An appellate court has ordered an Encino attorney to pay the firm Nemecek & Cole $289,000 in unpaid fees, affirming an arb...

A jury has awarded an Orange County man $38.6 million after finding a shorter than required railing-not the man's .267 percen...

Superior Court Judge Michael D. Carter goes out of his way to make jurors feel welcome.

Judge Richard Monroy isn't worried about how his decisions might reflect upon him.

Community and environmental groups concerned over the impacts of development projects are getting locked into more battles wit...

The proposed regulations are among the first comprehensive, state-level efforts to find safer alternatives to hazardous chemic...

Borrowers need loan modifications, but who holds and/or services their loan may determine the borrower's ability to obtain a l...

The Supreme Court's decision rejects the general rule of agency deference. By Shawn Khorrami and Corina Valderrama of Khorrami...

Coca-Cola is not happy with SodaStream's cage-of-cans advertising campaign, and has filed suit in other countries to stop it. ...

After more than two years of study and debate, American Bar Association officials on Friday rejected a proposal to accredit la...

A long-running labor dispute between deputy district attorneys and Contra Costa County has boiled over, with the prosecutors' ...

Attorneys with Panish Shea & Boyle LLP in Los Angeles last week won a $20 million verdict for their client who suffered ...

Teledyne Technologies Inc., a Thousand Oaks-based industrial conglomerate, announced Friday the retirement of its longtime gen...

Electronic Arts Inc. filed suit against gamemaker rival Zynga Inc. Friday, alleging the San Francisco company copied point-f...

The U.S. legal services sector added 1,400 jobs in July, pushing the total number of employees in the sector to 1,120,500, acc...

An attorney advocate for gay rights at the state and federal level is making a jump back to her former workplace, which is exp...

The most recent numbers on the impact of budget cuts to the judicial branch don't appear likely to significantly affect labor...

U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh reasserted control of the high-stakes patent trial between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics ...

The agency charged with policing California's labor laws does not collect tens of million of dollars in fines it levies, a lar...

After losing his wife to cancer, Judge Kenneth Barr encourages others to live life to the fullest.

Loeb & Loeb adds four partners in LA Loeb & Loeb LLP added Partick N. Downes , W. Allan Edmiston , Rachel J. Harris...

2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Judith Ashmann-Gerst doesn't let her job isolate her.

Following a July 24 reproval from U.S. District Judge Justin L. Quackenbush in Washington, Joy A. Bull resigned from Robbins G...

As efforts to legalize Internet gambling slowly gather momentum, video game developers and investors are consulting lawyers on...

A proposed federal regulation requiring reports from financial institutions on their reserves for pending litigation claims ha...

To date, the IRS has collected more than $5 billion in back taxes, interest and penalties from 33,000 voluntary disclosures ma...

Life insurance polices have many benefits that easily make up for deductible contributions available in pension plans. By Bruc...

The American Civil Liberties Union is accusing U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy of trying to improperly sway Del Mar voters deciding ...

A woman who helped raise the adopted child of her former same-sex partner has parental rights to the child, the 4th District C...

Farella Braun & Martel LLP and the Association of Corporate Counsel Bay Area Chapter Diversity Committee hosted its 2nd An...