In their second debate leading up to the June 5 primary, candidates for California attorney general called incumbent Xavier Be...

Superior courts across the state are holding what have become known as Humphrey hearings to determine a defendant’s financial ...

Oakland lost its battle to ban coal from its shipyard Tuesday, although the ruling won’t have the kind of scope supporters of ...

The policy change, which applies retroactively, also extends to harassment claims.

A group suing Oakland to obtain information related to Mayor Libby Schaaf’s alert that immigration agents would target Norther...

The White House’s efforts to fill a raft of vacancies on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have hit a roadblock in Califor...

The faculty vote came on the heels of the ABA’s legal education council supporting eliminating the admissions test mandate

The constitutionality of shackling defendants as a matter of policy during pretrial proceedings remains up in the air, with th...

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP continued its expansion by adding two new partners on Monday, when John H. Booher ...

A federal appellate judge asked attorneys for California why they were bothering to appeal a district court injunction on enfo...

George C. Fatheree III joins the firm as partner and will focus on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions.

Many transactional attorneys won't need to place a bet to win big after a U.S. Supreme Court decision Monday cleared a path fo...

The new documentary chronicles the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

The new general counsel is preparing for the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation as he takes over the company’s legal ...

Courts hoping for more construction money and the state Department of Justice were big winners when Gov. Jerry Brown introduce...

One side says the NCAA was led by the evidence. The other side said it was wrongly led by a theory.

The fate of thousands of young immigrants could turn on whether a 9th Circuit panel decides it has jurisdiction in a case set ...

The former Hawaii attorney general President Donald J. Trump nominated to sit on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has mov...

A San Jose federal jury has awarded a data center manufacturing company $30 million against an engineering services company fo...

The Los Angeles County Superior Court celebrated the reopening of the courthouse on Friday. It was closed in 2013 due to budge...

Redbox says Disney overstates its consumer agreement; Disney says Redbox has no case.

Veteran trial lawyer and dealmaker Christopher S. Reeder has started CSReeder PC, a Los Angeles-based full-service litigation ...

The U.S. Department of Justice’s gun possession case against the man who shot Kate Steinle appears to be on a fast track to tr...

The 9th Circuit partially reversed a district court, allowing a man who had spent 20 years in prison on a murder conviction to...

The motion requests a $438,669 fee award along with a contingency multiplier because the case was taken on a pro bono basis an...

The 69 new and amended rules developed by the State Bar become effective Nov. 1

President Donald J. Trump has nominated the general counsel of an Idaho-based natural wellness product company, who has Depart...

As a groundbreaking federal trade secrets law marks its second anniversary, attorneys say its effect on intellectual property ...

It reversed in part and affirmed in part an infringement ruling against Skechers in a lawsuit with Adidas.

A federal judge said a company that lost a patent infringement lawsuit to Fitbit Inc. will very likely have to pony up for the...