A former Irell & Manella LLP partner has sued her former firm for being forced out of her job in 2009 after objecting to s...

U.S. District Judge William Alsup rejected an Oracle expert's damages report late Friday, calling it an "overreach" on the amo...

A San Diego law school argues its low bar passage rate should have tipped prospective students off that the chances of finding...

Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP picked up former SEC official Michael F. Perlis to lead a new securities litigation and i...

Charles T. Manatt, founder of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, died Friday of complications from a stroke. ...

O'Melveny & Myers LLP is attempting to put an end to the infighting and partner defections that have recently plagued the ...

A federal appellate court's efforts to slash large damage awards for patents that infringe a small part of a product is gettin...

Gov. Jerry Brown has tapped UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu for the state Supreme Court. ...

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

Saying there was no easy way to spread the pain of $350 million in state budget cuts this year, the Judicial Council voted Fri...

General Counsel for Capital Asset Exchange and Trading LLC (Redwood City) ...

The current U.S. Supreme Court takes on a skeptical view that individual rights should be vindicated in federal courts. By Dan...

Know how to handle common issues relating to unlawful detainer trials. By Steven J. Kleifield of the Los Angeles County Superi...

Undercapitalization isn't to blame for the current financial crisis in large law firms. So what gives? By Edwin B. Reeser ...

Are hospital privileges for doctors based on medical standards, or do they revolve around bureaucratic politics? By Barbara He...

Lawyers in a huge gender discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. were back in court Friday for their first time si...

Brazil's largest social gaming company, Vostu Ltd., is going up against Silicon Valley giant Zynga Inc. just as the company ap...

President Barack Obama certified Friday the repeal of the government’s ban on gays from serving openly in the military. ...

A state appellate court has sided with the City of Los Angeles in its ongoing battle against companies putting up giant billbo...

On Friday, the State Bar's Board of Governors elected Keker & Van Nest LLP partner Jon B. Streeter as the next head of the...

A Los Angeles Superior Court jury will soon decide whether bond-fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach broke the law preparing to jump ...

Commissioner Dino Inumerable shrugged off a law career only to realize it was a perfect fit.

One night in baseball history - a dramatic tale akin to the best legal drama. By Dan Lawton of Lawton Law Firm

Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP snagged Charles Hargraves from Sedgwick LLP, adding him as a partner in its Orange County of...

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

Thomas M. Reardon An amateur actor in his off time, Thomas Reardon keep jurors engaged in courtroom drama.

Hot air balloonists say Riverside County's Coachella Valley used to be one of the state's most popular places to fire up a bas...

James A. Merklinger, deputy general counsel of the Association of Corporate Counsel, will take over as general counsel of the ...

Without juries, the complex litigation court keeps Judge John E. Munter involved in cases.

Payment of the statutory development fee under SB 50 does not exempt developers from analyzing school-related environmental im...