Patricia A. Pinto, a lawyer at the Orange County Legal Aid Society in Santa Ana, helps homeowners get mortgage loan modificati...

San Francisco District Attorney Kamala D. Harris has created a new unit to examine the potential consequences reports of law e...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's intervention helped fuel settlements that will allow a dozen disabled tenants to remain in their ...

Northern California partner David Cheng is the new chair of Nixon Peabody's 15-attorney China practice, the firm announced Tue...

Attorneys representing California high-technology and biotechnology companies are anxious to see whether new revisions to Chin...

As China continues to amass enormous wealth, power and influence in the global economy, California-based law firms have been f...

China presents an almost-perfect storm of factors that make complying with U.S. anti-corruption laws difficult, experts say. ...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to get its hands dirty Tuesday over whether a local regulation can stop the City of Los Angele...

A former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is taking senior status at the end of the month, cre...

The jobs of up to 35 child dependency lawyers are hanging in the balance, as San Diego County Public Defender Henry C. Coker m...

Riverside Courts Examine Security After Juror Hit Riverside court officials are beefing up jury security in the wake of an in...

After more than 30 years of public service, 5th District Court of Appeal Presiding Justice James A. Ardaiz is preparing to ret...

When labor agreement disputes arise, union reps commonly rely on the existence of a "past practice." John McLachlan of Fisher...

James Wongexplains the advantages of doing business in Hong Kong or Singapore, the top two choices for setting up shop in the ...

Chief Justice Ronald M. George has named nine members to the Judicial Council, the group that sets policy for the state's cour...

Allan Marson and Fang Fang of Baker McKenzie write about representative offices, a popular means for establishing business pre...

In a major victory for a San Francisco-based human rights group, the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday ruled unanimously that former ...

The LA County District Attorney's office is closing its investigation into Cardinal Roger Mahony and other top leaders of the ...

Howard Hoffenberg examines Victoria's Secret's trademark dilution lawsuit against Victor's Little Secret, a purveyor of adult ...

Carolin Shining of Paul and Hanley argues in support of California's long tradition of requiring judicial consideration of all...

By Lisa Kestenbaum Daily Journal Staff Writer When Laura Crane crosses the finish line at the San Diego Rock 'n’ Roll Marat...

Hundreds of Southern California lawyers - most from Orange County - stand accused of, or are under investigation for, defraudi...

The Obama administration reject a pending legal challenge to the law by the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, an employer gr...

A federal judge in Santa Ana overseeing several hundred cases against Toyota Motor Corp. ordered the automaker to complete the...

George Hahn - steamed that he was fined $100,000 by the state for selling his "Worm Gold" fertilizer - is taking his case to t...

A Contra Costa County prosecutor accused of raping and sodomizing a colleague lost his bid Friday to get the government to pay...

A Legislative committee has killed a bill that would have made it a misdemeanor for child molesters to cruising Internet socia...

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Daniel Lazaroff of Loyola Law School examines American Needle Inc. v. NFL, a case that will undoubtedly influence the c...

The Bar Association of San Francisco has given good marks to all seven of the candidates running for seats on the county's Sup...