A nearly two-month evidence hearing in a capital case tentatively concluded Monday with prosecutors questioning the scope of t...

A series of rulings has escalated the city of San Francisco’s already considerable tab in a still extant whistleblower lawsuit...

The lawsuit accuses the government of permitting fracking sites without properly assessing impact.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. urged a federal court on Friday and Monday to dismiss two whistleblower suits backed by the U.S. Depar...

Despite calls to end subsidization of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s pro bono work amid a fiscal shortfall, the new ...

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled against telecommunications companies that attempted to challenge the FBI’s use...

In an open letter to in-house and outside attorneys, 25 general counsel announced they’ve begun pooling data to set industry s...

The defense rested on Monday in a seven-month corruption trial after only half a day, opting to call no witnesses and close th...

Napa County Superior Court Judge Michael S. Williams will leave the bench in October following a public censure Monday by the ...

San Diego-based Generation Next Franchise Brands Inc., a publicly traded vending machine company, announced Friday veteran cor...

The 9th Circuit Judicial Conference kicks off on Monday in San Francisco with a swearing-in ceremony for new citizens, marking...

In what is said to be the first post-McGill ruling, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has compelled arbitration for cl...

Attorney moves and promotions and new firms from around the state.

Facing a hearing in which Irvine-based Western Digital Corp. sought an injunction to prevent Toshiba Corp. from selling off in...

A class of 43,717 current and prospective Walt Disney Parks and Resorts employees was certified Thursday by a judge who found ...

Current President James Fox broke a 7-7 tie after three ballots in favor of Michael G. Colantuono, a municipal law expert who ...

The two separate complaints allege the company routinely denied the women adequate resources, promotion opportunities and comm...

Gov. Jerry Brown this week signed into law a bill that eliminates the requirement for exonerated defendants to pay fees for co...

Robinson Calcagnie Inc. partner Michelle M. West uses her passion for running to help catastrophic injury victims

Aggrieved employees in representative Private Attorneys General Act claims have the same discovery rights as plaintiffs pursui...

The defense attorney is seeking material in sheriff’s deputies’ personnel files that may impeach their supervisors’ testimony,...

Nissan North America defense attorneys said the driver of an Infiniti SUV suing over a brake defect mistook the brake pedal fo...

The attorney for State Auditor Elaine Howle is seeking to undercut a core legal argument used by attorneys for the Commission ...

The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the San Diego Association of Governments did not abuse its discretion in declining...

A jury awarded $17 million to a security guard who lost his leg after it was mangled in a gruesome forklift accident.

A former lawyer and his conspirator in a mortgage scheme that involved fake law firms will each serve nearly four years in fed...

A California nonprofit has filed a class action against federal immigration authorities alleging that border officials have be...

Former Los Angeles County Presiding Judge James A. Bascue has been disbarred by default after he did not appear for a hearing ...

California State Auditor Elaine M. Howle reported last month that 80 percent of the bar’s more than 500 full-time employees ar...

A putative employment class action that showcased a novel defense from Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and nine amended c...