The legal tussle over the court-ordered release of inmates from California's overcrowded prisons is set to continue after the ...
The Supreme Court Tuesday vacated a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling granting habeas corpus relief to a woman convicte...
A judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by a former entertainment lawyer against media mogul Haim Saban over tens of millions o...
A team of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher attorneys raced to work on a deal for client Kraft Foods Inc., resulting in British food...
A federal court of appeals has ordered a new hearing for a Nigerian asylum seeker, citing problems with a lower court's transc...
A judges' advocacy group is questioning whether the Administrative Office of the Courts properly appropriated money to fund a ...
A federal judge on Tuesday sharply questioned the prosecution of a former congressional candidate accused of threatening Latin...
Lee Bollinger of Columbia University examines the business of journalism and First Amendment protections.
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Deborah Stein of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett discusses the impact of business interruptions in the film industry and the na...
Margaret Russell of Santa Clara University says with compelling public interests at stake, its time to address the use of tele...
Sacramento Superior Court Judge Loren McMaster says the computer California Case Management System should not take precedence ...
Health Care & Hospital Law
9th Circuit Considers Appeals To Health Cuts
By Evan George
In a wide-reaching hearing, federal judges on Tuesday showed continued dismay and skepticism over the state's reductions to sa...
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Samsung Electronics has agreed to pay Rambus $900 million in cash and stock, resolving a long-running and bitter legal battle ...
The Obama administration was poised Tuesday to nominate three Northern Californians to the federal bench, sources have told th...
The remaining issue in talk-show host Conan O'Brien's ongoing negotiations with NBC over a settlement for his early departure ...
Los Angeles-based Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith more than doubled its office space in New York, grabbing three floors at...
All state courts will be closed Wednesday as a cost-cutting measure.
Law firms become diverse when they undertake concerted initiatives with that as their goal, according to a study released Tues...
Attorney John Browning spotlights botched robberies and unsuccessful stick-ups that have garnered media attention.
Just last May consumer lawyers were celebrating a 4-3 victory at the California Supreme Court that boosted their ability to en...
San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos has been cleared of a claim by an investigator who claimed he retaliated...
The Obama administration said Friday it will allow thousands of illegal Haitian immigrants to remain in the U.S. temporarily a...
Two investment fund managers involved in separate fraudulent schemes felt the heat Friday from federal prosecutors in San Fran...