San Francisco joined a host of cities, counties and states in suing a variety of major opioid manufacturers and distributors f...

The verdict rejects a lawsuit filed by a veteran civil rights attorney in Woodland Hills.

A Palmdale attorney accused of murdering a homeless man in 2015 was acquitted of all charges by a San Francisco jury Wednesday...

In an unpublished portion of a 49-page opinion the justices said a Ventura County judge's campaign donations from defense atto...

Over half a million Hyundai and Kia vehicles on the road today are at risk of spontaneously bursting into flames, according to...

The revival of a billion-dollar conspiracy case against the NFL likely hinges on how quickly a 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appea...

The federal judge overseeing the landmark National College Athletic Association antitrust trial in which student-athletes are ...

Sen. Kamala D. Harris’ longtime top assistant has left her Senate office to take a job with her federal political action commi...

U.S. District Judge Andrew Guilford answered questions about his love of basketball during testimony last week in Fresno.

The state Senate has settled a lawsuit by a woman who claimed she was raped by a senior legislative staffer and later fired.

A lawsuit filed by a “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star over his iconic “Carlton dance” could test the power of a choreographer’s ...

Mediator and retired judge Patricia Collins helped start a program for LA area middle schoolers to engage with the law.

Now in its fifth year, a federal appeal involving allegations the Turkish government killed and seized land from more than a m...

In a highly critical opinion, a state appellate panel scathingly reversed summary judgment for defendant Cisco Systems Inc. in...

A year of major worker-friendly rulings in California courts and pro-employer ones from the federal bench are the latest chapt...

Gov. Jerry Brown announced six superior court judge appointments on Monday, including two more new judges with ties to his adm...

The law school’s finances won’t face scrutiny from Moody’s because its bonds have been paid off.

In the first of what could be a series of trials in a patent infringement lawsuit, attorneys for Juniper Networks Inc. won a d...

The Glendale-based sole practitioner was the go-to lawyer in a $14 million tax fraud.

A San Francisco federal jury exonerated two Korean ramen noodle makers Monday of allegations of price fixing.

In an indemnification suit between two former co-defendants arising in the aftermath of a nearly half-billion-dollar federal j...

A federal judge has given wide latitude to a special master to look into mental health care in California’s prisons.

The only physician known to have been convicted of murder in the U.S. for prescribing opiates lost her appeal Friday.

First-year law school enrollment rose nationally by 3 percent this fall, the first increase since 2010. Half of California’s A...

Following arguments in a case where firefighters say their right to purchase pension service time was unconstitutionally revok...

Gov. Jerry Brown appoints six more judges, including two from his administration.

Attorneys hoping to find out why their clients were wiretapped but never charged or directly notified were told by a superior ...

Orange County Superior Court Commissioner Barry S. Michaelson and attorney Sidney Mendlovitz were surprised last week to disco...

Two Bay Area-based organizations are challenging the state’s collection and retention of genetic profiles from people arrested...