For justice's sake, Barbara Zuniga likes attorneys to be formal and play by the rules.

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.

Once known for his tough sentencing, lawyers say they now see a nicer side to Judge John Trice.

With close to a third of its practice now dedicated to fighting large banking institutions, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sulli...

Neutral Christopher J. Day pays close attention to the evidence when helping to guide settlements in cases involving medical i...

In the early days, a typical mediation began with a joint session followed by break-out sessions; today the trend is different...

Stick with me as I explain why I think the art of judging is a little bit like fly fishing. By Timothy B. Taylor ...

The Affordable Care Act provides many new rules governing health insurers. But how will it affect the rights of health insuran...

In "The Punishment Imperative," authors Todd Clear and Natasha Frost argue that the move to mass incarceration was more than j...

A recent amendment to the Labor Code strips employers of one possible weapon in their arsenal for deterring nonmeritorious wag...

Last week the Legislature amended the Labor Code to bring a two-way fee-shifting provision in line with the code's statutory s...

Chair Mary Jo White's announcement earlier this year that the SEC will abandon its decades-old no admit/no deny settlement pol...

For years, California courts saw more cases being filed. But since 2009, small claims and misdemeanor cases have declined, cat...

As Congress and the Obama administration continue to debate how to limit patent litigation, several organizations with Silicon...

Hourly workers are filing more valuable wage lawsuits in California, where recent precedent has provided fresh ammunition to w...

Rodent infestations, asbestos and earthquake danger are among the reasons judges, attorneys, public employees and the public a...

The Los Angeles Paralegal Association threw its Annual Charity Wine Tasting event at the Coral Tree Pavilion in downtown Los A...

California attorneys advise Tokyo-based drugmaker Otsuka in $886 million purchase ...

Dozens of top plaintiffs' attorneys and judges convened at the Wynn Las Vegas resort over Labor Day weekend for the nation's l...

In a legal world often governed by precedent, bankruptcy judges overseeing Chapter 9 cases have a tough task. ...

Lawyers from the Pasadena-based Law Offices of Donald P. Schweitzer volunteered at the nonprofit Foothill Unity Center's 15th ...

August has been known as a down time for lateral partner movements among law firms. But such activity nearly doubled this year...

It's been tough for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to shake its reputation as a liberal bastion, but outnumbered court ...

In the 10 months since California voters softened the state's three strikes law, more than 1,000 inmates have been released o...

As food companies continue to face pressure to step up productivity while conserving water and other resources, companies are ...

In direct contradiction of testimony by plaintiffs' two experts, an expert for the automaker testified that a 66-year-old driv...

When classes began at California law schools last month, almost 8 percent fewer first-year students were in the seats than the...

After stepping down from the federal bench in April, former U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz is returning to the firm he hel...

Google Inc. has taken its share of legal lumps following its acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. last year, with th...

Driven by a lifelong desire to be his own boss, Alex M. Weingarten has built a 12-attorney business litigation firm that's reg...