Sacramento attorney Karen M. Goodman and Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Brian C. Walsh to be honored. ...

A team of plaintiffs' firms that offered incentives to clients to favor a class action settlement avoided getting kicked off t...

Court finds evidence of 'obstinate incompetence' in lawyer's representation of habeas client. ...

The government said Monday it no longer needs Apple's help in unlocking a phone used in the San Bernardino shooting. ...

Judge Joseph Quinn has coveted a spot on the San Francisco County bench for much of his career.

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.

Ken Feinberg has been in charge of doling out money to victims' families related to some of America's biggest tragedies: 9/11,...

The 5th District Court of Appeal has overturned a 12-year prison sentence and ordered a new trial for a defendant after decidi...

Months after the revelation of warrantless wiretaps placed near the San Mateo County courthouse steps in Redwood City, attorne...

A federal jury on Thursday said bio-pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences Inc. has to pay its competitor in the hepatitis C d...

A nonprofit group that tried to use its legal counsel as the only standing witness in a Clean Water Act lawsuit cannot pursue ...

California lawyers, representing developers who claim an Arizona city discriminated against Hispanics when it denied a housing...

Nancy E. McFadden, executive secretary to the governor, worked on energy-related policy while holding PG&E stock. ...

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California

Contra Costa County family law Judge Leslie Landau has learned what lawyers need.

LA County Judge Michael Small once worked in the Justice Department but enjoys small claims court.

Being a "habitual drunkard" is not a valid reason to deny a Mexican man's request to stay in the U.S., a divided 9th U.S. Circ...

A federal judge's rare order to disqualify Hueston Hennigan LLP and find an unwaivable conflict of interest has left an uncert...

The energy industry has always been defined by big risks and even bigger personalities, but when there's a deal to be done in ...

District attorneys argue Brown's sentencing reform measure is unlikely to gather the needed signatures to place it on the Nove...

A class action alleged arsenic in wine requires stronger warnings than currently required by law. ...

While attorney General Kamala Harris's office is celebrating her recent $1.1 billion default judgment against a for-profit col...

The Volkswagen AG emissions cheating class litigation may have found the gear to garner a resolution of the giant legal action...

Guaranteed Rate Inc. and an employee were found liable for taking hundreds of client files from Orange County Rival TRU Mortga...

Jury rules that the school did not falsely report graduates' employment statistics in U.S. News. ...

A weekly report of the State Bar's disciplinary actions.

A successful bid in federal court to halt a fast-track appeal process for death row inmates was overturned Wednesday by the 9t...

Senior Vice President of International Development and General Counsel Panda Restaurant Group ...

Virginia-based firm names lateral from Reed Smith as managing partner of new outpost. ...

According to a recent report from Renaissance Capital LLC, a firm tracking IPOs, inside investors bought up nearly fifty perce...