Even in a straightforward case, determining when the 60 day time period begins to run can be tough. When post-trial motions ar...

The 9th Circuit held that attorneys could currently deduct costs if they had a gross fee contract and certain other criteria a...

It may come as a shock, but you will lose. And lose again. And again. Old sayings are often true and none more so than the att...

After losing three partners to a now-defunct law firm and seeing another partner leave twice in one year, Cooley LLP's mergers...

With legal education under fire from all sides and applications to law schools diving toward a new low, Pepperdine University ...

A federal judge in Washington state invalidated 13 patent claims that a Google Inc. subsidiary had asserted in an ongoing cour...

Cole Pedroza LLP may be a six-lawyer law firm, but it's developed a "big firm" practice style capable of handling trial, appel...

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth PC took the "Lawyers Have Heart" prize, with the largest team among law firms at the Orang...

The state Supreme Court appointed a committee of prominent lawyers and judges Thursday to help it select members of the State ...

Kelly served as clerk of the 4th District Court of Appeals for 25 years and had worked in the California court system for 40. ...

Approximately 1,200 people were in attendance at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 31 to help celebrate Bet Tzedek's 39th annua...

The California Judicial Council recently announced the creation of a Technology Planning Task Force, which will work with cour...

The Los Angeles County Bar Association's litigation section held its 2013 Bench Meets the Bar Luncheon on Jan. 30, bringing to...

A financial products rating agency targeted by federal prosecutors has called on prominent San Francisco-based attorneys John ...

State officials on Wednesday responded to a federal court order with indignance, arguing it would be "improper" for the court ...

A bill to allow businesses 14 days to post Prop. 65 signs warning of hazardous substances may be the opening salvo in an effor...

On Jan. 17, the Orange County Bar Association presented Orange County Superior Court Judge Francisco Firmat with the Franklin ...

Attorneys who represent law enforcement personnel were in disbelief Thursday over an unfolding situation involving a former LA...

Even with decades of experience in family and probate law, retired judge-turned-mediator Rosemary Pfeiffer has her work cut ou...

Observers expect the evolution in digital content distribution to continue as not only Internet companies but sophisticated br...

At a time when online, personalized legal services are becoming big money generators, LegalForce founder and CEO Raj Abhyanker...

Employers can avoid economic and emotional distress liability in discrimination cases if they prove they would have taken the ...

International law firm Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP named Matthew J. Kemner as the firm's chair. Kemner , whose work i...

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General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of American Realty Advisors Glendale ...

I really wonder how much money from individual taxes is going to pay for judgments or settlements by the LAUSD because of resp...

President Barack Obama can achieve gun control through a treaty. No doubt this would be controversial. By Joseph F.C. DiMento ...

San Francisco has become one of the leaders of an emerging movement, called "electric aggregation," where cities buy cheap bul...

Dry Canyon held that a trial court must find that a business owner had goodwill to lose before the owner is entitled to...

A judicial panel decided this week that California is the right venue for two major class actions, including one accusing a gr...