What's keeping senators and congressmen busy during this pre-election season? By Sebastian Gibson. ...

Hong Kong e-commerce company Alibaba.com announced its acquisition of Chico, Calif.-based Auctiva Thursday, making it one of t...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is seeking a second opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court in a massive employment class action in which it ...

A defiant Placer County Superior Court Judge Joseph W. O'Flaherty defended himself Wednesday against willful misconduct charge...

The Commission on Judicial Appointments confirmed three Court of Appeal nominees Wednesday. ...

Nearly two years after 24 passengers died in the worst commuter-train collision in California history, Metrolink and a related...

U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Morrow is trying to reignite a stalled plan to build a new courthouse in Los Angeles.

The Commission on Judicial Appointments unanimously confirmed Tani Cantil-Sakauye on Wednesday to be the first Filipina-Americ...

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Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear relocated its San Diego office to the Del Mar Heights region to move closer to many of its hea...

Search for "got overtime" on Google and the first result at the top of the list is a website run by Irvine lawyer Michael Trac...

The National Institutes of Health announced it will issue no new grants for human embryonic stem cell research following a cou...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe will restore its associate salaries to their pre-recession levels beginning in January 2011...

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As trial began on a civil suit filed by a man who claims Twin Towers jail guards beat him, defense lawyers did not outright de...

Mitchell W. Roth, the first California lawyer to come under fire for cheating homeowners seeking mortgage modifications, agree...

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide an obscure issue of appellate procedure. Learn about the clash of two cases that p...

San Francisco Superior Court officials have decided to combine two of the court's civil divisions to cope with a $3 million de...

Developing a consistent and effective approach for any negotiation includes a cautious assessment from the start, by X. M. Fra...

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s general counsel has turned to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius to represent the technology giant in a series ...

Parents who show an inability to protect their children weaken their rights to continued custody. But what is the criteria for...

Contrary to the principles of due process, the people of California were not given an opportunity to be heard on the constitut...

Many people trying to open child care centers say they often find themselves up against a wall of red tape, struggling to deci...

Creditors with outstanding claims against financier David Bergstein and five of his film companies claim they have found a smo...

Televangelist and self-proclaimed "prophet of prosperity" Frederick K.C. Price will get another chance to prove that ABC News ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has failed to turn over even one document in response to a request for information about i...

The State Bar has given 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye its highest possible rating of exceptionally ...

A U.S. District Court decision Monday imposed harsher restrictions on stem cell research than were in effect even under former...

The faith-based charity World Vision, Inc. had the right to fire employees for rejecting Christianity, a divided 9th U.S. Circ...

”Sexually violent predator.” Even the term evokes a visceral response. But they are entitled to due process of law like everyo...