There appears to be an effort to respond to Vergara, at least in part, with the state Legislature's recent enactment of...

The law schools at Santa Clara University and Stanford University are offering classes for the spring semester that invite stu...

In a talk with reporters Tuesday, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye suggested the judiciary's aggressive funding plan in Janu...

James L. Crandall gives minor criminal defendants second - and third and fourth - chances.

Chief Legal Officer Frontier Communities Rancho Cucamonga ...

Chief Judge Sidney R.Thomas keeps a low profile, but the President Bill Clinton appointee is a liberal centrist now at the for...

Causation is a legal concept that seems straightforward and simple. But, as I remember from law school, when you dig deeper yo...

During the course of arrests, police officers sometimes damage private property. A question courts often face is whether offic...

On Nov. 25, the U.S. Supreme Court granted petitions for certiorari brought by 21 states, an electric utility industry group a...

Lawyers work from home after the fire guts an adjacent development under construction. ...

California lawyers cannot take their successful bar exam results and use them to practice law in Arizona, the 9th U.S. Circuit...

On December 3, the Daily Journal hosted an open house for judges and attorneys. Guests enjoyed hors d'oeuvres and socialized w...

Latham & Watkins and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher advised Hudson Pacific Properties as the REIT purchased Bay Area office p...

A state court of appeal upheld the dismissal of a class action alleging a San Diego healthcare provider unfairly charged the u...

The Bar Association of San Francisco named Yolanda Jackson as its executive director and general counsel, after she served in ...

Subject to a handful of exceptions, federal appeals must follow a final judgment. Interlocutory orders generally are reviewabl...

Dozens of personal injury lawsuits involving allegations of specific crashes that were caused, at least in part, by malfunctio...

A Superior Court Judge denied the satellite broadcaster's motion to reconsider jury instructions, but agreed that the issue of...

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

A program that allows cities to finance environmentally-friendly home improvements through bonds is taking off in California a...

I read with great interest Edward Loya Jr.'s Dec. 2 column "An occasion to discuss prosecutorial discretion." By Bernard J. Ro...

Cybersecurity risks are a growing issue for the financial sector - and regulators have taken notice. By Kevin F. Cahill and D...

With health care costs rising every day, public and private employers seek ways to limit health care for retirees, and retiree...

The fierce business competition between computer networking market leader Cisco Systems Inc. and Arista Networks Inc. took a l...

Albertson & Davidson LLP, a trust and estate litigation firm with three Southern California offices opened its first San F...

After a state appellate court recently ruled that San Diego-area officials did an inadequate environmental review of its long-...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics found zero growth in legal jobs nationwide in November but California saw 2,300 jobs added this...

Former Apple Inc. employee Paul S. Devine will go to prison for a year and pay $4.5 million in restitution after admitting tha...

Arrowhead Research Corp. has announced the appointment of Patrick O'Brien as its first general counsel. ...

Threatening an $1 billion antitrust trial more than 9 years in the making, defense attorneys for Apple Inc. claimed last week ...