A federal judge granted a motion Tuesday by a defense attorney to continue his client's sentencing hearing in light of a budge...

A willingness to take on new challenges has defined much of Judge Tracie L. Brown's career.

Corporate vice president and general counsel of Edwards Lifesciences Corp. Irvine ...

The 2nd Circuit just made prosecuting insider trading more difficult to convict. The decision has two major implications for t...

In a unanimous ruling last week, FRE 606(b) makes inadmissible a juror's testimony that another member of the jury lied during...

Does the capture and transmission of health information make your smartwatch, app or fitness tracker a "medical device"? What ...

A Santa Clara County prosecutor challenging his one month suspension for withholding potentially exculpatory evidence in an ei...

The panel found the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health can enforce the condom mandate in a 2012 measure. ...

Litigator Raymond P. Boucher on Monday officially started a Woodland Hills-based law firm, Boucher LLP, which specializes in c...

A much bigger problem might soon visit Sony Pictures Entertainment than the media publishing catty emails sent among studio ex...

The decision says a $250,000 cap on the amount of money victims of medical malpractice victims can receive in noneconomic dama...

The State Water Resources Control Board announced Monday it has hired attorney Michael George as its new Delta Watermaster. ...

Lawyers for consumers told jurors in closing arguments that Apple Inc. made changes to its music downloading and playing softw...

Haywood S. Gilliam Jr., a white-collar defense lawyer who works in the San Francisco office of Covington & Burling LLP, is...

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Monday halted construction of an amphitheater at the West L.A. Veterans Affairs Medi...

The networking equipment maker relied on its longtime counsel at Wilson Sonsini in its $3.6B sale to Thoma Bravo. The Chicago-...

Residents of La Habra Heights claim city officials approved a misleading description of a local ballot measure that would halt...

The U.S. Supreme Court resolved a key uncertainty for defendants in mass torts on Monday, finding that defendants don't have ...

Few if any states regulate the conduct of their citizens and businesses more comprehensively than California. But can Californ...

More than at any time in recent memory, national attention is directed at the problem of police abuse. This should be an impet...

Responding to legislative interest and media attention, the State Bar asked State Auditor Elaine M. Howle to examine issues re...

Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday came to the defense of his latest candidate to the state Supreme Court, 38-year-old Leondra Kruger,...

Robert Knox followed the lead of his namesake father, who was named to the bench in 1976.

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

Under a proposal, the state's 20-plus unaccredited schools would have 10 years to qualify for accreditation or be forced to cl...

In the U.S., criminal defendants who cannot afford counsel are constitutionally entitled to have counsel provided for them, bu...

California's recently amended Labor Code now restricts an employer's ability, in some situations, to discipline employees who ...

Christopher McCleary will replace outgoing General Counsel Rana Dershowitz in the role, effective Jan. 5. ...

Two female basketball players filed suit last week against Pepperdine University alleging the school and its head basketball ...

Haynes and Boone LLP has added former Conexant Systems Inc. General Counsel Dennis Gallagher to its new Costa Mesa office. ...