Judge Bernard Skomal is known as a 'roll-up-your-sleeves' kind of jurist, especially in settlements.

Can an employer still have a social media policy that does not violate the National Labor Relations Act? According to the Nati...

Prior budget cuts have slowed things down considerably, but those changes are nothing compared to the changes that will soon b...

Was Hostess' collapse the result of entitled unions, inept management, or was it simply the result of an adverse economic cli...

In a setback for Apple Inc., the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a preliminary decision invalidating a patent co-i...

Wal-Mart's effort to block a gender discrimination lawsuit hit an obstacle Monday when U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Br...

It is, perhaps, a lawyer's worst nightmare: missing oral arguments because you overslept, or mixed up the dates. Or, in the ca...

The 1st District Court of Appeal reversed a jury verdict Monday against Lucasfilm Ltd. in a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit, ...

Ellen Pao responded Monday to an appeal of her employment lawsuit against investment firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers...

The private half of a proposed public-private partnership to build a new federal courthouse in Los Angeles was unveiled Monday...

Attorneys at the Los Angeles and Costa Mesa offices of Latham & Watkins LLP scored a defense win Monday, when a Nebraska f...

Pharmaceutical companies are pushing back against an Alameda County ordinance that requires them to take back leftover and unw...

Defense lawyers say the State Bar demands harsh discipline for false MCLE compliance reports. But an audit turned up a problem...

A marathon intellectual property war between rival toymakers was back in court Monday as parties faced off in the latest twist...

Judge Wendy Kohn urges settlement, telling parties it gives them benefits trial can't.

Judge Robert J. Moss takes the unusual step of preparing his own jury instructions in cases.

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

A San Francisco judge appeared inclined to keep the state's pioneering carbon trading program on track Friday despite an effor...

General Counsel of Shutterfly Inc. Redwood City ...

I enjoyed the chance to get to know the business, develop relationships with business departments and, often, head off problem...

If the court affirms the lower court, franchisors may have to amend their franchise agreements, manuals and ancillary document...

Here's a few last minute tips to keep in mind for your office's holiday shindig. By By Philippe Weiss and Tracy Billows ...

California's deeply rooted public policy has long favored free competition and generally weighed against the enforceability of...

Many attorneys assume that court approval of a settlement automatically insulates them from any future malpractice claims, but...

A one-time Orange County lawyer who was sentenced to prison for practicing law without a license has been accused of doing it ...

An Orange County jury awarded the parents of Kevin Cisler $10 million after school employees failed to properly secure him on ...

As the government investigates Los Angeles Superior Court and the Judicial Council over the furnishing of language interpreter...

A constitutional law attorney has threatened to sue the Encinitas Unified School District, alleging its public schools violate...

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar court, listing attorney...

More than 42 percent of law firms said they are seeing an increase in the need for attorneys with foreign language skills, acc...