Carroll, Burdick & McDonough announced Tuesday it has combined operations with Smith & Partners, a 12-attorney Germany...

Failed expectations for a cost-effective, expeditious process undermine arbitration's vaunted advantages, writes Thomas Stipan...

The U.S. Senate late Monday confirmed Josephine S. Tucker as the next federal trial judge in the Central District of Californi...

Joshua del Castillo and Kenyon Harbison of Allen Matkins discuss Section 2923.5, a statute enacted to address escalating home ...

Amid a record case level, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District is facing a shake-up as it prepares to lose two s...

Vedica Puri of Pillsbury & Levinson addresses the problems and procedures for resolving high-end homeowner damage clams. ...

Last fall, Intel Corp. hired antitrust expert Douglas Melamed to help the chipmaker navigate through ongoing government invest...

Bad news for opponents of the long-stalled redevelopment of the Navy Broadway Complex in downtown San Diego: a court nixed the...

When contingent fee lawyers pay out-of-pocket costs, it matters how the accounting is done and how the fee agreement is worded...

Judge Katherine Feinstein, a ten-year veteran of San Francisco Superior Court, has been elected its new presiding judge. ...

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling over the sales and planting of genetically-modified alfalfa is looming over a similar case involvi...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took a fresh look at regulatory takings litigation Tuesday as it reconsidered en banc a ...

With the FIFA World Cup underway in South Africa, attorney Shane Singh is getting his soccer fix a bit closer to home. As pres...

In the spirit of the U.S. Open, and in support of equal access to justice, the Los Angeles and Orange county bar associations ...

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Picking grapes as a youth taught Orange County Judge Gregory Muñoz not to take anything for granted.

Judge Cheryl Kersey presides over everything from adoptions, to murder trials, to product liability disputes at the far-flung ...

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Jeff Adachi on Monday accused the Kamala Harris of refusing to disclose the tattered record of a police officer who may testif...

Thirty alleged counterfeiters are facing a variety of charges resulting from "Operation Blue Ray." ...

Lawyers for the Heller Ehrman estate achieved near-unanimous approval of the firm's liquidation plan last week. ...

The legal and political-consulting firm started by two former state senators, Joe Dunn and Martha Escutia, has merged with an ...

The Sacramento legal community Monday mourned the coming loss of law firm McDonough Holland & Allen, a longtime pillar in ...

The Walt Disney Co. has asked a judge to dismiss claims filed by the developer of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" in the dispu...

A popular trick used by businesses to get their email advertisements past spam filters is not illegal, the California Supreme ...

A new twist has emerged in the case of a bankruptcy trustee suing O'Melveny & Myers and one of its partners for allegedly ...

At the Obama administration's urging, the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it would review whether a class action against Chase ...

Banking lawyers expect lending institutions to work harder to support nationwide foreclosure-tackling efforts as a result of a...

William Thompson and Jennifer Friedman discuss the sudden demise of the California Crime Laboratory Review Task Force and the ...

Maggie Jessup of Platform Strategy advises new attorneys on how to add some octane to their careers. ...