Courts are divided on whether to apply the Absolute Priority Rule in individual Chapter 11 cases. By Richard J. Reynolds of Tu...

No matter how you spin it, SB 491 and Concepcion do not fit together. By Kim Stone of the Civil Justice Association of ...

The landmark legislation has reached a milestone, yet is still facing challenges. By Jenny Goodman of Sullivan Hill Lewin Rez ...

When he is a party in a Supreme Court case, the solicitor general wins nearly 70 percent of the time. This term, that number l...

With the statewide ban on foie gras just days away, a lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court hopes to extend the prohibition nat...

Following her Tuesday victory in a rare contested election for presiding judge, San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Cyn...

Key parts of the so-called Homeowner Bill of Rights passed a special joint conference committee on Wednesday by a 4-1 vote wit...

Bryant G. Garth, the outgoing dean of Southwestern University Law School and a leading researcher of the legal profession, wil...

OneRoof Energy Inc., a San Diego-based residential solar panel company, has appointed its first general counsel, the company a...

Sitting en banc, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday to affirm a district court's order denying a motion to ...

A conservative Christian whistle-blower suit that could have cost California Planned Parenthood affiliates as much as $600 mil...

By requiring workers involved in an organizing campaign to distribute pro-management leaflets to customers, a Los Angeles outl...

In a victory for Apple Inc., a San Jose federal judge has blocked the sale of a Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. tablet computer ...

The bankruptcy is a trial by fire for AB 506, which requires lengthy negotiations before cities may pursue protection through ...

California judges were disciplined less frequently during the years from 2000 to 2009 than in the previous decade, according t...

Internal Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP documents show efforts Citibank and the firm undertook to convince firm partners to take on l...

Commissioner James D. Endman, who never misses family dinner, brokers truces in family law court.

A San Francisco appellate court granted Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP's motion to dismiss a suit against the firm under Californi...

Santa Rosa lawyer Kevin Michael Healy should be disbarred and pay a former client $30,000, according to a ruling from the Stat...

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP helped Beverly Hills developer Sonny Astani sell a long vacant downtown Los Angeles lot for ...

While building portfolio transactions slowed to a trickle in the wake of the real estate bust, lawyers say they're seeing a sl...

This month, California quietly shed an unwanted title - going from the largest prison system in the country to the second-larg...

Courts across the country are embracing the inevitable when it comes to eDiscovery. By Michele C.S. Lange of Kroll Ontrack ...

The AAA is more diverse than you think; more so than the national average. By Sasha A. Carbone of The American Arbitration Ass...

Larry C. Russ, a founding partner of Russ August & Kabat and co-owner of Los Angeles vintage clothing store American Rag C...

Madison Square Garden Co. purchased the Forum in Inglewood for $23.5 million on Tuesday. ...

Usually, it's up to the prevailing party when the clock starts for time to file an appeal. By Candace E. Kallberg of Manning &...

The Federal Circuit has held that the first part of the Seagate test should be decided by the trial judge as a matter o...

A $10 million settlement has been reached in a long-running contract dispute that saw a $612 million judgment vacated and rais...