Gov. Jerry Brown signed two bills, involving therapy dogs in the courtroom and voir dire, into law Tuesday.

Greenberg Gross LLP has hired a partner to oversee its appellate practice as it prepares to handle two appeals for Bill Cosby,

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cancelled previously scheduled oral arguments in two cases relating to President Trump’s exec...

Entertainment attorney Douglas Emhoff joins the office Oct. 1.

The fate of an audit of the Commission on Judicial Performance could come down to the meaning of a single word: confidential.

Parties to a consolidated federal appeal testing whether the ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc. improperly classifies i...

A plaintiff’s epidemiologist witness testified in the Starbucks product labeling trial Monday that some studies show drinking ...

The state Department of Water Resources now finds itself swimming in claims and lawsuits stemming from heavy damage to its eme...

A bill signed Saturday by Gov. Jerry Brown will authorize courts to issue protective custody warrants for juveniles under depe...

The Association of Business Trial Lawyers held the “The O.J. Simpson Saga: Reflections on the Civil Trial” dinner and program ...

Michael Bayer, the former general counsel for Miramax LLC, is now leading the legal team for Fender Musical Instruments Corp.

The state would need to identify $1.8 billion in funding to finish 17 pending courthouse construction projects.

The judge who prevented the death penalty for the killer said a jury would likely have imposed it.

A Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy must face a trial for allegedly acting with unreasonable force in shooting and killing a 13-y...

A judge shot down, for now, a proposal to remove the actuarial consultant from a gargantuan lawsuit regarding California publi...

A federal judge tacked two more years onto the prosecution’s recommendation.

Superior Court Judge Timothy M. Frawley said Friday that he will rewrite the ballot title and summary for an initiative to rep...

Leah Wilson, who took on the role Sept. 7, also hasn’t gotten a pay raise.

Prosecutors dismissed their case against the last of four defendants in an 11-month San Bernardino corruption trial, electing ...

An 11-year-old girl was awarded $36.1 million for severe injuries she suffered when a car hit her as she tried to cross the st...

The judge also dismissed Jones’ request for prejudgment interest.

Nearly 60 judges and justices have joined to form The LGBT Bench Officers of California, a group advocating for further gender...

A court order was either the first step in wiping out a class action against Hewlett-Packard, or it opened a can of worms that...

In an important follow-up to a recent U.S. Supreme Court case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Thursda...

A federal judge gave preliminary approval to an $80 million class action settlement between Mercedes-Benz and plaintiffs who w...

Plaintiff Denise Watkins said Avis ran a background check on her twin, violating federal law.

Disgruntled investors are suing data management and storage company Tintri as its stock price has plunged by more than half si...

A Superior Court hearing on Friday will decide the ultimate fate of a corruption trial stretching back to October 2016, which ...

An immigration judge’s failure to inform a Mexican citizen living in the United States without permission that leaving the cou...

Attorney General Xavier Becerra has sued the U.S. government for blocking a rule designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions f...