Longest serving public defender in state’s history was gentle and tough

The case involves a more than 80-year-old mine outside of Sacramento. It began more than a decade ago when the mine’s operator...

Responding to inquiries about the DA’s pledge to bring justice to the family of a man shot to death by officers, spokeswoman R...

Partners Sean M. Moran, Michael P. Joyce and Lauren A. Collins, with counsels Josh Heidman and Trevor Shelton, joined the firm...

President Donald Trump's administration had argued the program is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of ...

The California Grocers Association sued Oakland and Montebello on Wednesday for passing such ordinances, highlighting growing ...

Attorneys for Chapter 7 Trustee Jason M. Rund filed a motion Tuesday asking U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell to compel Gira...

SB 300, written by state Sen. Dave Cortese, D-Silicon Valley, would repeal portions of Proposition 115, a 1990 voter-approved ...

The federal lawsuit filed Thursday claims the bank, which has an exclusive contract with California's Employment Development D...

San Fernando Valley area communities file class action in LA Superior Court against city’s Department of Water and Power over ...

The money seems to go toward three main types of expenditure: staff, technology and protective gear.

LA City Attorney Mike Feuer told U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, "You've asked, 'Is it really appropriate for a court to ...

Daniel Weinstein will teach advanced mediation at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University Caruso ...

Prosecutors say Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s decision to send his investigators to appear in their absence is unprecedented.

U.S. District Judge William Alsup suggests “it was reckless, maybe criminally reckless” for the utility to have not cut down a...

Gregory Harper is challenging his disbarment citing two studies that show Black male attorneys in California are more likely t...

Elizabeth J. Cabraser, a San Francisco-based partner with Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, filed the deal Wednesday...

While employers are being forced to grapple with and interpret yet another set of shifting rules -- some of which attorneys sa...

The high court indicated the plaintiffs could refile the petition "in an appropriate court."

Former judge Steven C. Bailey and San Diego attorney Martha E. Romero represent Mammoth Lakes vacation property owners who sue...

“Congress can give us direct penalty authority to deter deception aimed at workers in the Internet-enabled gig economy and rul...

Gov. Gavin Newsom reviewed the convict’s parole hearing testimony and the objections of a board member who had voted against r...

With 400 people listening in, Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant heard arguments for and against a preliminary injunction ...

Alex Padilla is not a lawyer, but is no stranger to litigation. As California’s secretary of state from 2015 until last month,...

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter ordered attorneys to submit papers outlining the limit of his power to remedy the problems...

United Airlines persuaded two district judges to dismiss the employees' lawsuits, but a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals pane...

Frantz Law Group APLC, which previously worked with Girardi Keese in the Porter Ranch class action, will proceed with the case...

The tentative ruling issued Jan. 29 by Merced County Superior Court Judge Brian L. McCabe said new variants of the COVID-19 vi...

Workload issues in the appellate courts may partially mirror similar problems seen in the superior courts. According to the Ju...

Famed trial lawyer, facing bankruptcy and possible professional discipline, is said to suffer from short-term memory loss.