As a farm worker, Rosendo Peña was incarcerated for picketing in protest of working conditions. Thirty-five years later he's a...

Although the U.S. Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the issue of hacker-obtained evidence, the line of Fourth Amendment cases...

The San Jose-based technology company, which develops small packages for silicon chips used in everything from cellular phones...

In one of this term's major employment cases, the U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided Monday over whether unions can require m...

The 9th Circuit has created a confusing patchwork of decisions involving free speech and intellectual property, writes Mark S....

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to intervene in a dispute over whether police are required to return pot seized from me...

New York should take a cue from California regarding Ultimate Fighting Championship events, writes Kristin Johnson. - Forum Co...

The Federal Circuit agreed with a San Diego judge's ruling that Qualcomm Inc. committed misconduct by failing to disclose the ...

A federal jury on Monday rejected the claims of Nigerian plaintiffs who said Chevron Corp. was responsible for the shooting de...

Obstacles to high court fall for former union lawyer Marsha S. Berzon ...

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has elected four partners in its Los Angeles and Palo Alto offices.

"I think the entire country is waiting to see what the California Supreme Court does," said Marcy Berkman, a deputy in the San...

The delicate issue of how the government should weigh environmental interests against those of big business comes before the U...

Demanding that hydroelectric dams — which emit no carbon dioxide and provide the cleanest, most reliable, and cheapest form of...

Under California law, the tort of trespass to chattels encompasses “intermeddling with or use of or damages to” personal prope...

Philadelphia-based Duane Morris, home to 650 lawyers, has claimed Thelen's 19-attorney construction group from its New York of...

Environmentalists and community groups have filed three lawsuits against a county-approved plan to expand oil drilling in the ...

Even if lawmakers return for another lame-duck session this month, the 110th Congress is nearly certain to close up shop witho...

Judge McBride distributes his sarcasm equally to all parties.

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

The Sacramento office of Bullivant Houser Bailey has hired an of counsel in its commercial litigation practice.

Shortly after taking the bench, Anne-Christine T. Massullo ruled in the Sharon Stone custody case. ...

A naughty senator and an exploding hotel welcomed Hilton's New General Counsel, Richard M. Lucas, to Beverly Hills. ...

A jury found a 49-year-old Missouri mother guilty of three misdemeanor counts of unauthorized computer access, but rejected pr...

Employment lawsuits typically rise in bad economic times but the increased public focus on meal-and-rest break violations have...

Keying in relationships leads to settlements, Debra Mellinkoff has found. ...

Despite recent calls to oust California judges who allowed same-sex marriage, history shows that successful recalls of judges ...

A lesson for patent litigators: If arguing a client's patent on an infrared camera in a cell phone is being infringed, there n...

The irony of “civil” practice is that oftentimes, some of those who practice it are not, well, civil, writes Matt Valenti. - F...

A federal jury awarded $11.3 million to a quadriplegic man who claimed insurers of an exercise machine company acted in bad fa...