A federal judge last week awarded MGA Entertainment Inc. nearly $310 million in damages and legal fees in its intellectual pro...

The ultimate test of Goodwin Liu's effectiveness on the state Supreme Court could be his ability to persuade one person - Chie...

As the next president of the National Academy of Arbitrators, a 620-member organization of her peers, Sara Adler is said to be...

The Senate Judiciary Committee delayed its Thursday vote on judicial nominees for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and Ca...

A federal judge Thursday awarded Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc. nearly $310 million in damages, legal fees and cour...

The notorious "Spam King' who has tangled with Facebook Inc. for allegedly spamming the social networking site, surrenedered t...

Prominent L.A. litigator Pierce O'Donnell has agreed to spend six months in prison and plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission settled insider-trading charges with a former major league baseball player and three as...

The city of Vernon has paid former official Donal O’Callaghan $500,000 to settle a contract dispute. ...

A jury awarded $5.2 million to a Colorado businessman who lost millions when his investment was used in a scheme to manipulate...

Copyright law's role in regulating our contemporary lives has made acts of infringement more possible. By John Tehranian of So...

Lafayette & Kumagai LLP, a 12-lawyer litigation boutique, is known for defending employment and business cases, and has a ...

A three-year study of 40 delinquent Latino and African American boys reveals a vicious cycle of punishment and incarceration. ...

Judge Lafferty delves into cases deeply and broadly, much as he does in life.

Ruling on Manhattan Beach's plastic bag ban may offer more confusion than resolution. By Mike Durkee and Tom Tunny of Allen Ma...

Laura V. Farber, hiring partner of Hahn & Hahn, took over this week as chairwoman of the American Bar Association's Gener...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals seat formerly occupied by Judge Stephen S. Trott has been left empty for more than six years,...

The trials and triumphs of Clara Foltz, one of the first women lawyers in the U.S. By Barbara Allen Babcock of Stanford Law Sc...

Lawyers from Cooley LLP inked another deal for longtime client Web.com Group Inc. on Wednesday. ...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved Thursday a program to reward whistle-blowers who deliver information leading...

Months after the Concepcion decision, federal judges in California are reaching various conclusions - some of which suggest th...

A California law that requires police to collect a DNA sample from anyone arrested for a felony is unconstitutional, a state a...

On July 30, legal professionals gathered at the offices of the Los Angeles County Bar Association to take part in Parole Heari...

The Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic, along with its newly introduced 100-member chorus, Legal Voices, performed “Concert Extr...

For the first time in memory, an anti-capital punishment bill may have a chance of passing. It's bolstered by new revelations ...

Perfect 10 Inc., a publication that creates and distributes photographs of nude models, was denied a preliminary injunction ag...

State Supreme Court limits liability for employers whose employees are involved in auto accidents on the job. By Frances E. Ro...

A state bill signed into law last month that aims to help real estate developers ride out the still limping economy solves par...

Judge Shapero's familiarity with the lawyers he works with makes for a comfortable environment.

Legal troubles may steal the spotlight away from Lifetime's new reality TV show. By Julia Haye of Greenberg Glusker Fields Cla...