Fernando Ramirez, an undocumented worker from Mexico, was left brain damaged from a beating he took from fellow inmates. The s...

Lawyers have notorious reputations - and much of the time, they're well-earned, write Katherine A. Helm and Joel Cohen. ...

Courts have differed on the doctrine of "exhaustion of administrative remedies," writes Michael Paul Thomas. ...

Ever since his days as a VISTA volunteer, mediator and arbitrator Alan Penkower knew his talents lay in helping people solve p...

A recent protest and counter-protest in Orange County were a textbook example of the First Amendment at work and the triumph o...

Although the Senate Judiciary Committee resolved longtime issues in a patent reform bill it passed early last month, the paral...

An Orange County biotech executive was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday but was not required to repay as much as $15...

The Court of Appeal recently decided the second significant case in the past 12 months involving employee releases, writes Ste...

With budgets being trimmed up and down the state, some district attorneys say their agencies may be forced to just let some mi...

A former Citigroup Inc. investment banker and seven others have been charged with insider trading yielding more than $6 millio...

A federal judge in San Jose last week issued a tentative order requiring a real estate developer to pay $14 million in damages...

Karen Korematsu-Haigh, right, founded a civil rights institute in honor of her father Fred Korematsu, who was convicted of def...

Judge James Pierce used to have a reputation as ill-tempered, but lawyers say he's softened considerably lately, though he rem...

As the economy continues to lag, an increasing number of law firms have moved to eliminate the long-standing lockstep promoti...

Antitrust experts say the government inquiry raises the new and unwelcome prospect of a thorough investigation of Google's set...

The ability to litigate your environmental case at your own pace is critical, writes Murray M Sinclair. ...

Columnist Martin Berg checks into the courtroom battle between BofA and AIG and asks: Who's got OUR backs? ...

The Obama administration is finally taking on the extensive and infamous civil rights problems at the Agriculture Department, ...

Cliff Sloan and David McKean bring to life one of the most important cases in American history in their book "The Great Decisi...

Purchasing carbon offsets has become yet another vehicle for the kind of rapacious speculators who brought our economy to its ...

The seven Los Angeles members of Mujahedin-e Khalq, or MEK, pleaded guilty to supporting a terrorist group just before the eig...

The 9th Circuit's rejection Tuesday of the federal government's state secrets argument should bolster plaintiffs in a related ...

Democratic lawmakers continued their campaign to roll back binding mandatory arbitration Wednesday by introducing legislation ...

Clearly troubled by the burden placed on states covered by a restrictive provision of the Voting Rights Act, Justice Anthony M...

When Commissioner Catherine A.S. Lyons finds herself getting frustrated with the hectic and often heart-wrenching juvenile dep...

A new bill passed by the state Senate could represent the start of a new era for highway construction in California, write Nan...

In an unexpected turn of events, the owners of the now-defunct logging giant Pacific Lumber have agreed to pay $4 million to s...

After an unprecedented restructuring of law firm ranks in recent months, hundreds of bright young attorneys have been left to ...

An accomplished pianist, San Diego Judge Yuri Hofmann learned to play at age 6 from his opera singer mother. But a fascination...

Sen. Arlen Specter's surprise decision to switch to the Democratic Party Tuesday promises to shake up the powerful Senate Judi...