Growing up with lawyer parents, Judge Vanessa Zecher knew early that she'd follow their path.

Superior Court Judge, Los Angeles County (Mosk) ...

The state attorney general's office has raised a ruckus with businesses which fear a recent lawsuit could undermine long settl...

Bottom line, the mediation privilege has gone too far. It is time to reel it in and return to a sensible privilege that does n...

Diverse attorneys remain an untapped resource that could offer increased cultural intelligence and communications skills to th...

Plaintiffs in a putative class action against Kmart Corp. can add two new name plaintiffs to the case, a judge ruled Thursday....

A dispute between a photographer and apparel and footwear manufacturer Skechers USA Inc. over use of certain images in marketi...

A former dean of online-only Concord Law School, and a consultant to other schools on the use of technology, has been put in c...

Long Beach family law boutique Brandmeyer Gilligan & Dockstader LLP takes pride in its scale. ...

Western Justice Center and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held its annual Western Justice Center Peer Mediation Invitat...

Earlier this month, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association hosted their 12th Annual CLE Expo in Southern California. The ...

A San Pedro-based law firm, perched at the edge of the country's busiest port system, has become the first and only plaintiff'...

U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar was officially inducted into his new position Thursday afternoon, though he has been trying case...

A team of Los Angeles-based Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys along with administrators and staff participated ...

Lawyers who have had matters before mediator Jill A. Switzer said she has a talent for handling the personal side of disputes....

The 3rd District Court of Appeal will return to the historic Stanley Mosk Library and Courts Building at 914 Capitol Mall in S...

Large and midsize law firms have continued to snap up small firms across the state this year even as a notable group of succes...

A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. contractor embroiled in employee disputes suffered another setback Wednesday after a federal judge rule...

In 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the decision in Sonic-Calabasas and remanded the case back to the state high court for...

Attorneys with Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP have scored a defense win for lenders against claims by a New York-based real...

In short, a court stated that the EPA cannot create its own regulations and that exceed its statutory authority by the creatio...

In my 35-plus years or so since first being admitted to the bar, including my years in corporate and private practice, I had n...

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

The 9th Circuit let a malpractice action continue against a Pasadena lawyer involved in bringing Filipino teachers to the U.S....

The University of California Board of Regents approved a $1.2 million settlement Wednesday in a whistleblower lawsuit that spa...

Stockton bargained with bondholders in good faith and deserves protection under municipal bankruptcy law, the cash-strapped ci...

San Bernardino County Superior Court officials announced Wednesday plans to keep one courtroom open temporarily in the court's...

United States banks are selling rights to service their mortgages in response to anticipated implementation of capital require...

A federal judge on Wednesday decided to leave it to a San Francisco County judge to determine whether an attorney owes thousan...

For the second time this week, a divided Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a landmark gay marriage case - this time over t...