redw...

The Fair Political Practices Commission has dismissed a complaint by Democratic Attorney General candidate Kamala Harris alleg...

In one of the largest trademark infringement verdicts of the year, a Los Angeles federal jury has awarded $60 million to a Ven...

BrightSource Energy broke ground on one of the first large-scale solar projects to be approved in California in decades and an...

Four former city of San Diego officials are poised to go down in history as the first municipal officials to pay financial pen...

The criminal trial of a man who claims to be God and whom prosecutors allege made death threats against two sitting federal ju...

A Los Angeles federal judge sided with the trucking industry late Tuesday in a battle over the Port of Los Angeles' clean truc...

Famous surfer Jeff Clark, known for discovering the big-wave surfing spot Mavericks, has again found himself in rough legal wa...

When it comes to discipline, targeting students of color is an ongoing problem with lasting consequences. By Jory Steele of th...

It's time to put aside party affiliations and help expedite the appointment and approval of qualified candidates. By William H...

Discipline of land-use regulators who abuse the rights of property owners should begin on U.S. soil before venturing abroad. B...

Proposition 19 creates a number of thorny insurance-related issues. By Clifford E. Hirsch and Jodi Lambert of Hirsch, Closson,...

Is there a lack of intellectual diversity among our nation's faculty members? By Timothy A. Canova of Chapman University Schoo...

In the first major test of her ability to lead the court system, chief justice nominee Tani Cantil-Sakauye will try to sell co...

A Los Angeles plaintiffs firm has filed a class action complaint against Wells Fargo Bank, alleging the lender flouted its obl...

Lawyers from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy advised the lenders in a $650 million deal to finance the construction of a 7...