A worker need not arbitrate her employment grievance even if she signed an employee handbook that directly alluded to an arbit...

A bill to extend an amnesty program that has allowed thousands of people to regain their drivers' licenses has been slashed du...

Faced with a federal judge's indication he would tell a jury the prosecution had elicited false testimony, the U.S. attorney's...

While the bar says it is hopeful lawmakers will resolve their current stalemate and pass a bill authorizing the agency to coll...

The state Supreme Court has set aside the death penalty against Gary Lee Grimes by the slimmest of majorities, more than two d...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday sided with hotel workers when it denied a motion by business groups to stop a...

The state Supreme Court declined Monday to wade into politically charged legal battles over state education funding and teache...

LA County Superior Court Commissioner Cynthia Zuzga focuses on mental health treatment.

Crime victims in California will benefit from nearly $7 million in new federal grant funding to 17 legal aid nonprofits, the S...

The state Senate is moving ahead with its own version of a bill that would authorize the State Bar to collect attorney dues in...

In a decision that could set up a pivotal showdown over arbitration law, a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rul...

San Francisco-based Medivation Inc., a biotechnology company responsible for the widely successful prostate cancer treatment X...

A Palm Desert student who told school officials his elementary teacher molested students was ignored and instead sent to a psy...

A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.

Law schools accredited by the American Bar Association are required each year to publicly disclose how their graduates perform...

A Los Angeles federal judge has dismissed a $600 million lawsuit brought by a California company alleging price fixing, corrup...

An allegedly inebriated attorney and her husband beat an Uber driver after he requested they take their argument outside his c...

A judge presiding over the death penalty case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Dekraai said Friday he was "disappointed" and ...

A more than six-year-old lawsuit against Starbucks Corp. and other coffee makers, alleging their brews contain a cancer-causin...

Three state Senate bills affecting arbitration face votes in the less friendly confines of the Assembly this week. ...

At the request of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the state Supreme Court will consider whether a federal rule that fav...

The Assembly approved amendments Friday to a new State Bar dues bill crafted with the hopes of possibly securing support from ...

SF County Presiding Judge John Stewart has won plaudits for steady leadership of the court.

A list of moves from around the state.

Riverside County Commissioner Kenneth Fernandez is ready, and he expects attorneys to be too.

Century City mediator Kenneth S. Wolf knows trust and estate law is often a matter of compromise and understanding. ...

The recent election of two Orange County deputy district attorneys to the superior court bench prompted one of their future co...

A once-controversial bill on state intellectual property has been dropped by its author in deference to an effort by Gov. Jerr...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the conviction of a former Morgan Hill criminal defense attorney who ...

The founding of Pioneer Law Group LLP represented a bet on the Sacramento real estate market. ...