Judge Javier Alcala isn't won over by sob stories, but his boot-strap past has made him compassionate.

Despite an expected government repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" today, lawyers for gay rights advocates are fighting to keep ...

What are the chances that Los Angeles will house the newest NFL franchise? By Kenneth A. Stahl of Chapman University School of...

Five steps for defense counsel to keep in mind when negotiating with a prosecutor. By Matthew Schonbrun of the Los Angeles cit...

Perkins Coie LLP has expanded its emerging companies practice group with the addition of James F. "Jim" Jensen, who joins the ...

Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye and members of the Judicial Council repeatedly promised California judges that they are chan...

A Riverside man was awarded nearly $5.4 million for injuries he suffered in a construction accident. ...

One in four of the nation's lawyers plan to add to their legal staff in the next quarter, according to a new study released Mo...

New York-based Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP is the latest East Coast firm to open a Silicon Valley office, hiring a...

A roundup of recent M&A and financing activities and the lawyers involved.

Commissioner Corinne C. Miesfeld may not look strict, but she unflinchingly applies the law.

U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr.'s plans to take senior status next year will open up a seat on the Eastern District...

A report released last week by Wells Fargo Legal Specialty Group showed an increase in revenue, net income and profits per par...

Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye has come out swinging against legislation that would strip the Judicial Council of much of i...

A superior court jury tasked with deciding a messy Wall Street dispute returned a split verdict Friday that handed both sides ...

Dependency court Judge Barbara A. Buchholz's independent streak is reflected in her decisions.

Senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc. San Diego ...

Commissioner Robert C. Rice has an understated way of moving a lot of cases very quickly.

The death penalty was one of many topics U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg touched on during a lively d...

AB 123 makes it a misdemeanor to willfully and knowingly create a disruption at schools. By Sloan Simmons and Summer Dalessand...

The situation in Abkhazia raises important questions about statehood and self-determination on the international stage. By Jos...

Military veterans are in a unique position to be largely unaffected by the rising cost of law school tuition. By Adam Noakes o...

A UK-based insurance syndicate sues Saudi Arabia for the more than $215 million it paid out on Sept. 11 claims. By Deborah L. ...

Wal-Mart Inc. v. Dukes will impact class actions in all areas, not just employment. By Erwin Chemerinsky of University ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals spiked a lower court's class certification ruling in a gender bias lawsuit against Costc...

Presiding Judge Katherine Feinstein announced a number of changes Friday to compensate for 75 employees the court still expect...

The legislative session came to a close this year without Chief Justice Tani Cantil Sakauye giving a state of the judiciary sp...

The state's anti-SLAPP law protects decisions that legal organizations make about attorney case assignments, the 4th District ...

The patent reform bill signed into law Friday by President Barack Obama includes bad news for plaintiffs claiming companies m...

Linda Bernhardt, a land use specialist and former deputy mayor of Los Angeles, has joined Greenberg Traurig LLP in Santa Monic...