Two San Francisco Bay Area men who insisted on representing themselves at trial had fools for clients, a 9th U.S. Circuit Cour...

A U.S. judge brushed back attempts by the Justice Department to block witnesses and experts seeking to testify against a ban o...

An appeals court ruled six class actions filed by workers' compensation attorneys in pursuit of unpaid interest on attorney-fe...

As merger and acquisition activity came roaring back in the second quarter, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom logged $1...

The Los Angeles-based technology and management support company lured Nancy Laben from Accenture. ...

Verdict: Disney Must Pay Production Company $269 Million ...

Joseph Cotchett of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy says the closing of the U.S. Supreme Court's front doors to its citizens is ...

The Roberts Court has signaled that the open door is rapidly closing and standing will be cut off for certain types of foreign...

California's ongoing budget woes have led to a direct attack on how California has funded K-12 public education, writes Roy Co...

The stumbling economy and aging workforce are ushering in a wave of lawsuits, and employment lawyers predict the influx will p...

Joe Dunn, an influential former state senator, is being paid $7,500 a month to consult on dealing with the Legislature. ...

Los Angeles County (Los Angeles) Superior Court Judge ...

Investigators have not been able to determine the cause of the crash of Air France flight 447 last year, but that hasn't stopp...

San Jose Judge Michael Clark contemplated several careers before settling on law. But he always knew he wanted to help children.

Four men are teed off over Golfsmith's Women's Night event held last March, and have filed suit in San Diego County Superior C...

A state appellate court in Sacramento gave the green light Friday for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to defer the salaries of most...

In separate motions filed Thursday, lawyers for O'Melveny & Myers and principals of a real estate development company requ...

High-profile lawyer Kerry Steigerwalt said he gave it his all, but can no longer sustain his baby, the Pacific Law Center, bui...

French designer Christian Audigier's fends off a third lawsuit filed accusing him of infringing on tattoo artists by emblazoni...

Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich is proposing a plan to use license plate scanners to help enforce a gang-injunction...

A production company that auctioned the rights to the "Terminator" franchise after filing for bankruptcy is accusing one of it...

The legal sector lost 3,900 jobs in June, marking the industry's worst month for employment since October of last year, accord...

Tesla Motors' rejection of the much-embraced franchised dealer sales system in favor of company owned stores is a historical f...

Companies who don't consider product recall insurance essential can bet on their SpaghettiOs that it's a safeguard against sig...

Senators criticized Thurgood Marshall's performance as a justice on the Supreme Court during last week's public question and a...

The majority opinion in Bilski v. Kappos seems to be on the lookout for "emergent technologies" that may change the way...

Those in favor of the Supreme Court's gun control decision are wise to keep their powder dry. This won't be the Court's last w...

It was a good year before the U.S. Supreme Court for the much-maligned 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The 9th Circuit, whi...

An anti-abortion legal group backing a whistleblower suing Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles won a round last week at the 9th ...

Even as cancer has worn out his body, Judge Thomas W. Cain has kept up a full calendar and presented an unflappable face to th...