A family law judge, Nathan Scott is known for making the 'complicated stuff' straightforward.

Justices in two state appellate courts remain with the same colleagues in small divisions for years. Many like the arrangement...

Here's what's wrong with some of the intellectual property provisions of this secretive trade agreement. By Sean Flynn and Dav...

The state Supreme Court debated whether the "admission fee" a woman charged to her party the equivalent of selling alcohol tha...

A delegation of Southern California lawyers attended the 25th annual National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) ...

Judicate West Santa Ana Areas of specialty: complex litigation, fraud, wage and hour cases ...

A new trial date was set in the case against Kent W. Easter, a former Orange County attorney accused of false imprisonment of ...

Eric Phillips, a non-lawyer "senior vice president" of a San Diego-based law firm, pled guilty this week to defrauding hundred...

Attorney General Kamala Harris spoke at a statewide summit in Anaheim on Wednesday, addressing an audience of judicial officer...

USC School of Law's Institute for Corporate Counsel held its annual seminar on Tuesday at the California Club in Los Angeles. ...

The product liability firm opened an office this week with two former Morris Polich & Purdy LLP trial attorneys who specia...

Students from Theodore Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights acted as attorneys in mock trials held at Reed Smith LLP on Wedn...

An award of almost $700,000 in attorney fees to a prevailing plaintiff in an employment discrimination case is acceptable even...

The Rempex Pharmaceuticals acquisition is expected to help The Medicines Co. fill a gap in its offerings pipeline and compleme...

A 2012 law that allows those sentenced as juveniles to life without parole to petition for resentencing will face what experts...

Lawyers who favor reducing frivolous patent infringement claims filed by patent holding companies are treating legislation pas...

Thirty lawyers, judges and legal academics drew the job Tuesday of figuring out how to ensure future California lawyers have m...

Decades after the creation of the general rule that such claims are not assignable, a court has carved out a narrow exception....

Gov. Jerry Brown announced the appointments of 18 new trial court judges Thursday, including eight to Los Angeles County Super...

For the second time in two months, the State Supreme Court is wrestling with the question of when to ban a wrongdoer from bar ...

Interactions with this type of opposing counsel can trigger all kinds of reactions in us, and it can be difficult to know what...

A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

General Counsel of Argonaut Investments Corte Madera ...

The island nation, which has long pushed for multinational corporations to make it their base of operations in Asia, hopes to ...

Victims of child pornography explain that knowing that people all over the world are watching the video footage feels like bei...

Here are some highlights of bills enacted in 2013 that will become effective next year. By Christine Spagnoli and Nancy Peveri...

A federal judge's ruling this week could allow pension-saddled municipalities across the nation - including in California - to...

Lawyers representing the maker of Crystal Head Vodka failed to convince a jury that the maker of Kah Day of the Dead Tequila -...

A San Jose judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the company's privacy policy for sharing user data, but left plaintiffs one m...