A Nigerian lawsuit against Chevron Corp. shows why the judiciaries in third world countries must begin standing up to foreign ...

Fear of irrevocable trusts can cost clients important benefits in estate tax and asset protection planning, by Bruce Givner an...

Accused of leaking military secrets, Bradley Manning should be honored not condemned, by Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson Sch...

H. David Nahai, who headed the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, will expand the energy, water and real estate prac...

One instance of alleged customer data theft by an employee of a major financial institution profoundly changes the face of int...

After a Marin County judge refused to halt the scheduled execution Wednesday of Albert Greenwood Brown Jr., Gov. Arnold Schwar...

Justice Terence L. Bruiniers of the 1st District Court of Appeal comments on "Redact Online Court Records to Better Protect Co...

Executions may be resuming now that a state appellate court, last week, removed one of the few remaining roadblocks, by Harvey...

Being raised by educators and serving a stint with the LAUSD helped Los Angeles County Judge Stephanie M. Bowick to guide deli...

The latest transactions by California attorneys.

Fenwick & West has become the first traditional law firm to run its own temp agency for in-house legal departments. The se...

Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel for Stussy Inc. Irvine ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission failed to convince a jury that the former controller of Embarcadero Technologies Inc., ...

Five Silicon Valley technology heavyweights, along with Walt Disney Co.-owned Pixar Animation, settled a Justice Department an...

Longtime president of the Civil Justice Association of California John Sullivan unexpectedly announced his retirement at the o...

California Attorney General Jerry Brown issued an ultimatum to one of the country's largest private mortgage lenders. ...

The city's beleaguered retirement system got a setback Friday when a judge ruled that city employees don't have a vested right...

Stephen Raucher, the president-elect of the Beverly Hills Bar Association's board of governors, plans to focus on membership a...

Further intensifying gay advocates' battle to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," a federal judge in Washington state Friday order...

A federal judge on Friday told the attorneys litigating dozens of wrongful death cases involving Air France Flight 447, which ...

California's incoming chief justice, Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, lauded her predecessor Friday with a salute that began when she h...

A bill that will provide support to youth transitioning from foster care into adulthood offers the governor a win-win opportun...

Legal action taken against Bell city officials is simply an attempt to score political points ahead of an election, all on the...

The 2nd Circuit has halted Alien Tort Statute litigation against corporations. Does this signal the start of a lawless era? By...

Is it a sound business model to steal ideas from a competitor, do legal battle, and survive to fight another day? By Mark L. R...

Murder and other homicide offense cases involve unique elements both practitioners and judges must understand, by Ronald S. Co...

A federal judge on Friday ordered that a condemned California man be given a choice in how his execution will be carried out b...

By settling its first suit related to unintended acceleration Toyota Motor Corp. has signaled a possible new litigation strate...

The daughter of a highly regarded plaintiffs' lawyer, Elaine Mandel brings to the L.A. County bench a strong work ethic and e...

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