Saying she fears bankruptcy and homelessness, Gail Knight Steinbeck, the widow of author John Steinbeck's son, has refused to ...

Thaddeus J. Culpepper, of South Los Angeles, is charged with one count of bank fraud following allegedly depositing a stolen U...

Attorneys say a bill to require women on corporate boards might not survive a legal challenge, but it could still accomplish i...

Beginning its final steps toward dissolution, Sedgwick LLP filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in San Fra...

Citing procedural issues, a federal judge in California dismissed without prejudice a lawsuit filed by a trio of nonprofit org...

Deans of California law schools discussed options for restructuring the accreditation process at a Tuesday State Bar meeting i...

Attorneys for plaintiff Dewayne Johnson asked a judge to uphold the jury’s verdict and award in the first case to find that Mo...

The number of cellphone buyers included in the class could hit 250 million under U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh’s order.

Radio and internet personality Alex Jones claims his political views earned him an unjust ban from PayPal Inc.'s processing se...

Robert M. Case, associate general counsel from 2013 to 2015, takes over for Debra Schroeder, who retired in January after work...

At least two complaints of judicial misconduct have been filed against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, alleging th...

Writing that it “plainly violates federal law,” Gov. Jerry Brown used one of the final vetoes of his career on AB 3080, a bill...

Judge may decide which side preserves the status quo.

The court will not hear a Silicon Valley billionaire’s challenge to a California law ensuring public access right to the state...

The court approved revisions to Rule 1.2.1, which provides guidance for attorneys advising cannabis industry clients.

The plaintiff in a negligence trial against Southern California Gas Company lost out on his full-time military status and a $1...

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday upheld a district court decision allowing immigrant minors in the U.S. ill...

A series of criminal justice bills aimed at increasing law enforcement transparency and accountability signed into law by Gov....

For the second time this year, the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the scope of the Federal Arbitration Act after hearing argu...

A $234 million patent infringement verdict against Apple Inc. that ballooned to $506 million was reduced to zero Friday after ...

The ABA president urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to wait for an FBI investigation. There’s a slight chance the ABA could...

Orange County Superior Court Commissioner Ronald Klar is retiring Thursday after 17 years on the bench.

An Orange County judge ruled a state “sanctuary” law is unconstitutional when applied to California’s 100-plus charter cities,...

Jerry Brown's third and fourth terms as governor have pushed California in a far more liberal direction on criminal justice, b...

Led Zeppelin is taking “Stairway to Heaven” back to the Central District for a reunion show, following a 9th Circuit U.S. Cour...

Eva Davis, co-chair of the firm’s private equity pracitce, is based in Los Angeles, while Robb Adkins will work as head of lit...

At a UCLA event, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan declined to comment on Kavanaugh’s nomination.

Boutique Mary Alexander & Associates often takes on occupational health and safety cases.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sat en banc Thursday to consider how district courts should certify class settlements, c...