International law and constitutional law expert Jenny S. Martinez will become Stanford Law School’s dean on April 1.

Conservative litigation strategist Edward Blum, who won a U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down key sections of the federal ...

In a decision favoring the pharmaceutical industry, a judge has ruled recently-enacted legislation over notifying the state ab...

An appellate court on Tuesday affirmed a seven-figure award of costs in a case involving a disputed $30 million loan.

An appellate panel has sided with retail workers arguing that “call in” shifts qualify as compensable “reporting time” under s...

Elan S. Carr, a former Los Angeles County prosecutor, has been named U.S. Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism.

The state Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case that could change the balance of power between borrowers and lenders.

Lisa Kloppenberg will leave her post as dean of Santa Clara University School of Law for a year and become interim provost of ...

Another negligence lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles over the Woolsey Fire adds the Boeing Company as liable for the blaze.

A wrongful termination suit, filed by a former electric scooter company employee who was fired after raising public safety con...

Randall R. Lee, the former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Pacific Region director, has joined Cooley LLP in Santa Mon...

The order follows a federal judge’s critique of a bankruptcy judge’s decision in the case.

A federal jury returned a verdict Monday that was a fraction of what plaintiffs sought in a billion-dollar case on Monday agai...

The court reversed the death penalty for a man convicted of rape, torture and murder because of improper jury selection.

A task force of county and city attorneys statewide have settled a lawsuit with beauty products marketer Guthy-Renker LLC over...

The state Supreme Court denied anti-SLAPP motions by the city of Carson stemming from its unsuccessful attempt to lure a Natio...

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl was assigned to preside over the Porter Ranch gas leak litigation Monday after t...

Morgan Lewis & Bockius has bolstered its labor and employment practice, adding eight labor attorneys from Sidley Austin.

The government brought the first U.S .criminal charges against operators and customers in the multi-million dollar birth touri...

Sony Interactive's interdepartmental diplomat Anthony Justman must maintain a global outlook.

California prison officials cannot be held liable for allegedly heightening the risk that inmates under their care could contr...

The Los Angeles city attorney’s office has elected not to file criminal charges against Michael Avenatti related to a dispute ...

A superior court judge denied Courtney Love’s request to dismiss a lawsuit from her daughter’s ex-husband, who claims Love hel...

“I had no idea the amount of time this case was going to take and, yet, I’m giving it all the time it asks of me,” said Superi...

A proposed bill would create an ombudsman in the Bureau of State Audits to decide disputes under the California Public Records...

The charges are properly disclosed and instituted for a valid business reason, San Diego County Superior Court Judge Timothy B...

Ripple Labs Inc., a global payments enterprise blockchain solutions provider, expects its new general counsel to work with a l...

Jeffrey Pheffer says the way to build a successful practice is to do good work for clients.

Marc J. McGinnes, founding professor UC Santa Barbara’s Environmental Studies Program, worries that Trump administration chang...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked a San Francisco ordinance requiring health disclosures on advertisements and...