Prosecutors are refusing to seek charges against three deputies accused of pepper spaying a Twin Towers inmate's anus and geni...

Expert opinions have become an increasingly common weapon in the battle over class certification, especially in federal courts...

Fear not a personal connection with your clients. Empathy will drive you to go the extra mile for a client in need, by Mathew ...

A state appellate court castigated the Irvine Unified School District for rejecting a contractor's lowest bids on a pair of sc...

Expect age discrimination complaints to rise as economic woes force baby boomers to delay retirement, by Shelline Bennett of L...

Controversial new greenhouse gas reduction targets were approved by a Southern California regional planning board Thursday.

When it comes to cameras in the courts, not all trials are created equal. That's the message Northern District Chief Judge Vau...

Further fueling the drama over one of the world's most famous doll brands, Mattel sued Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment in...

Hewlett-Packard Co. will buy 3Par Inc. for roughly $2.3 billion after Dell Inc. dropped out Thursday of an intense bidding war.

If the state does not discharge its duty to defend Proposition 8, heartfelt interests will be lost in the shuffle of legal and...

As state legislators frantically wrapped up their session late into the night Tuesday, they managed to pass a few key bills th...

Irvine-based Allergan Inc. and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement on Sept. 1 in which the company will pay ...

By William Wesley Patton of Whittier Law School. ...

After months of mudslinging, things quieted down for a little while after Judge Paul Zellerbach unseated Riverside County Dist...

Will the governor sign a bill that increases penalties paid by minimum wage violators or will he veto on grounds that enough i...

The USDA announced it would allow farmers to continue planting genetically modified sugar beet seeds just weeks after a judge ...

Although abuse and mistreatment in our criminal justice system are not the norm, these incidents occur more than people wish t...

Plaintiffs challenging the proposed merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines under U.S. antitrust laws took the...

California's real estate and mortgage lending industries dodged a few bullets and suffered a few minor dings in the waning day...

Can employers conduct criminal background investigations without violating their non-discriminatory policies? By Jaffe D. Dick...

Once thought of as a legal woe for only the largest national corporations, discrimination class actions could be poised to hit...

A judge ordered an affiliate of the world's largest real estate investment services firm to pay a bank and a developer $80 mil...

It is not often a case hits upon two favorite topics: Trade secrets and pie. By Michael Young of Alston & Bird. ...

Lance Armstrong's lawyers met with the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney's office Tuesday in what is believed to be their first face-t...

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart signed a lease for 17,590 square feet of space at One Market Plaza, solidifying i...

Dozens of sitting judges have donated money to hopefuls for attorney general, a position that carries with it a powerful seat ...

A former executive of Abu Dhabi National Energy Company has filed a lawsuit claiming leadership of the power energy firm, and ...

A former hospital CEO was sentenced on Monday to two years in federal prison for his role in a Medicare and Medi-Cal fraud sch...

Walnut Creek-based The PMI Group Inc., one of the largest private mortgage insurance companies in the country, has agreed to p...

The ACLU of Southern California filed a potential class action Tuesday against Fullerton-based Terra Universal, Inc., alleging...