The three U.S. Supreme Court justices whose stock holdings have forced them to recuse themselves from recent cases have each s...

Already accused by several foreign governments and its leading rival of antitrust violations, semiconductor giant Intel Corp. ...

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

Geoffrey Goodman joined Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott's Sacramento office as a partner from Sacramento firm Murphy Austi...

First it was the tiny Delta smelt that forced big cuts in Californian's water use. Now it is the salmon's chance to make a spl...

Plaintiffs trying to sue companies for securities fraud scored a win Thursday at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Despit...

In order to combat piracy in India and here at home, enforcement agencies should educate and create awareness among the public...

A jury has awarded a disabled teacher $1.4 million in her suit against the Montebello School District, agreeing that administr...

When China hosts this year's Olympic Games, many visiting journalists and spectators will be allowed freedoms that still aren'...

"Love contracts" can provide significant protection against liability for employers that use them appropriately, writes James ...

Three justices were confirmed to California's 2nd District Court of Appeal this week. ...

Heller Ehrman partner and intellectual property litigator Jessica R. Wolff is leaving the firm's San Diego office today for Co...

In probate disputes, Los Angeles mediator Paul Fisher works with parties to find common ground. ...

Web Exclusive - A federal court judge will be considering a proposed settlement regulating the number of immigrant detainees h...

Federal prosecutors unsealed two indictments Thursday against Henry T. Nicholas III, the Orange County billionaire and ex-Broa...

The California Supreme Court on Thursday vindicated five years of work by government officials trying to restore the environme...

Self-described shock artist Ira Isaacs - who makes and distributes movies showing bestiality and scatological sex acts - will ...

Judge Robert D. Quall's good deeds didn't go unpunished. ...

Latham grabbed a capital markets partner from Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York.

The candidates were diverse, but one thing seemed to unify judicial elections in the Bay Area this week: close calls. ...

An attorney trying to convince a judge to dismiss the Securities and Exchange Commission's backdating complaint against KLA-Te...

The one incumbent Orange County Superior Court judge challenged in Tuesday's election easily squashed his opponent, while thre...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has authority under emergency powers to relieve overcrowding in California's prisons by ordering th...

Mike Aguirre, the activist incumbent San Diego city attorney, will be fighting to retain his job Nov. 4, against San Diego Cou...

California voters passed a new eminent domain law by an impressive 62 percent margin Tuesday, but land use lawyers say it will...

Although demurrers and motions to strike are similar in several respects, the two procedures are not used in the same way, wri...

Serious questions have been raised about the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's authority to issue a rule regulating g...

Despite recent steps in the right direction, the state's health insurance system still puts the onus on the sick, vulnerable p...

No matter what the reason for resisting discovery, motions to compel include requests for sanctions. Not to be outdone, respon...

Two veteran prosecutors will don robes after winning contested judicial elections in Riverside and San Bernardino counties Tue...