The decision in Wal-mart could restrict federal court authority to certify punitive damages. By Felix Shafir of Horvitz...

Change of ownership is the trick to permanently lowering your property tax bill. By Bernard J. Vogel III of Silicon Valley Law...

The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved U.S. District Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen's nomination to the 9th U.S. Circ...

On Nov. 17, the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles’ Law Student Mentoring Committee co-sponsored ‘Dress for Success’ wit...

The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, an organization dedicated to providing legal services to low-income people in Los Ang...

On Wednesday, Thomas Malcolm, parter at Jones Day, received the Legal Leader Award given by the Whittier Law School Alumni Ass...

A survey reveals that more dentists treat HIV-positive patients than health care providers - why? By Brad Sears of UCLA School...

A glimpse inside the lives of three judges and the legacies they left behind. By Jamie Alexis Newbold of Brayton Purcell LLP

Stanford law students had an interesting guest lecturer on Thursday: California Attorney General Kamala Harris. The students a...

Ruling on an issue closely watched by the real estate industry, a judge blocked hundreds of residents of a condominium associa...

A putative class action filed this week accuses Los Angeles County Superior Court of failing to destroy tens of thousands of m...

A case pending at the 4th District Court of Appeal highlights confusion in the courts over requests for court-ordered visitati...

Health care providers do not have standing under civil rights law to sue over cuts to Medi-Cal reimbursement, the 9th U.S. Cir...

Plaintiffs in a long-running gender discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. can't modify a protective order govern...

Three of California's four federal courts have selected judges to participate in a program designed to steer patent infringem...

As the commercial mortgage-backed securities market continues to see a record number of loan defaults, lawyers who handle lend...

A San Francisco pilot trying make the federal government pay for the emotional distress caused by its disclosure of his HIV-po...

Currently, state-appointed defense attorneys can face retaliation for doing their job. By Eric C. Jacobson

Barstow judge Margaret A. Powers steps down after 20 years on the bench.

The Heller Ehrman LLP estate reached a settlement last week with one of its two Washington, D.C. landlords.

A behind the scenes take on turning a short film into a video game or movie. By Jesse Saivar of Greenberg Glusker Fields Clama...

Mountain View-based Synopsys Inc. turned to a Silicon Valley-based team from Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP for its $507 million cash...

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP announced year-end bonuses for associates on Wednesday.

By refusing to defend Proposition 8, Gov. Jerry Brown and Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris may have violated their ethical duties.

A group of street artists asserting federal "moral rights" over works that were destroyed and thrown out by the L.A. Live Ritz...

At least eight of 26 truck drivers who say they were fired last month for supporting a labor union will return to their jobs, ...

Fitness International LLC, an affiliate of LA Fitness International, tentatively acquired 171 Bally Total Fitness clubs in the...

The U.S. government paid a Riverside County Indian tribe and local water agencies $21 million, bringing a century-old water di...

An expedited rule for handling collaborative law cases may alleviate the strain on our court system. By Ty Supancic of The Law...

Importing is a tricky business - knowing what can go wrong is key. By F. Gordon Lee of Nossaman LLP