Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal nabbed a leading insurance regulatory lawyer to gear up for what the firm believes will be a...

The number of legal jobs declined for the sixth consecutive month in November and contributed to the largest monthly employmen...

In response to evidence that systematic, dehumanizing bias is at the heart of many crimes against homeless people, Congress sh...

A judge in Alameda has revised an earlier award in the closely watched Sprint early-termination fee telecom case and ruled tha...

Although many law firms are reeling from the ailing economy, the area of intellectual property appears to be thriving. ...

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday to hear what will be the last of the major detainee cases arising from the Bush administ...

Centered on a 2005 Los Angeles criminal trial of a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's initial Senate campaign, Paul Mark Sandler...

Arent Fox is bringing on a bankruptcy attorney from Sheppard Mullin as a partner in the firm's Los Angeles office.

Bar Court Judge Richard A. Honn will help attorneys who exercise poor judgment, lawyers say, but he'll deal strongly with t...

In Judge Richard E. Rico's civil harassment court, getting an order against a jilted lover or a disgruntled employee requires...

Michael Ney, a civil defense lawyer in Walnut Creek, will be sworn in today as president of the San Francisco chapter of the A...

When former homicide prosecutor Mark S. Boessenecker took the bench, he got the family law docket. It's all new to him, but h...

Bank of the West General Counsel Vanessa Washington is helping to steer the company through a tumultuous time in the industry....

To provide a less expensive quality check on issued patents, Congress created the ex parte re-examination, a useful post-grant...

Seventy-five years ago, America ended its disastrous experiment with alcohol prohibition. Today, the country is still saddled ...

Richard S. Reisberg likens smart fishing to successful mediation. ...

A Superior Court judge has approved the largest-ever railroad liability verdict to a single plaintiff - a $48 million judgment...

Officials with the Department of Mental Health pledged Thursday to stop relying on police for emergency calls involving the me...

As part of a deal with 40 state attorneys general last month to cut down on listings for prostitution and sex-oriented service...

Seventy-five years ago, the states fully ratified the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, officially ending prohibition -...

New revisions significantly change the management of the Family and Medical Leave Act leave and provide rules for administerin...

For those who hope to rein in our uniquely high rates of litigation, a “loser-pays rule” seems like a common-sense way to weed...

But conservatives on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday blasted an earlier pro-gay ruling in the "don't ask, do...

The federal judge who stripped the famous Bratz dolls from MGA Entertainment at Mattel's behest also scolded the parties, sayi...

The idea of reducing California's inmate population by 50,000 inmates within two years is controversial for many people, inclu...

Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold has taken in three former Thelen attorneys in its San Francisco office.

A roundup of recent deal activity handled by California lawyers.

The lawyers who represented "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis in his federal tax evasion case have apparently been shown t...

A Superior Court judge was right to overturn a dangerous agreement between the state Department of Education and the American ...

After seven years of disastrous detention policies, a recent ruling ordering the release of several Guantanamo prisoners might...