Edgy clothing manufacturer American Apparel has broadcast fashion trends for years. Now it may be leading a legal trend with s...

At this year's conference, panelists discussed recent trends in the M&A marketplace and developments in state and federal ...

General Counsel for Cooperative of American Physicians Los Angeles ...

In a Q&A with a reporter, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye talks about how she's dealing with a proposed $200 million bud...

Distinguishing between proscribed tax shelters and legitimate tax planning. ...

Non-federal parties are given intervention rights in National Environmental Policy Act cases. By Paul S. Weiland of Nossaman. ...

The possible elimination of redevelopment agencies may have long-reaching ramifications. By Paul Rohrer of Manatt, Phelps &...

Carrying separate electronic devices for work and for play is becoming a necessity. By Eli M. Kantor and Zachary M. Cantor of ...

A judge ordered a Los Angeles County woman and her manager to pay the California Coastal Commission $3.9 million in fines for ...

Redwood Shores-based Oracle Corp. has agreed to pay $46 million to the U.S. government to resolve claims Sun Microystems Inc.,...

San Francisco can't be sued over accusations that its policy to provide sanctuary for illegal immigrants caused the death of a...

A federal judge has given the U.S. Bureau of Land Management until 2014 to improve its plan for managing millions of acres in...

The 9th Circuit ruled Monday that sheriffs in two Northern California counties may have been on thin legal ice when they banne...

Industrial real estate giants AMB Property Corp. and ProLogis have agreed to a merger, creating a combined company that will o...

A plaintiffs' lawyer is now $4,500 poorer after being sanctioned for violating a court's order protecting the identity of a wi...

A federal magistrate judge in Oakland issued a rebuke to Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP for its disclosure of an op...

State regulators have released long-awaited guidelines on nursing home staffing that some industry lawyers say could provide t...

A federal judge has allowed civil racketeering claims to go forward against AT&T Inc. in a proposed class action accusing ...

Maxwell Technologies Inc., a publicly traded maker of energy-storage and power-delivery products in San Diego, agreed to pay a...

Los Angeles County Superior Court referee Mark Frazin turned a punishment assignment into a dream career working with children.

Xilinx Inc., a provider of programmable computer platforms, announced Monday it acquired AutoESL Design Technologies Inc.

Officials on all sides of California court security continue to debate about how to provide it at the lowest cost. ...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently broadened the prohibition on retaliatory conduct against third parties by employers. By Lonny ...

The 9th Circuit should follow other courts and limit family association claims to conduct that intentionally disrupts relation...

To what extent can an employer regulate conduct during non-working hours? By Scott A. Freedman and Jessica A. Barajas of Morri...

In an effort to resolve the Prop. 8 standing controversy, the 9th Circuit resorts to a rarely used legal procedure. By John C....

Fundamental principles to know about trying gang cases. By Gregory A. Dohi and Darrell Mavis of the Los Angeles County Superio...

The judges of San Diego County Superior Court have elected Carlsbad attorney Kelly C. Doblado a commissioner. ...

A portrait of U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker of the Northern District, who is retiring after 21 years on the bench, was ...

Inmates in Ventura County jails can send and receive only postcards, a policy in place since October to curb the incoming flow...