Law firms may safely hire law students as unpaid interns to work on pro bono projects, according to a letter from the U.S. Dep...

Case filings fell last year amid budget cuts to the branch, with small civil cases and petty crimes making up most of the drop...

Search giant plans to move into former Mayfield Mall ...

In a unanimous verdict Tuesday, a jury found that Silicon Valley Law Group was not negligent in its representation of the owne...

Confusion over how to tally damages in disability rights lawsuits led a federal appellate panel Tuesday to ask the state Supre...

The 9th Circuit Wednesday will reconsider en banc a controversial appellate decision that said prison doctors and dentists ca...

Brown wants his pension reform and his federal transit money, too. That's why he's gearing up to fight a U.S. Department of L...

Family lawyers say Commissioner Michael Torchia will 'go the extra yard' to see a case to resolution.

An elderly man who had his leg amputated after being hit last year by a Southland Transit Inc. bus reached a settlement just b...

Law schools across the state and country are putting more emphasis on skills-oriented and experiential learning offerings. ...

The state Legislature approved a bill last week to begin regulating the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fra...

Law firms apparently may safely hire law students as unpaid interns to work on pro bono projects, according to a letter from t...

The state's tort lobby leaders say they're happy with ballot language describing their initiative to increase pain and sufferi...

They say LA County is racking up big legal bills on cases that end up settling. Defense lawyers say their strategy is necessar...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California asked for en banc review Monday of an appellate panel's decision str...

For what it's worth, my prediction is that the court will strike down the aggregate contribution limits being challenged. By E...

Toyota wants Judge Edmon to dismiss the first of some 80 sudden acceleration personal injury lawsuits against the automaker to...

One recent survey found that women general counsel are expanding their presence into historically male-dominated industries, b...

The TV production company that makes a documentary series could be on the hook for damages after it disclosed the identity of ...

John True hails from a family of public servants, including a state Supreme Court justice.

John Doyle, an avid music collector, balances 'rules and all that' with a more informal approach.

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

A powerful prosecutorial weapon is being unleashed on financial institutions and rating agencies from New York to California. ...

Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Hulu LLC Santa Monica ...

William Jefferson Powell IV once considered a film career but now finds interesting scenes in trials.

Instead of disqualifying panel defense attorneys who receive confidential information relating to coverage, we should expect p...

At the beginning of law school, you don't see things clearly yet. You don't know what's important and what isn't. Andrew B. Ay...

Although well-intentioned, current efforts to reform the Uniform Code of Military Justice show a lack of understanding of the ...

A ruling provides guidance regarding the level of cooperation necessary for violators to receive the benefits of the Antitrust...

The judicial branch is urging Gov. Jerry Brown not to sign a measure. They want the option of replacing employees with less ex...