A federal appeals panel dealt the first setback to patient advocates, who seemed on a roll against California's sweeping healt...

Over the rare dissent of one of its members, the Judicial Council has approved $97 million for computer case management-relate...

The cost-saving measure has some lawyers worried childrens' interest won't be served. Others say transparency and oversight is...

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...

Judith A. Vander Lans started out as a law firm receptionist but worked her way up to paralegal, associate, partner and fina...

A California woman and her husband filed a lawsuit in San Francisco federal court claiming the birth control pill Yaz caused h...

Brietta Clark of Loyola Law School maintains that if improving health care is top priority, disability insurance reform can't ...

Roderick Walston and Robert Sawyer of Best Best & Krieger present remedies for when the government reduces contracted-for ...

Whether or not Mike Carona's demotion of his lieutenant was political sour grapes, a federal judge decided Thursday that the c...

A federal appeals panel reversed two of an Orange County man's money laundering convictions, a move likely to shorten his 18-y...

UC Hastings College of the Law is trying to meet a $40 million budget for the 2010-2011 school year. ...

Skadden lawyers represented China Real Estate Information Corp. in its $248 million IPO, one of an increasing number of Chines...

Former Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gregory C. O'Brien Jr. - who majored in journalism in college - says he sees his job ...

Lynn Cadwalader of Holland and Knight says the key to a successful hotel loan workout is understanding the hotel management ag...

Mark Schickman of the ABA Board of Governors highlights pro bono efforts, to be recognized in the first National Pro Bono Cele...

A congressional committee passed legislation Thursday for a stand-alone agency to regulate consumer financial products. ...

The head of the Motion Picture Association of America's anti-piracy division and its GC have been forced out in a shakeup over...

The Administrative Office of the Courts is exploring the feasibility of a statewide security force run out of its San Francisc...

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

Judge Mary E. Fuller likens the legal twists and turns of her court docket to the unpredictability and excitement of ...

Central District of California (Riverside) U.S. Bankruptcy Judge ...

Four Southern California lawyers accused of cheating homeowners seeking mortgage modifications have given up their bar license...

Mandana Massoumi and Carllene Placide of Dorsey & Whitney provide guidance to employers facing wage and hour class actions...

Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that two Silicon Valley engineers stole their employer's trade secrets to get funding from ...

Stan Goldman of Loyola Law School comments on the 9th Circuit's ruling in favor of political policy to ban state use of the te...

Attorneys based in Orange County and Los Angeles were part of a Latham & Watkins team that advised Adecco Group's acquisit...

Joerg W. Knipprath of Southwestern Law School examines Kiyemba v. Obama and the fate of Uighur detainees. ...

C 'West' Huddleson of the National Association of Drug Court says this sentencing option is a proven alternative to incarcerat...

James E. 'Kimo' McCormick of Allen Matkins questions whether new regulations will reform the financial services industry. ...

The former U.S. attorney general asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its September decision allowing a l...