Hells Angels Motorcycle Corp. has sued Saks Inc., contending that the upscale retailer and other defendants have misappropriated the winged death-head it has used as a trademark since 1948 by…
After an admission by Google Inc. last week that the cars collecting data for its Street View mapping service inadvertently snared some entire e-mails and passwords from unsecured wireless computer…
At least 18 criminal defendants who refused to waive their constitutional right to a speedy trial won’t have to go to trial at all, following a California Supreme Court ruling…
Corrected: For nearly five hours after Daniel Carlock was accidentally left behind by his charter dive boat, in the Pacific Ocean some 12 miles off the shore of Long Beach,…
Law students in the class of 2014 at the University of California at Irvine are getting a break on tuition, but it’s not the same sweet deal given to previous…
A public defender in California who lost about a third of his lawyers due to budget cuts this July is accused of challenging a prosecutor to fight for refusing a…
The environmental law firm Earthjustice is raising money to help endangered species with the help of a generous donor, free billboards and a social networking website.
Late Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency request from the Justice Department for a stay that would allow the…
With the looming possibility of the passage of Proposition 19—which would decriminalize the recreational use of marijuana in California—Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich wanted to conduct some of his…
A marketing executive with a California law firm is taking responsibility for some 2,000 letters mistakenly warning San Francisco homeowners that they faced foreclosure.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced last week that even though efforts would be “greatly complicated if Proposition 19—a California ballot measure to decriminalize marijuana—is passed, the Department of Justice…
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