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...

U.S. Department of Justice attorneys repeatedly returned to the inability of the federal judiciary to review visa decisions at...

With the United Kingdom’s March 29 scheduled European Union departure date on the horizon, attorneys are busy “Brexit-proofing...

Changes to the state’s bail system will continue even if a voter referendum on the issue qualifies for the 2020 ballot, Califo...

A federal jury on Thursday convicted the Mongols motorcycle club of racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering, settin...

Retired 1st District Court of Appeal Justice William A. Newsom III died Wednesday. He was 84.

The five-year legal battle over copyrights for parts of the hit song “Blurred Lines” finally ended with a federal judge orderi...

For Margaret Tides, the road to a 100-mile race’s finishline was a trip through hallucinations, and it made her a better advoc...

An attorney for a former Tesla Inc. worker suing for alleged discrimination said the company is trying to have its cake and ea...

A Los Angeles County judge and a retired Orange County jurist were publicly admonished by the Commission on Judicial Performance.

Prosecutors have a right to review otherwise confidential records, such as psychiatric evaluations, when prosecuting civil com...

A split 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel blocked Trump administration rules allowing more employers to opt out of providing ...

After the first full year since the start of the #MeToo movement, attorneys say executives manage crises at an increasingly gr...

The 2nd District Court of Appeal has overturned a Title IX case, ruling a USC student expelled as a result of a sexual assault...

Peter J. Anderson has joined the firm’s media and entertainment practice group in Los Angeles.

The Santa Clara County judge ousted from the bench after a contentious recall vote is now asking supporters for donations to p...

Former Paul Hastings LLP partners Tiffany K. Lee and Matthew D. Berger have joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and launch...

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. provided a detailed description of the transmission tower that plaintiffs in lawsuits claim start...

Attorney Dale Galipo is seeking a big damages verdict in a police excessive force lawsuit

Latham & Watkins LLP, Cooley LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP handled the most initial public offerings in 2018, acco...

Kenneth K. Lee, a nominee to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, failed to disclose controversial writings on affirmative a...

The city of Oakland sued the Oakland Raiders football franchise along with the National Football League and each of its other ...

California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye decried the political pressure being placed on the judicial branch at her annual ...