The question of whether cashiers should get to sit on the job went to trial Tuesday in the first such test of a little-known C...

In the latest in a string of local courts cutbacks, Los Angeles County Superior Court announced Wednesday it must slash up to ...

A personal account of a homeowner's claim. By Chet A. Kronenberg of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

William Follett has become known for his expertise appraising pro per habeas corpus petitions.

A San Francisco federal judge will consider a settlement this week of a privacy class action against Facebook Inc. that is aga...

An employee in Texas was terminated from his employment after a web reporter exposed his online activity. How would the case p...

Sociological data supports the premise that television may be the culprit for growing lawyer disenchantment. By Joseph Sorrentino

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

A dour report from the state Legislative Analyst's Office knocking the cost of a controversial Long Beach courthouse construct...

Brian Chase and Scott Ritsema of Newport Beach's Bisnar & Chase LLP were named Consumer Attorneys of California's 2012 Con...

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority finalized a $3.5 million personal injury settlement with a 28-yea...

Former Howrey LLP employees who sued the defunct law firm for providing insufficient warning of firmwide layoffs may get some ...

In a significant breakthrough for the smartphone wars, Apple Inc. and HTC Corp. announced a settlement that would resolve a pa...

The case against Eric Fagan, 78, comes as part of a push by San Bernardino County prosecutors to file charges in similarly len...

Next year, the California Energy Commission will require industrial and retail buildings to disclose energy consumption. Attor...

A recent AOC report updates the data on the need for judgeships in various counties. The report uses standards that are not un...

The NLRB is already limiting what employers can say in their social media policies. Now it is attempting to regulate employer'...

The major credit reporting agencies suffered a major blow last week when a federal court in California ruled that equitable re...

Although the question presented is stated in terms of trademarks, the holding in this case will clearly be applicable to paten...

In the deal to be finalized later this month, Boston Scientific Inc. will acquire Stradling client Vessix Vascular Inc. as par...

A federal judge gave Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. a glimmer of hope last week when she agreed to hold a hearing on the South K...

The State Bar Court has recommended the disbarment of Greenbrae lawyer Sharon L. Lapin over charges she engaged in a sophistic...

The court's conclusion is a little hard to reconcile with the fact that the wallscape had been in place for 22 years and no on...

Attorney General Kamala Harris delivered the keynote address Friday at the annual convention for the Consumer Attorneys of Cal...

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP added Stephen Reiter as counsel in San Diego. Reiter, a member of the health and life s...

A developer hoping to remove a judge from presiding over litigation related to its massive housing project north of Los Angele...

A San Diego judge ruled that graduates suing Thomas Jefferson School of Law over allegedly exaggerated employment data had not...

Lawyers on both sides of the fence attribute the increased filings to a growing awareness of workplace disability rights among...

When Brian S. Kabateck is sworn in Saturday as the new president of the Consumer Attorneys of California, he'll have one year ...

In discussing the individual mandate, Professor Einer Elhauge uses logic and a Nobel laureate to convey the fact that its inhe...