A putative class action filed this week accuses Los Angeles County Superior Court of failing to destroy tens of thousands of m...

A case pending at the 4th District Court of Appeal highlights confusion in the courts over requests for court-ordered visitati...

Health care providers do not have standing under civil rights law to sue over cuts to Medi-Cal reimbursement, the 9th U.S. Cir...

Plaintiffs in a long-running gender discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. can't modify a protective order govern...

Three of California's four federal courts have selected judges to participate in a program designed to steer patent infringem...

As the commercial mortgage-backed securities market continues to see a record number of loan defaults, lawyers who handle lend...

A San Francisco pilot trying make the federal government pay for the emotional distress caused by its disclosure of his HIV-po...

Currently, state-appointed defense attorneys can face retaliation for doing their job. By Eric C. Jacobson

Barstow judge Margaret A. Powers steps down after 20 years on the bench.

The Heller Ehrman LLP estate reached a settlement last week with one of its two Washington, D.C. landlords.

A behind the scenes take on turning a short film into a video game or movie. By Jesse Saivar of Greenberg Glusker Fields Clama...

Mountain View-based Synopsys Inc. turned to a Silicon Valley-based team from Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP for its $507 million cash...

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP announced year-end bonuses for associates on Wednesday.

By refusing to defend Proposition 8, Gov. Jerry Brown and Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris may have violated their ethical duties.

A group of street artists asserting federal "moral rights" over works that were destroyed and thrown out by the L.A. Live Ritz...

At least eight of 26 truck drivers who say they were fired last month for supporting a labor union will return to their jobs, ...

Fitness International LLC, an affiliate of LA Fitness International, tentatively acquired 171 Bally Total Fitness clubs in the...

The U.S. government paid a Riverside County Indian tribe and local water agencies $21 million, bringing a century-old water di...

An expedited rule for handling collaborative law cases may alleviate the strain on our court system. By Ty Supancic of The Law...

Importing is a tricky business - knowing what can go wrong is key. By F. Gordon Lee of Nossaman LLP

The National Labor Relations Board voted 2-1 on Wednesday to authorize a handful of pro-worker changes in union election proce...

Less than two months after retiring from the Eastern District, U.S. Judge Oliver Wanger has been hired by a powerful water dis...

The chair of Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP's intellectual property practice group is decamping her firm after 17 years and ...

Before many U.S. troops deploy, they train in battle exercises in the Mojave Desert with the help of role players. A class of ...

The "private necessity" doctrine may be twisted to give trespassers a pass. By Paul J. Beard II and Jennifer M. Fry of the Pac...

A Hollywood film finance company that co-funded 29 films with Paramount Pictures Corp. and DreamWorks Studios alleges the stud...

ZipRealty will pay more than $580,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the state labor commissioner, alleging the company failed t...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed Kristin E. Snyder as new head of its examinations program in San Francisco.

Five Southern California law school graduates passed the bar with the help of bar review classes funded by a grant from the Mi...

A state appellate court ruled Tuesday that Native American tribes can waive their right to sovereign immunity in commercial co...