About 4,100 victims in California will recover nearly $7 million from a $95.9 million settlement that a bankrupt company, whic...

Judges' caseloads are going down and new filings are holding constant, according to data released in the Federal Court Managem...

The Legal Services Corporation presented a grant from its Pro Bono Innovation Fund worth more than $400,000 to several Califor...

A felony law and motion calendar judge from rural Tehama County is the new top officer of the California Judges Association. ...

The bar's petition provides the court with options to assess attorneys anywhere from $280 to $373.50 annually, though the cour...

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit struck down three patents held by Intellectual Ventures Management L...

Superior Court Commissioner Orange County (Orange) ...

Orange County Judge Franz Miller wants lawyers to move along, but gives them needed time.

A list of moves from around the state.

Alternative fee arrangements and a decline in attorney headcount have put increasing pressure on law firms to rethink how they...

A rule banning pre-dispute arbitration agreements for nursing homes receiving federal funds is expected to increase liability ...

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that will allow people with misdemeanor convictions to apply to have their sentences reduce...

Ruling 'chills' human interaction during jury selection, judge's attorney says. ...

A group of Wells Fargo & Co. sales employees filed a class action Thursday in San Francisco federal court alleging the ban...

Ed Oster thinks of parties working through a mediation as paddlers fighting against the current of a raging river. And as medi...

The state of California's lawsuit seeking to recover $4.2 million in costs related to the 2013 fire survived a demurrer hearin...

The firm's practice is anchored largely in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, in addition to the local federal forums, with a...

Christopher J. Lanzillo was working for the now defunct, Upland-based Lackie Dammeier McGill and Ethir APC in 2012 on behalf o...

The state Supreme Court dove head first into a giant rabbit hole Thursday in interpreting a seemingly simple law: Nonexempt em...

Despite little economic benefit to the state, report finds the program may still be necessary. ...

A seat on the State Bar Board of Trustees is to be filled by a longtime city manager. ...

David H. Yamasaki, Santa Clara County Superior Court's court executive officer, will become Orange County's chief executive of...

Malcolm M. Lucas, the former chief justice who steered the state Supreme Court through politically turbulent times and promote...

Nearly three years after accepting the case for review, state Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Thursday about allowin...

To plaudits from innocence projects across the state, Gov. Brown signed three criminal justice reform bills designed to thwart...

Donald B. Verrilli Jr., who joins with two former colleagues, handled many of the Obama administration's most critical cases b...

College football players are employees of the National Collegiate Athletics Association and should be compensated for their at...

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo denied San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi's assertions of bi...

Santa Monica-based site that aggregates job listings announced the appointment of Ryan T. Sakamoto to senior vice president of...

California is set to enact ambitious changes to how the criminal justice system handles prostitution, human trafficking and mi...