A judge approved a $4.9 million settlement between the Heller Ehrman LLP estate and Greenberg Traurig LLP Friday.

Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP, an 80-lawyer East Coast firm with small offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles, announced...

Taking DNA from an individual who's been arrested for a serious offense is a "legitimate police booking procedure," the U.S. S...

A divided appellate court declined habeas relief to a man who claimed that his lawyer not only failed to properly question his...

Any expansion should be limited to organizations licensed by the State Bar with named individuals responsible for internal com...

Of the approximate 2.5 to 3 million pets euthanized every year, around 500,000 were in the shelters because their owners died ...

The DSM-5 appears to be a major step backward when it comes to providing a basis for objectively identifying mental disorders ...

Sherri R. Carter, a 19-year veteran of federal and state courts, is currently the executive officer for Riverside Superior Cou...

San Francisco prosecutors want a local scrap-metal recycler to cough up $10 million for trashing its records and throwing out ...

A bankruptcy judge approved a settlement Thursday between the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP estate, the firm's former chairman, Stev...

Two men convicted of murder but later freed after flaws in their prosecution emerged will get another chance to sue Los Angele...

London-based Norton Rose LLP and Houston-based Fulbright & Jaworski LLP officially joined forces Monday to create a global...

It's been seven years since California last executed a death row inmate. After state appellate court ruling last week that bar...

Trial begins on one of the last remaining serious obstacles to building the nation's first bullet train. Rural Kings County in...

British firm EIP opened an office in San Diego in mid-May, with new partner Phillip Bennett at the helm. Bennett was previousl...

An audience of nearly 60 gathered on May 29 for a Georgetown University Law Center-organized panel discussing women in leaders...

Lawyers with the Los Angeles office of Hunton & Williams LLP hosted a mock trial May 15 for a class of 24 students from Ma...

California's cash-strapped state courts face severe cuts in the face of a budget crisis that threatens to usher in a "new norm...

Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Warren H. Deering died in La Jolla on Feb. 21 after suffering from several ailments. ...

Attorneys from a range of practice areas gathered May 22 at the San Francisco headquarters of JAMS to hear a panel discussion ...

O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Warren Christopher Scholarship Program recognized 10 promising 10th-grade students, awarding each ...

In "American Founding Son," Gerard N. Magliocca gives one of the most complete portraits yet of John Bingham - a leading antis...

Newly released statistics suggest that transactions in the $1 billion-and-above range are beginning to rebound in value and vo...

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

The court's 5-2 decision followed an investigation into accusations of juror misconduct. While the report's author, a superior...

Vringo Inc. announced Thursday it has entered into a settlement with Microsoft Corp., ending a patent infringement lawsuit the...

A state appellate panel on Thursday permanently enjoined the state from putting prisoners to death by lethal injection, agreei...

Lisa Klerman, an independent specialist in employment mediation, prepares and plans carefully for every session. She's also kn...

Justices on the state Supreme Court appeared sympathetic Thursday to a Mexican national facing deportation as a result of plea...

A bid by environmentalists to force public agencies to look at the environment's impact on a proposed development project, suc...