Former hard-driving prosecutor John M. Monterosso is a low-key, easygoing judge at Riverside County's Superior Court in Murrie...

Even lawyers who lose their cases hold Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Kathryn A. Solórzano in high regard. "She respe...

Brian Martin, KLA-Tencor Corporation’s general counsel, says that in-house leadership goes beyond the legal department. ...

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft admitted at a congressional hearing Thursday that the Justice Department under his leade...

An Alameda County prosecutor illegally used race in striking black members from a criminal jury pool, a federal appeals court ...

A federal prosecutor told jurors Thursday that 34 recorded conversations prove Terry N. Christensen was the "shot-caller" who ...

Even though he's worked as a plaintiff's attorney for most of his career, Jeffrey Ross says his heart's in resolution, not con...

A doctor who lost his medical license at age 84 after an investigation into an allegedly bungled exam has won $3.9 million for...

Verizon's ears are ringing - to the tune of $21 million - after the wireless behemoth settled last week with a class of Califo...

A landmark federal appellate decision overruled the affirmative-duty-of-care-standard for patent law disputes it originally se...

A Superior Court judge has nullified several private security contracts worth $6.7 million the city awarded to bidders for the...

A recent court decision will allow the Forest Service and other forest management agencies to implement needed programs to pre...

A recent Supreme Court decision in has made unions' legislative strategy much more difficult, writes Timothy Ryan. - Employmen...

A couple claimed their 6-year-old daughter lost her vision and nearly died from a reaction to Children's Motrin. Their lawyer,...

Web Exclusive - Web Exclusive - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a 10 percent reduction in drug reimbursme...

A federal court jury Thursday agreed with Mattel Inc. that one of its former designers created the concept for the successful ...

Drumming Up Business in a Down Market

The California Supreme Court Thursday dealt a blow to Pacific Lumber's logging plans for its vast forests in Humboldt County.

Los Angeles entertainment and real estate law firm Greenberg Glusker named a new leader of its litigation practice, Lee A. Dre...

We deserve a real energy policy that recognizes that markets and contracts produce power. Regulators and rhetoric do not, writ...

A federal judge empaneled a jury of seven men and five women for the trial of attorney Terry N. Christensen and former celebri...

Former highway patrolman Edward H. Bullard traded his badge for a robe and now the sits on the bench in Santa Maria's Superior...

Plaintiffs' lawyers suing IndyMac Bancorp in a securities-fraud class action filed a motion Wednesday, asking a judge not to d...

An Association of Corporate Counsel event this month seeks to broaden the horizons of attorneys dissatisfied in their careers ...

The specific fact pattern necessary to trigger an insured's right to Cumis counsel and 2860's rate cap and arbitration provisi...

Blue Shield of California has illegally canceled the medical coverage of least 850 of its sick policyholders since 2002, accor...

The specific fact pattern necessary to trigger an insured's right to Cumis counsel and 2860's rate cap and arbitration provisi...

Amid filmdom's labor turmoil, former Screen Actors Guild general counsel David White is providing advice to lawyers with actor...

The California Supreme Court Wednesday refused to block a November ballot initiative aimed at overturning the court's landmark...

Critics say unproven and even false accusations would remain public for the duration of a case, a process that could last year...