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...

Fear and greed. That's what helped fuel millions of dollars in fraudulent claims being paid out following a series of Californ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set a Dec. 6 oral argument date for hearing the Proposition 8 same-sex marriage case Thu...

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted 61 individuals accused of distributing large quantities of methamphetamine an...

Paging divorcing lawyers: Partnership profits earned during marriage qualify as community property, even if they were distribu...

A San Francisco Superior Court judge has ruled that a portion of the arrest warrant documents for a former Morrison & Foer...

Judiciate West neutral Gary N. Donovan has talent for settling conflicts. ...

A well-known Burlingame plaintiffs' firm and a San Mateo lawyer who has sued Pacific Gas & Electric Co. twice before are l...

Critics are fuming over how San Francisco judicial candidate Michael Nava's name was translated in Chinese for the ballot, but...

Plaintiffs' lawyers suing Wal-Mart in the largest gender discrimination class action in U.S. history laid out their arguments ...

William Shepard writes in response to 'Ballot Translation of Judicial Candidate's Name Raises Eyebrows.' ...

An increasingly complex and expensive judicial process has created a demand for resolving family law issues out of court. By E...

The legal profession needs to move beyond the status quo. By Deborah Epstein Henry of Flex-Time Lawyers LLC. ...

The federal government may no longer need written legislation in order to pre-empt state laws. By Brian Kabateck and Evan Zuck...

Successful people have certain traits that make them less likely to improve their decision-making skills. By Randall Kiser of ...

Lawyers should know what to do and what to avoid when interviewed by the press. By Asha Blake of Goldenheart Media and Bradley...

Chevron Corp. has won two more significant victories in U.S. courts as it tries to uncover evidence to support its claim that ...

In response to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Citizens United decision, the California Fair Political Practices Commission ...

A judicial oversight body publicly admonished Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge John T. Doyle on Thursday for breaching ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday denied Mattel's request for a re-hearing of its July opinion reversing a trial ...

Most people view the November retention election as a mere formality before 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Tani Cantil-S...

Grocery chains Ralphs and Albertsons could pay as much as $40 million to 9,000 workers who claim they were illegally denied be...

The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office filed a suit Tuesday that targets "junk insurance" companies as well their high-profile...

Lawyers from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy advised the lenders in a $650 million deal to finance the construction of a 7...

Health-insurance laws dictated by state legislators reached a total of 2,156 separate mandates nationwide this year, increasin...

The hotel magnate famous for booting TV contestants off his reality show has cleaned house of two different law firms represen...

The Northern District has a new bankruptcy judge, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced Wednesday. ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an emergency stay of a trial judge's decision blocking enforcement of "don't ask,...

The broad applicability of anti-SLAPP motions extends to employment cases, yet they are rarely utilized. By Maria Roberts and ...

The newly codified economic substance doctrine may change the way tax and business planners do business. By Bruce Givner and O...