The appeal for the man convicted of killing car racing legend Mickey Thompson makes the average brief look like high school-le...

Between November 2011 and last month, the legal sector added 5,800 jobs and reached 1.12 million in employment, according to t...

Dorsey & Whitney LLP advised social gaming developer Product Madness Inc. in its overseas sale to Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. ...

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to review same-sex marriage laws at the state and federal level could lead to an outcome tha...

In the first and largest civil suit against bankers involved in the housing meltdown, a jury has found three former executives...

Discovery disputes often arise out of information inequity, not a burning desire by the defense or plaintiffs' bar to engage i...

DLA Piper added Patrick Connolly as partner in Los Angeles. He focuses on complex international tax matters and transactions, ...

Lawyers toe the line in Judge J. Stephen Czuleger's courtroom.

The economy may be limping along, but as cities across the state continue to cope with looming budget cuts, contract city atto...

An undergraduate degree from a California public university can cost more than $100,000; despite the shocking sticker price, i...

It has been reported that Atwater is considering Chapter 9 bankruptcy, and Atwater is not likely to be the last municipality t...

Listen as a team of professionals discuss and debate the "residuals clause" in the M&A context as it regards to potential ...

The Disability Rights Legal Center held its annual Franklin D. Roosevelt Dinner on Nov. 15 at the Omni Hotel in downtown Los A...

The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles held its 14th Annual Access to Justice Dinner on Nov. 14 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel i...

State Court oath administered by Superior Court Judge Glenda Sanders. ...

Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP was at the center of the legal push to reform the state's corrections system. Its efforts...

Farmers Insurance Co. can pursue its lawsuit against two attorneys it accuses of organizing millions of dollars in fraudulent ...

A man found guilty of beating and kicking his pregnant wife must have his conviction reversed because his lawyer was not allow...

Miller Law Group, a 27-attorney employment law boutique with offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles, held its holiday open h...

Public entities across the state were closely watching the lawsuit because they said a decision for the plaintiff could have e...

In the seven years since he left the bench, Laurence D. Kay has established a busy career, parlaying his judicial skills to he...

Virginia-based Hunton & Williams LLP added two environmental law attorneys from Bingham McCutchen LLP this week to further...

On Nov. 17, the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (OCTLA) held its Top Gun Trial Lawyer of the Year Awards and Charity A...

Lawyers at Morrison & Foerster LLP are representing Equity Residential in a joint agreement with AvalonBay Communities Inc...

After 15 days in trial, lawyers on Thursday finished closing arguments in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.s first-ever case...

Founding partner Douglas M. DeGrave of Poliquin & DeGrave LLP was sworn in last month as the 2013 California American Boar...

Smartphone rivals Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. headed back to court Thursday to spar over post-trial motions, s...

California's same-sex marriage ban, Proposition 8, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act will both get U.S. Supreme Court sc...

The head of the judicial branch's administrative office has warned courts that the Legislature may use $200 million of courts'...

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