State judicial leaders on Tuesday selected an executive branch official who's reportedly respected within Gov. Jerry Brown's a...

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, a national firm with its headquarters in Chicago will merge with Barger & Wolen LLP, a firm ...

A state agency's decisions mean it will not institute formal proceedings against neither Orange County Superior Court Judge Sc...

Several cities and counties around the state are approving bans or moratoriums on fracking and the oil industry is hoping the ...

As we move more of our lives online, the question of what privacy protections can we expect once we are gone arises. State leg...

As formidable of an obstacle as a defendant's bankruptcy is, it does not necessarily doom class claims or recovery. The severi...

U.S. District Judge John F. Walter reversed his decision to grant a temporary restraining order after details emerged in a cas...

As part of significant new protocols approved by a federal judge on Friday, state prisons will provide new solitary units with...

Longtime justice of the 2nd District Court of Appeal had written some 500 published opinions in nearly three decades. ...

A Sacramento judge on Friday upheld the state's recently revised furniture flammability standards that aim to cut use of toxic...

Latham & Watkins LLP is advising the underwriting syndicate in connection with the planned initial public offering for Sto...

In one of the most dramatic turnovers in the country, Obama will likely pick at least 79 percent of active judges in the North...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a bid by Oracle Corp. to restore a record-setting $1.3 billion jury verdict...

William H. Orrick may share the name of his judge father, but his judicial manner is distinct.

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Well regarded commissioner H. Elizabeth Harris has overcome a number of trials and tribulations.

Justice Gene Gomes is progressive in conservative-minded Fresno, but he's loyal nevertheless.

Stanford Law School Professor Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, Gov. Jerry Brown's latest nominee to the state Supreme Court, was un...

2014 CAALA President-Elect Joseph Barrett reviews his panel on catastrophic damages and the changing state of special damages ...

In his recent article, Lawrence Waddington perpetuates a falsity regarding the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' high reversa...

It is disheartening that law schools and legal firms have decided to devote time and effort to assist illegal immigrants while...

Startups targeted with shocking claims and lawsuits alleging gender-based discrimination present two important lessons with re...

There are several measures of profit, some are effective for performance and some are effective "spin." Broad partner understa...

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals applied Hobby Lobby to a very different religious issue: the possession of eagle feather...

As a national uproar intensifies over police killings of civilians, a federal appellate panel Thursday cast doubt on Anaheim o...

The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday comes at a time when at least three 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal...

Current and former soccer players and parents filed a class action against the Federation Internationale de Football Associati...

The bar court ruled Harold McDougall must be publicly reproved not solely for the misdemeanor conviction but for surrounding c...

Latham & Watkins will have to defend its decision to pursue a questionable and arguably malicious lawsuit in front of a ju...