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Palo Alto-based Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati announced Monday it has opened its second international office, this time...
The San Francisco District Attorney's Office has teamed up with a civil rights group to help homeowners avoid falling prey to ...
The state's Medi-Cal program to provides low-cost health care to poor, elderly and disabled patients could see significant cha...
Attorney General candidate Kamala Harris filed a complaint with the California Fair Political Practices Commission asking it t...
Law professors join in support of legalizing marijuana, showing that this is a matter of common sense and shared wisdom. By Lo...
The 1st District Court of Appeal issues a significant decision addressing urban water management plans. By Alfred E. Smith of ...
As money has poured into the election fight over Proposition 23, which would effectively kill the state's climate change law, ...
Judges and Judiciary
State High Court Rejects Riverside's Efforts To Ease Criminal Case Backlog
By Laura Ernden
Trial courts facing criminal case backlogs don't have to sideline civil and family court matters to deal with the problem, the...
The latest deals and transactions by California attorneys.
Hundreds of millions of dollars in fines haven't stopped drug and medical device companies from illegally marketing their prod...
San Diego attorney Craig Shaber pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to one count of tax evasion for the 2000 tax year. ...
Federal prosecutors are giving up on the final count of what had been a high-profile economic espionage trial against two men ...
An en banc panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals brought an end Friday to a lawsuit against San Francisco officials w...
Plaintiffs' lawyers filed what could be the state's first class action based on alleged "robo-signing" of home-loan documents,...
Latham & Watkins represented Aliso Viejo-based Clarient Inc., a molecular diagnostics company, in its $580 million sale to...
With the election fast approaching, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Ulmer has been making a strong bid to keep his ...
With less than two weeks to go before the election, Steve Cooley has widened his fundraising lead over Kamala Harris in the ca...
Health advocates are taking Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to task for slashing general fund dollars for special education student...
A federal judge said Friday that he will hold an evidentiary hearing to determine what to do about genetically modified sugar ...
Intel Corp. scored a minor victory last week in its ongoing legal battle with Canadian patent holding company Wi-Lan Inc., whi...
Two groups released a report last week showing disparities in marijuana arrest rates between blacks and whites, calling on min...
Millionaire construction magnate Ron Tutor is hoping a judge will pave the way for one of his companies to foreclose on a larg...
Children of unauthorized immigrants deserve access to our higher education system. By Jennifer Chacón of the UCI School of Law...
Technology & Science
The Privacy Implications of Facebook on Your Life and Practice
By Alexander Phersonn
The information you post on Facebook is easy prey for law enforcement, identity thieves and lawyers. By Orange County attorney...
Weeks after being accused of bribing witnesses in connection with the long-running Nicaraguan banana farm pesticide litigation...
Law Practice
9th Circuit Committee Is Investigating Billing By Court-Appointed Lawyers
By Gabe Friedmann
Federal appellate committee looks into billing irregularities for work done by private attorneys who receive tax money. ...
Proposition 19 withstands constitutional objections and leads to a more rational drug policy. By Allen Hopper of the ACLU. ...
Earn one hour of MCLE credit by reading "Introduction to Receiverships" by Edythe L. Bronston and David J. Pasternak and answe...
Barbara Scheper runs formal proceedings in her Chatsworth courtroom. Some attorneys say it stems from her background in federa...