Equal Rights Advocates sprang from a clinical program that a trio of female law school students at UC Berkeley School of Law ...

Federal judges can reduce prison time for inmates who pleaded guilty to crack cocaine charges prior to the closed disparity be...

A disbarred attorney can proceed with his suit to collect unpaid fees from well-known plaintiffs' lawyer Thomas V. Girardi, th...

Millennium Holdings LLC paid $8.7 million to 10 California counties and cities to be dismissed from a lawsuit over the marketi...

Lisa M. Johnstone, a corporate associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, died unexpectedly this week. She was...

In a ruling with deep significance in the Information Age, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Thursday a state law protecting ...

William F. "Chip" Merlin Jr. decided to expand his firm's presence to the West Coast and set up shop in Los Angeles. ...

The state Supreme Court reversed a $22.5 million verdict for a Ventura County accident victim Thursday, saying jurors shouldn'...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday against the estate of deceased Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith in the marathon court ...

Laboratory technicians that conduct tests used in criminal prosecutions must appear at trial, a divided U.S. Supreme Court dec...

A divided U.S. Supreme Court upheld a railroad worker's victory against his employer, which he sued for negligence after suffe...

A federal judge ordered lawyers involved in a class action settlement related to the Armenian genocide to submit a plan to dis...

After nearly 29 years on the bench, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge John P. Shook has decided to hang up his robes. Sh...

Student free speech trumps school district's ability to discipline for cyber misconduct. By Gretchen M Shipley of Fagen Friedm...

Two former senior officers of computer giant Gateway Inc. took a legal hit Thursday as a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals pan...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Thuyrsday that would revamp the nation's patent laws for the first time in dec...

The U.S. Supreme Court set a different standard for generic drug manufacturers on Thursday than it did for brand-name pharmace...

The law firm Holland & Knight received an award from the greater Los Angeles chapter of the American Red Cross last week ...

Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino hosted an open house Thursday in its new headquarters building in downtown San Bernardino...

A recent spate of bankruptcies of major big box retail stores has proven challenging for real estate lawyers trying to fashion...

Reclassification of formaldehyde and styrene have the potential to substantially impact toxic tort litigation. By Robert Kum a...

Should employees be paid overtime for work-related phone calls, text messages, and emails placed on a work-issued device? By J...

Why we need the courts to be fully staffed in hard times. By Curtis E.A. Karnow of the San Francisco County Superior Court ...

Facebook "friending" a represented party held to be a violation of Rule of Professional Conduct 2-100. By Wendy L. Patrick of ...

Jacoby & Meyers, which calls itself "America's Most Familiar Law Firm," has sold much of its California operations to one ...

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, the persistent twins who have long challenged Mark Zuckerberg over Facebook’s ownership, abandon...

The state Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to review a multi-million dollar verdict for a woman whose wealthy boyfriend gav...

Congressional Democrats pointed to the U.S. Supreme Court decision blocking a colossal gender-bias class action against Wal-Ma...

A fictional letter by Frank McCourt to Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig. By Dan Lawton of Lawton Law Firm ...

Apple Inc. will get to keep its unreleased iPhone and iPad under wraps in a discovery battle with rival Samsung Electronics Co...