The firm of Newport Beach attorney Michael J. Avenatti missed the first payment on the settlement of a dispute with former par...

A superior court judge who drew an election challenge after two months on the job is the first sitting judge in San Luis Obisp...

The director-chief counsel of the Commission on Judicial Performance said Tuesday that his agency is open to compromise with t...

A year has passed since the U.S. Supreme Court’s TC Heartland ruling and the patent world has changed.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Paul Bacigalupo has been elected president of the California Judges Association, the g...

The 27.3 percent pass rate came on the second two-day exam.

The 5-4 opinion reinforces employers’ ability to compel one-on-one arbitration and deals a blow to class actions.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has adopted new policies to address concerns expressed by clerks and court employees fol...

A judge who was censured by the Commission on Judicial Performance and another 35-year veteran of the bench find themselves fe...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to end a longstanding tool used by immigration judges to delay hearings indefinitely ...

After nearly seven years of litigation and a three-week jury trial, a Los Angeles jury ruled Monday that the NCAA did not defa...

The state Senate approved a bill Monday banning secret settlements in sexual harassment, discrimination and assault cases.

GoPro Inc. settled its trademark and unfair competition case against a photography company that sold unauthorized camera acces...

The complaints were filed Monday on behalf of five women accusing a USC gynecologist of sexual assault while conducting examin...

Law firms are increasingly losing business as technological advances and nontraditional competitors continue to woo clients hu...

Allison Amadia comes on board at a time of significant growth for Personal Capital as it markets its hybrid advisory model and...

Democratic Attorney General challenger Dave Jones has charged incumbent Xavier Becerra with violating campaign laws by featuri...

Patent litigator Jared Bobrow is departing Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP to co-lead Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP’s ...

Christopher Beck keeps up with the evolving fair housing laws for city of San Buenaventura.

The agency is no longer seeking state Senate confirmation for Chief Trial Counsel Steven Moawad

A prosecutor trying his luck for a third time and a veteran judge forced to campaign at the age of 88 are among the 28 candida...

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. and a team of attorneys at Covington & Burling LLP filed a friend-of-the cou...

The smartphone wars continued Friday as attorneys for Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. faced off to deliver closing...

In a case the state parole board said could infringe on its authority, an Orange County judge has postponed a murder convict’s...

Julius Turman, managing partner of labor and employment firm Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP’s San Francisco offic...

Daniel M. Sklar was a prolific entertainment lawyer who had many friends and clients in Hollywood and the music industry.

A one-week deadline is looming for two bills pending in the Legislature aimed at clearing the backlog of what some have estima...

After nearly two decades of litigation, a paint manufacturer has agreed to pay over $60 million to 10 counties and cities to s...

Michael J. Avenatti, the ubiquitous television presence and counsel to the porn actress suing the president and his personal a...

To prove someone profited off your likeness, is it necessary to show that the average customer can recognize your identity or ...