The nonprofit U.S. Green Building Council announced Wednesday it successfully fought off an attack on its popular green buildi...

Michael J. Gennaco, the independent consultant who investigates Los Angeles Sheriff Department shootings and jail deaths, has ...

New data shows that the first eight months of 2011 have produced 903 heath care fraud prosecutions by the U.S. Department of J...

An exclusive space on the Internet for the adult entertainment industry will launch in the next few weeks. By Phil Schroeder o...

Facing a novel lawsuit related to the foreclosure crisis, Deutsche Bank claims it is not responsible for the upkeep of hundred...

The San Francisco city attorney's office has sued a car wash, accusing it of labor violations including making employees wait ...

Law clerks who haven't yet passed the bar exam aren't entitled to overtime pay, the 1st District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesd...

With the help of a pro bono team of lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Sundance is trying to break through legal barriers f...

The federal Environmental Protection Agency added a man allegedly involved in mine waste dumping in California to its most wan...

A divided state appellate court on Wednesday upheld a $13.8 million punitive damages award against Philip Morris USA Inc. in a...

By granting an evidentiary hearing to a prison inmate, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday once more stepped in...

The state hopes to reduce its high prisoner recidivism rate, get offenders into treatment and ease prison overcrowding by movi...

Judith Chirlin, who retired from Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2009 to join Judicate West, said Tuesday she will cut ba...

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross ruled in Delaware federal court that the Los Angeles Dodgers' merchandise vendor, Facility M...

Chinese lawyers travel to the U.S. to experience the life of a practicing American trial lawyer. By James McManis of McManis F...

The recent outpouring of new health care regulations creates uncertainty as to the law's ultimate effects. By Craig B. Garner ...

A new program hopes to inspire students to consider a future career in the law. By Ruthe Catolico Ashley of the ABA's Commissi...

Former Brocade Communications Systems Inc. chief executive Gregory L. Reyes has agreed to pay nearly $850,000 to settle the SE...

A state appellate court on Tuesday reversed a $356,000 jury verdict in favor of a Los Angeles County employee who came back fr...

The Judicial Council, the policy-making body for the state's courts, has put new procedures in place aimed at making its meeti...

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP and Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP will merge on Oct. 1 to form Edwards Wildman...

Getting used to working as a company's only in-house lawyer can be an uphill battle but solo general counsels are learning way...

The Heller Ehrman LLP estate asked a federal bankruptcy judge in a filing late Monday to allow it to pay general unsecured cre...

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy drew a packed ballroom as keynote speaker at the 9th Circuit Judicial ...

The state judicial watchdog panel has publicly admonished Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joan Comparet-Cassani for abusing h...

The states of California and Nevada signed an agreement with the federal Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday to increase t...

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Mattel Inc. must post a bond while it appeals the $310 million intellectual property judgment against it over the Bratz doll l...

A well-crafted earnout can lead to a win-win solution for both parties in an M&A transaction. By Donald P. Clark, Alexande...