Runaway attorney fees hinder settlement in landlord-tenant habitability cases. By Malcolm Sher. ...

In a market crowded with intellectual property attorneys, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's intellectual property gr...

A state auditor has found key problems in the state judiciary's computer technology initiative. ...

The state Supreme Court appeared ready to rule Tuesday that truck drivers parked on the shoulder can be held liable when anoth...

Can checking a job applicant's credit history exert a "disparate impact" on certain types of people? By D. Gregory Valenza of ...

Patton Boggs LLP and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher have taken aim at each other in litigation related to an environmental case a...

For the past decade, Guy N. Halgren has perfected a process he calls "the tour." ...

One day, it was all there. The movie you just rented from Blockbuster.com, the comment your best friend made on Amazon, and yo...

Isaac Larian, head of the toy company that made $1 billion from the Bratz doll line, denied Tuesday that he know that the man ...

The charts and a look at what they mean for California law firms. ...

A jails monitor with the ACLU of Southern California said she saw guards at the Twin Towers jail in downtown Los Angeles beat ...

Hard-nose pressure tactics used by Northern District prosecutors against criminal defendants got the OK in two recent decision...

One year after it was launched, San Francisco County Superior Court's asbestos department seems to be making serious headway. ...

NASA researchers issued a report Tuesday that raises fresh questions about the lawsuits against Toyota Motor Corp. that allege...

A note from the editors at the Daily Journal.

District attorneys and city attorneys in California have found out-of-work lawyers are a good (and free) source to make up for...

General Counsel for Gehry Partners LLP, Los Angeles ...

The state Supreme Court appears to have overlooked the practicalities of mediation. By Nancy Neal Yeend and Stephen Gizzi of G...

The validity of a 998 settlement offer, served along with the complaint, is in question. By Gary A. Watt of Archer Norris. ...

Facing a possible legal malpractice lawsuit from former client, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, Bingham McCutchen LLP has retaine...

Children under five make up 44 percent of all car backup deaths and injuries. Is there a remedy in sight? By Jonathan Michaels...

Overcome everyday stressors by learning the tools necessary for survival. By Judith Gordon of Buchalter Nemer. ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a Gardena attorney on Monday with aiding two other California residents in a "p...

What is the value of having lawyers on the State Bar's governing board? By Robert C. Fellmeth of the University of San Diego S...

Direct purchaser plaintiffs who claimed Static Random Access Memory manufacturers engaged in a conspiracy to f ix prices reach...

Attorneys for Ecuadorean plaintiffs suing Chevron Corp. over environmental damage in their country are seeking to add Gibson, ...

Prosecutor Mario L. Trujillo declared his candidacy for Los Angeles County district attorney Saturday. ...

Robert M. Galvin, a former Howrey LLP and Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder LLP intellectual property litigator, made it of...

Michael J. O'Donnell is leaving Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. His hiring is part of a initiative to build its life sci...

Vince Farhat, a former federal prosecutor, will focus on health care-fraud defense. He is part of a L.A. expansion that could ...