The result is that federal benefits conferred to married couples in over 1,000 federal statutes now benefit same-sex couples a...

Bingham McCutchen LLP has expanded its Los Angeles-based corporate practice group with the addition of in-house heavyweight Ch...

Apple Inc. allegedly engaged in deceptive business practices when it charged consumers an additional dollar to rent high defin...

Lawyers for gay conversion therapists seeking to reverse California's ban on their practice for minors tried to turn the table...

A federal judge questioned Friday whether a plaintiff's lawyer deserves more than $8 million in fees for his role in putting t...

The state Judicial Council Friday approved a plan to allow county courts to require electronic filing in civil cases and imple...

A little-noticed amendment in the massive immigration overhaul bill could have big implications for the Eastern District of Ca...

5th District Justice Dennis Cornell is considered smart and willing to make controversial calls.

Christopher B. Latham, a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge in San Diego, has a varied background.

Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl LLC recently opened its first California office in Pasadena by adding intellectual property...

Brian K. Petraborg is new to traffic court but has been patrolling the ski slopes for years.

General Counsel and Vice President of Social Responsibility for O'Neill Wetsuits LLC Santa Cruz ...

With Congress' inability to pass legislation, California and several other states have taken steps to protect employees, inclu...

The consensus at a panel I recently attended was that Daubert motions were getting too complicated, too broad and - wit...

While special masters have been utilized since the 1980s, recent developments have made the need for the services of special m...

In the face of trying economic times and a national decline in law school applications, Marc L. Miller, the newly appointed de...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed budget legislation Thursday but excised a portion of the budget legislation that would have required j...

Federal prosecutors charged a longtime Riverside deputy public defender with stealing nearly $130,000 in Social Security benef...

The Inner City Law Center, the sole provider of legal services in downtown Los Angeles' Skid Row, awarded its Humanitarian Awa...

When it comes to mediation, mid-value personal injury cases between are bearing the brunt of a beleaguered judicial system. By...

Hundreds of bench officers and attorneys came together June 25 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles to rec...

Three of Los Angeles' top public attorneys representing federal, county and city governments convened June 13 at the Los Angel...

Kahn, Soares & Conway LLP, which has offices in Sacramento and Hanford, has carved an unusual niche assisting with new leg...

A panel for the Commission on Judicial Performance on Wednesday weighed whether they should publicly discipline Contra Costa C...

Part 2. Here are the Biglaw tools that you can expect to be applied with increasing frequency - and force - to reallocate mone...

Corporations forced to pay punitive damages are allowed to discount 100 percent of the money from their taxes. But that loopho...

Apple Inc. has lost a chance to add a smartphone made by bitter rival Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. to a lawsuit alleging the S...

The firm added a new partner to its corporate and securities technology practice in Silicon Valley and San Francisco, official...

Rebecca J. Westerfield has mediated and arbitrated more than 2,500 cases since she joined JAMS in 1992. Yet her zest for the j...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP hosted a campaign celebration and awards reception marking the completion of a month...