An interdisciplinary approach to the challenges posed by the criminal wrongdoing of governments. By Austin Sarat and Nasser Hu...

U.S. District Judge William Alsup issued an order Thursday giving the California Department of Social Services until April 8 t...

The Bar Association of San Francisco held its annual changing-of-the-guard luncheon Tuesday at the Julia Morgan Ballroom to a ...

Los Angeles attorney Allan Marks with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy represented institutional lenders in a $143 million ...

A Sacramento mom filed a class-action complaint this week in San Francisco County Superior Court accusing McDonald's of exploi...

Dosage mix-ups aren't new to emergency rooms, but the electronic systems that many doctors and hospitals are starting to use a...

A San Bernardino County judge opted for prison time for former Rancho Cucamonga Councilman Rex Gutierrez, two months after a j...

Passionate about his job as a deputy district attorney in the family protection unit, new San Diego County Bar Association Pre...

A jury recently awarded $6.8 million in a case against the Gaslamp Restaurant & Bar in Long Beach after a UC Berkeley seni...

Famed litigator James Brosnahan won a defense verdict for a San Diego-based company that makes non-lethal weapons and its chai...

A San Jose federal jury awarded just $12,000 to a class of 650,000 bad check writers who alleged they were routinely charged i...

The U.S. Senate confirmed Kimberly Mueller as a judge on the District Court for the Eastern District of California in Sacramen...

In an unexpected twist to the rollout of health care reform law, elements related to employment may crank up the pressure on e...

The four California-based U.S. attorney's offices collected $721.3 million from defendants in the last fiscal year, representi...

More judges appointed.

The Justice Department has filed a massive civil suit against BP Exploration and Production Inc. and a group of other companie...

Commissioner Nancy Svetich Pogue provides the calm needed to diffuse the tension in her child-support courtroom.

California's listing of wood dust as a carcinogen under Proposition 65 serves up yet another surprise to businesses. By Sean M...

A state appellate court decision could embolden more employees to challenge their employers on wage order violations. By Brian...

Management-side employment lawyers have wishes for the new year that may not be universally embraced. By D. Gregory Valenza of...

Why treating celebrities with addictive personalities is a risky business. By Janice R. Brenman. ...

Ronald L. Brown, a 29-year veteran of the L.A. County public defender's office, has entered salary negotiations for the post. ...

Most companies who have already filed their 2011 proxies propose holding their general advisory votes triennially. By James D....

The California Supreme Court declined Wednesday to block the state's open primary law from going into effect while a separate ...

The state agency tasked with investigating privacy breaches at medical facilities announced Wednesday that it was being inves...

Attorneys with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati have won a patent infringement lawsuit on behalf of their client, Santa Cl...

A dispute over a citizen's sardonic Nazi salute at a city council meeting led Wednesday to a federal appellate clarification o...

The inevitability of demographics and human mortality sets the stage for growth in the $12 billion industry of handling human ...

Customers who feel they were duped by satellite television provider DirecTV's advertising practices could see their money ref...

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher formed a new practice group Wednesday aimed at helping clients with matters originating from outsi...