There is little excuse now for U.S. citizens who fail to disclose information about their foreign bank accounts. ...

State air regulators have released their proposed cap and trade regulations on the eve of Tuesday's election, when voters coul...

While wage-and-hour class actions continue to absorb most employment lawyers' time and money, worker retaliation complaints ha...

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

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...

Long Beach Judge J.D. Lord taps his own life when sentencing new offenders.

Even as consumers and tech observers cheer some key announcements of Internet television partnerships, industry lawyers say th...

On Oct. 7, Sedgwick's Orange County Women’s Forum transformed their offices into a sushi and sake house, where guests were tre...

On October 28, UCLA honored law school program El Centro Legal Clinics, a group of student organized volunteer legal aid cente...

The Black Women Lawyers Association celebrated its 35th annual Installation and Awards Dinner Sept. 30 at the Marriott in down...

Treating other litigators with courtesy and respect pays dividends. By Los Angeles mediator Joe Ramsey. ...

Is it ethical to settle a case for expediency when you know your client is innocent? By Kurt W. Melchior of Nossaman. ...

Turning opponents into clients is getting to be a habit with Valle Makoff, a 16-lawyer litigation boutique. ...

Neutral Jan Frankel Schau uses innovative approaches to help opposing parties find common ground. ...

In the first trial in a wide-ranging government corruption scheme in San Bernardino County, a jury convicted Rancho Cucamonga ...

Lenders to troubled Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer are expected to decide today between a plan to send the studio into bankruptcy or a bu...

The $200 million initial public offering completed Wednesday by Pacific Biosciences of California Inc. hit right in the middle...

A federal judge asked Thursday in a dispute between football players and their lawyers over an earlier settlement: Why didn't ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission passes two major developments for the upcoming proxy season for U.S. public companies. ...

The California Judicial Council isn't allowing judges who are critical of a proposed pay raise for court employees to air thei...

California family law is on the brink of the most dramatic changes the troubled system has seen in decades, according to exper...

Plaintiffs' lawyers fronting the federal multi-district litigation against Toyota Motor Corp. over unintended acceleration pro...

Lawyers who focus on sustainable construction are closely watching an unprecedented New York federal court lawsuit filed this ...

Gordon & Rees is taking legal action against two former clients the firm says owe it more than $100,000 in unpaid bills. ...

Court fees are increasing statewide to avoid more court closures. ...

Construction magnate Ronald Tutor has lost a bid to foreclose on a large library of films involved in a hotly watched bankrupt...

Federal prosecutors have secured another guilty plea in the criminal antitrust investigation into price fixing in the thin-fil...

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Los Angeles man to serve 21 months in prison and pay restitution for recruiting homeles...

Greenberg Traurig announced Wednesday it has scooped up two patent litigation partners from Weil, Gotshal & Manges in Redw...

The Fair Political Practices Commission has dismissed a complaint by Democratic Attorney General candidate Kamala Harris alleg...