Commissioner Nancy Svetich Pogue provides the calm needed to diffuse the tension in her child-support courtroom.

California's listing of wood dust as a carcinogen under Proposition 65 serves up yet another surprise to businesses. By Sean M...

A state appellate court decision could embolden more employees to challenge their employers on wage order violations. By Brian...

Management-side employment lawyers have wishes for the new year that may not be universally embraced. By D. Gregory Valenza of...

Why treating celebrities with addictive personalities is a risky business. By Janice R. Brenman. ...

Ronald L. Brown, a 29-year veteran of the L.A. County public defender's office, has entered salary negotiations for the post. ...

Most companies who have already filed their 2011 proxies propose holding their general advisory votes triennially. By James D....

The California Supreme Court declined Wednesday to block the state's open primary law from going into effect while a separate ...

The state agency tasked with investigating privacy breaches at medical facilities announced Wednesday that it was being inves...

Attorneys with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati have won a patent infringement lawsuit on behalf of their client, Santa Cl...

A dispute over a citizen's sardonic Nazi salute at a city council meeting led Wednesday to a federal appellate clarification o...

The inevitability of demographics and human mortality sets the stage for growth in the $12 billion industry of handling human ...

Customers who feel they were duped by satellite television provider DirecTV's advertising practices could see their money ref...

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher formed a new practice group Wednesday aimed at helping clients with matters originating from outsi...

The breadth of Armenian Genocide-related litigation filed in U.S. courts keeps widening as the descendants of victims filed su...

San Bernardino County Public Defender Doreen Boxer and her top assistant abruptly resigned late Tuesday amid allegations of po...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay between $29 million and $40 million to settle claims that it illegally conspired to div...

Superior Court Judge Marjorie Koller gets satisfaction from impacting the lives of many.

Gilchrist & Rutter signed a 10-year lease renewal for its beachside, Santa Monica office.

Famed litigator James Brosnahan won a defense verdict for a San Diego-based company that makes non-lethal weapons and its chai...

A pending Supreme Court case could either lead to greater clarity or more confusion for companies and counsel. By Jared L. Kop...

A look at the possible impact of one of the largest employment class actions in history. By Brian S. Kabateck and Ronald Karz ...

The City of San Francisco has reached a $4.25 million tentative settlement with Office Depot after the company grossly overcha...

It's up to a jury to decide whether criminal defense attorney Robert L. Shapiro should refund $1 million he was paid by music ...

As the Department of Justice looks to expand its anti-piracy toolbox with help from Congress, Los Angeles prosecutors are alre...

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the science underpinning water restrictions in the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta aimed...

California was named the nation's No. 2 "judicial hellhole" by the pro-business American Tort Reform Association. ...

Recording giant Universal Music Group and two of its subsidiaries filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Suprem...

An art gallery dealer accused of selling fake Joan Miró prints took the stand in his own defense Tuesday, telling jurors he h...

The chances of the $2.3 billion sale of 11 state-owned office complexes to private investors - a deal championed by Gov. Arnol...