The family of a California woman who went into respiratory arrest and died after neck surgery has filed a lawsuit blaming a po...

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared no closer to resolving a long-running dispute over a $79.5 million punitive damages award agai...

Retired Superior Court Judge William Huss, often described as an "old-fashioned" law-and-order bench officer who required atto...

The slew of nationwide law firm layoffs continued Tuesday, when 1,700-attorney Reed Smith let go of 115 support staff, constit...

State officials who regulate the HMO industry do have the power to ban doctors from billing patients directly even when insure...

A federal magistrate judge in San Francisco has scaled back a nationwide injunction that blocks a Bush administration rule loo...

New Federal Rule of Evidence 502 addresses inadvertent waivers of the attorney-client privilege, and codifies an area of pract...

Axiom, the professional services firm targeting the high-end legal market, has opened a Los Angeles office.

Faced with the task of deciding whether to dismiss dozens of lawsuits accusing telecommunication carriers of spying on million...

Right after taking the bench, Stacy Boulware Eurie efficiently handled a complicated, three-defendant murder trial. ...

The Daily Journal highlights its picks for the state's 40 top neutrals for 2008. ...

David Piercy, above, can’t afford epilepsy drugs but is considered too wealthy for county assistance under Fresno’s strict rul...

The corporate and transactional firm Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth has cut the number of attorneys and staff employed in...

Over the summer, U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte raised a couple of pesky questions about a saga that Wilson Sonsini Goodrich...

San Diego County has won summary judgment in a suit filed by the families of a business executive and three other people kille...

The Daily Journal spotlights five programs throughout the state for their efforts in providing their communities low-cost ways...

Lawyer fought for disability benefits. ...

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to conclude that the government can take into account economic costs when consi...

The Obama administration will likely reinvigorate antitrust enforcement, and might start with taking a closer look at pharmace...

The federal corruption trial of Mike Carona will continue without the former Orange County sheriff's mistress nearby as a co-d...

Disputes arising from online virtual worlds could make their way to real world courts, writes Robert D. Brain. - Forum Column ...

Lawyers suing on behalf of learning disabled bar exam takers should focus on two specific sections of the Americans With Disab...

Retired judge formed own religion. ...

The Judicial Council and others are considering proposals that would require mediators to meet and pass professional eligibili...

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow Tuesday to a convicted murderer from California when it vacated a 9th U.S. Circuit Court o...

President-elect Barack Obama announced Tuesday the selection of former California lawyer and legislator Louis E. Caldera, a Se...

Citing "extraordinary new evidence" of judicial and prosecutorial misconduct, attorneys for film director Roman Polanski on Tu...

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch adds three attorneys in San Diego.

A lawsuit seeking to shut down the large pumps that remove water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta has opened a whol...

“In the area of electronic surveillance, it’s essential to have accountability on the part of the people we trust with our com...