Supporters of a petition circulating around the Court of Appeal are trying to breathe new life into an initiative calling for ...

An executive at a company that recorded inmate-attorney phone calls in Orange County testified Thursday that he’s known for tw...

After a contentious debate delved into national immigration issues, the state Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill Thursda...

The defense’s strategy was clear: Show the judge that a Latino candidate in Santa Monica intentionally threw his city council ...

The bill that would bar secret settlements in sexual harassment cases is opposed by business groups.

The state Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the authority of county residents to challenge general land use plans through a dir...

Justin Michael Lavelle, 23, was being transported by Lyft driver Tariq Rasheed on Jan. 31 shortly after midnight when Lavelle ...

The team, arriving from McDermott Will & Emery LLP, have scientific or engineering backgrounds and many have worked closel...

A team of Katten attorneys, staff, family and friends from the firm’s Century City, downtown LA and Orange County offices comp...

Legal thriller author and appellate lawyer Cynthia Tobisman says writing never gets easier.

A former Kern County Superior Court commissioner has agreed not to serve as a judicial officer again as part of a Commission o...

Orange County public defender says sheriff’s deputies are ‘leafing through’ attorneys’ client files before jailhouse meetings.

The state Senate voted this week for final passage of a bill that would eliminate cash bail in California. Gov. Jerry Brown is...

The bill passed the state Senate on Wednesday, sending the latest legislative response to #MeToo to the governor’s desk, the s...

Ellen Miller-Sharp will help the group work closely with other bar associations

Attorneys for a pornographic film producer hope the U.S. Supreme Court sees their infringement case as an opportunity to exami...

The judge in a trial challenging Santa Monica’s at-large election system ordered the city’s attorneys Wednesday to produce a w...

Two partners and one associate from Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto’s Costa Mesa office will migrate to Venable LLP la...

The lawsuit was filed in the Southern District this week, alleging Monsanto knowingly leached polychlorinated biphenyls into i...

Six counties will jointly prosecute suspected serial killer Joseph J. DeAngelo in Sacramento under an agreement announced Tues...

The prisons department violated the California constitution in denying early parole for a non-violent, third-strike life terme...

A bill requiring certain businesses to keep records of sexual harassment allegations for at least five years after the accuser...

Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, R-Alpine, was indicted Tuesday on charges of violating campaign finance laws. Federal prosecutors said ...

A reason for Jeffrey Vetter’s departure from Fenwick & West, where he’s worked since 1995, has not been provided.

A 1st District Court of Appeal panel has ruled that Twitter Inc. was protected by federal law when it banned the account of a ...

With an adverse 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling and a motion looming to end the stay forestalling further litigation,...

More than 100 appellate court employees have signed a petition asking the Judicial Council to establish a working group to rev...

Lawsuit over seating for Rite Aid cashiers settles on the day of trial.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a major copyright lawsuit against CBS Corp., adding new life to a closely-wa...

A bill that will overhaul the current system of bail in California faced fierce opposition Monday, both from longtime opponent...