A former corporate practice co-chair at Latham & Watkins LLP has traded coasts to join Weil, Gotshal & Manges as a par...

Sometimes, representing a family member can cause more harm than good. By Ty Supancic of The Law Collaborative APC ...

Remembering Richard Sheik Kim, a deputy public defender who transcended the law. By Douglas G. Carnahan of the L.A. County Sup...

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Wednesday that workers serving as "ministers to the faithful" cannot bring employment...

Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP picked up 19 lawyers from Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff Inc., a boutique th...

Undeterred by voluminous research critical of eyewitness identifications, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 8-1 agains...

A community group sought to convince the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday that the Lawrence Livermore National Laborator...

Without physical contact, there is no claim for uninsured motorist benefits. By Atticus N. Wegman of Aitken Aitken Cohn ...

Federal health care reform may have put the final nail in the coffin for most cases of dropped insurance for preexisting condi...

Cost-cutting moves, outsourcing, mergers and perhaps another big-name closure are in the cards for law firms this year , accor...

Relativity Media LLC has brought on Michael N. Rosner, former senior counsel with Loeb & Loeb LLP, as general counsel to t...

Sacramento's Remy Thomas Moose & Manley will become Remy Mosse & Manley LLP with the departure of founding partner Tin...

The Internal Revenue Service is now targeting dual nationals for failure to report foreign assets. By Sanford I. Miller ...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the U.S. Department of Transportation seeking details about unmanned aircraft. ...

Baker & McKenzie will likely close its doors in San Diego, which has seen significant attrition over the past decade, its ...

A 26-year veteran Orange County judge was ordered removed from the bench Wednesday by the Commission on Judicial Performance f...

Lawyers with Farella Braun & Martel LLP represented a San Francisco-based private investment company in purchasing a 218,0...

A key partner's departure from Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP's San Diego office has raised questions about whether o...

The State Bar is beginning to explore a radical change to what it takes to become a lawyer in California: requiring would-be a...

A reader comments on "Report: Counties should help treat incompetent inmates," ...

Why lawyers need to watch out during this special time of year. By Robert Wood of Wood LLP ...

Score one for employees in the fight over wage and hour class actions. By Dennis Moss and H. Scott Leviant of Spiro Moss ...

The war in Afghanistan is ending, so why are there still Afghans in Guantanamo Bay? By Anne Richardson of Hadsell Stormer Keen...

As the result of a recent state Supreme Court decision eliminating local redevelopment agencies, cities across California will...

The recent retirements of several prominent Los Angeles County Superior Court judges has stoked fears by some in the civil lit...

A lawsuit alleging the owners of one of Southern California’s largest Jewish cemeteries desecrated graves will proceed to tria...

A practice that judges routinely use to settle criminal cases was challenged Tuesday by a divided 6th District Court of Appeal...

The U.S. Supreme Court again backed arbitration over litigation Tuesday, ruling that a consumer protection law guaranteeing th...

Despite the shrinking influence of broadcast television in American life, the U.S. Supreme Court signaled Tuesday that it has ...

A group of eight car washes statewide settled an employment-related lawsuit Tuesday filed by the state attorney general's offi...