A state appellate court Friday said San Francisco Superior Court Judge affirmed the second-degree murder conviction of dog own...

The new financial reform law changes how issuer credit ratings information is disclosed in debt securities public offering sta...

If the current crop of global warming tort claims is met with success, how will such an outcome affect comprehensive general l...

Proponents of repealing the 14th Amendment's citizenship rights misinterpret and dehumanize immigrants and why they migrate, b...

Christopher L. Diener, an Orange County lawyer facing criminal charges for alleged mortgage modification fraud, was sued Frida...

A black man on death row found traction with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Friday on his claim that he did not receive...

Simona Agnolucci has only been an associate for three years, but she's already had an experience attorneys many years her seni...

Hewlett Packard's Mark Hurd is only the latest in a string of executives ousted after discovery of affairs or sexual harassmen...

Libertarian Richard Rider is suing the city of San Diego to stop what he calls a "Frankenstein Proposition" scheduled for the ...

SAN DIEGO - Proposed defense budget cuts could bring new business for lawyers who serve the industry in heavy military markets...

As parents, how do we know when we should first become concerned that our teenager is drinking to access? By Mark B. Simons of...

State senators are poised to vote this week on a bill that would significantly limit employers' rights to run credit checks on...

Taking a swing at new health insurance regulations meant to prevent Californians from losing coverage after they fall ill, an ...

Six former Hogan Lovells lawyers, led by high-profile intellectual property litigator Richard de Bodo, have left to join the L...

A proposal by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to change the way companies disclose the potential costs of litigation ...

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...

Watching her Mexican parents start life in a new country has made Los Angeles County Judge Olivia Rosales pragmatic but determ...

A series of new regulations and legal documentation requirements have made buying a home more complicated today than it was pr...

Court employees can feel free to rat out their bosses for fraud, waste and abuse, thanks to new legislation Gov. Schwarzenegge...

San Francisco's Hanson Bridgett snagged a contract with the state's Department of Personnel Administration, capped at $500,000...

Superior Court Judge Gregg Marcus, whose legal career spans 40 years, is retiring. ...

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board of directors has been hit with another lawsuit over its handling of the resignation of Mark Hurd, ...

Five of financier David Bergstein's film companies that are currently battling creditors trying to force the entities into ban...

Regular visitors to the criminal courts building in downtown Los Angeles know to allow an extra 10 minutes for security screen...

Attorneys defending Manatt, Phelps & Phillips in a legal malpractice claim brought by a class of retired NFL players have ...

It is human nature to seek out the best and most personalized solution. But in a time of limited resources, efficiency is key ...

It's been 56 years since Brown v. Board of Education. Are America's schools still maintaining racial equality or are th...

The explosion of a Sea-Doo jet ski two years ago in Lake Havasu is at the center of a lawsuit alleging that the popular waterc...

Oft-criticized U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real of the Central District has been removed from presiding over a case that's o...