The draft budget also includes $34.7 million from the state’s General Fund for new technology to improve access to justice and...

“What we want is for the agency to accurately assess the impacts of the fishery on the humpback whale packs because they’re cr...

U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Breyer, based in San Francisco, is the chair, and only voting member of the commission. “...

“Reopening courthouses will help us do the Court’s business, resolve backlogs, increase access, and minimize crowding for our ...

James Bartko, Fresno State's former athletic director, who developed a drinking problem allegedly caused by trauma from childh...

The plan would permit the National Park Service “to kill native tule elk — a unique subspecies found in no other national park...

Thomas H. Peters, who was chief of the Civil Litigation Branch of the city attorney’s office from 2014 to 2019, agreed to plea...

Judge Yvette D. Roland made the recommendation, citing multiple examples of Thomas V. Girardi misappropriating client funds an...

The women-owned Oakland boutique takes a “feminist approach to interactions that’s respectful of everyone,” said partner Jean ...

Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck now has more than 200 attorneys in 13 offices. Eight lawyers from Greenberg, Whitcombe, Takeuchi...

Turning over the plaintiffs’ personal information to nongovernmental groups “would greatly increase the risk of unauthorized a...

Senior U.S. District Judge William Alsup of San Francisco denied motions in amicus briefs seeking to extend PG&E's crimina...

The Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct was asked to consider what the Legislature has discussed regarding a ...

“The legend in the old municipal court was that a bunch of cats were living in the ceiling and one of them fell through the ce...

Gov. Gavin Newsom planned to unveil his draft 2022-23 budget Monday — and it’s likely to be another good year for court fundin...

Mediator Glen Reiser has a gentle way of helping attorneys and parties see the strengths and weaknesses of the claims, attorne...

Sutter County judge focuses on research and reading

Richmond Mayor Thomas K. Butt contends the emails were not properly privileged, keeping them secret was a violation of the Bro...

Since New York resident Radek Barnert purchased his printer in his home state, and didn’t allege injuries in any other, U.S. M...

“The city had no duty to guard against the known hazardous activity of paddle boarding or to warn paddle boarders, since the r...

The sister of Dave Patrick Underwood, who was shot and killed outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland in May...

Maurice Sanchez willl be the first Latino justice of the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 3, and Laurie M. Earl, the fir...

There is no provision in statute or case law that provides anything for the court to work from when deciding how to approach t...

The ruling by Superior Court Judge J. David Markham is the latest in a trend of judge’s looking skeptically on developments th...

“These cases are not about abortion nor women’s reproductive rights in any way,” Kings County DA spokesman Philip W. Esbenshad...

In the county’s 148-year history, there had been seven women judges on the Ventura County Superior Court.

Anglin Flewelling & Rasmussen LLP and Lagerlof LLP combined will have 47 attorneys in offices in Pasadena, Portland and Se...

“This office and four other district attorney offices (Plumas, Lassen, Tehama and Shasta) have been working with Cal Fire inve...

“The Boy Scouts tout the plan and the settlements as historically high. When considered from the perspective of the individual...