Represented by Dunn's attorney Mark Geragos, Sonja Oehler claims she was fired for trying to "root out corruption" at the bar....

Alameda County Judge Richard Keller wants to affect the lives of defendants in his courtroom.

For the second time in two months the state high court has taken a sympathetic look at a capital appeal, reversing a death pen...

Congress and the executive branch have a chance to remedy their past mistakes in enacting the law the granted broad surveillan...

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore opened a new office in Sacramento, the firm announced Monday, becoming the most recent of several law...

As the dust begins to settle on this year's proxy season, a new trend among shareholder activists appears to be gaining steam ...

A two-day conference in Berkeley this week commemorates the 70th year since the Nuremburg Trials, which helped shape internati...

Assistant General Counsel Global Litigation CBRE Inc. Los Angeles ...

An Oakland federal judge dissolved a preliminary injunction against Diablo Technologies Inc. late Friday, a month after the Ca...

The Folsom-based electronic check solutions company has appointed former UPS vice president Joe Creamer to the head legal role...

The Constitution does not define marriage; it dictates no choice among competing conceptions of what marriage is. Rather, it l...

Attorneys on opposing sides of a judicial ethics inquiry portrayed Judge Valeriano Saucedo as a manipulator trying to seduce h...

Decision comes as plaintiffs must file amended complaint to avoid suit dismissal. ...

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

Barriers to information about the use of controversial technology used by law enforcement to track the location of suspected c...

Kept isolated in an abandoned building by the Islamic State group, Mueller died when a Jordanian missile exploded. Headlines r...

Children born out of wedlock might encounter a uniquely difficult task of inheriting assets from their dead fathers, according...

The Daily Journal hosted a reception Tuesday evening for California's leading intellectual property lawyers. The event at the ...

Jewish community honors LA lawyers for philanthropic service ...

Attorneys for McDermott Will & Emery LLP fought to preserve the firm's legal fees at a hearing Friday from a case the firm...

While the low price of international oil has caused some domestic energy companies to declare bankruptcy recently, others that...

Three years after Congress overhauled the system for reviewing patents for validity through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Offi...

Loyola's Fidler Awards honor contribution to criminal justice ...

The flamboyant Sacramento-based trial lawyer Lawrance Bohm tried to convince a Los Angeles jury to award damages for a fired s...

The California Supreme Court held in a 4-3 decision last August that a criminal defendant must speak in order to remain silent...

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

Imperial County (El Centro) ...

California's strict judicial ethics rules prohibit judges from publicly commenting on any pending case, no matter how much the...

Whether your claim is for a dangerous condition on public property, an eminent domain action, or breached of contract, claims ...

Recent California legislation and cases have changed the way lawyers understand and apply testamentary capacity in estate plan...