The Commission on Judicial Appointments unanimously confirmed on Friday Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's appointments to the 3rd a...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider whether a district court can give a defendant a longer prison sentence to pro...

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. ruled Friday that the federal Environmental Protection Agency can start ...

San Diego is shaping up to be a bellwether for the future of fireworks displays throughout the state in light of strict new r...

In an unusual move, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed its own ruling to allow the heirs of...

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a man who said a priest molested him as a child. ...

The case represents the first time a California engineering firm has been found guilty of breach of fiduciary duty, according ...

Lawyers for Mattel Inc. are seeking to boot well-known Los Angeles trial attorney Patricia Glaser and her law firm from repres...

For much of the decade, America's largest corporations have pushed to persuade Congress to adopt comprehensive patent reform l...

Tossing out a 2007 fraud conviction against a former McAfee Inc. executive, 9th Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski blasted fede...

New procedural rules for attorney discipline trials have defense lawyers upset and even some of the State Bar prosecutors and ...

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Bruce Minto runs an efficient and fair courtroom and makes quick decisions, lawyers say.

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

The legal community is joining the "It Gets Better" campaign, with law firms like Morrison & Foerster and Shearman & S...

Nearly 800 people attended the Anti-Defamation League's annual celebration Tuesday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles,...

The late 20th century philosophy of post-modernism has helped change dispute resolution procedures. By Robert A. Steinberg of ...

Rules on discoverability of content contained in social networking sites are gradually emerging. By Perry Viscounty and Jennif...

In many aspects, China behaves more like a corporate entity than like a traditional government. By James Wong of the Chinney A...

The American Civil Liberties Union has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the dismissal of a lawsuit against a Boeing Co. ...

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles sues business owner for using the legal aid name to make a profit. ...

Retired judge Kevin W. Midlam, a mediator and arbitrator at JAMS in San Diego, thought he'd seen it all when it came to constr...

Santa Clara-based Advantest Corp. announced an unsolicited $735 million offer to acquire Verigy Ltd., a semiconductor test sys...

A transgender woman has filed a claim against the California Department of Motor Vehicles, alleging that one of its employees ...

If Manatt, Phelps & Phillips didn't adequately represent a class of retired National Football League players in a case aga...

The American Civil Liberties Union announced a settlement Thursday with state officials that gives parents and students the po...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's legal affairs secretary may have put politics before the law in her advice about parole, two crim...

It's usually the most satisfying part of litigation for a plaintiffs' attorney - the day the settlement check arrives. But, ac...

Calling it a matter of public safety, a federal judge declined to dismiss 40 federal lawsuits against the Toyota Motor Corp. t...

Approximately 200 attorneys gathered at a private club in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday for the 29th annual Institute for ...