Authors of recent bills that top 1,000 pages should be reminded that the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence woul...

Proposed SEC regulations on proxy rules are bound to create additional burdens for mid-tier public companies, write Cathryn S....

New carbon-trading platforms give companies more incentive than ever to strive toward "carbon-neutral" status, write Anita Cho...

The state Supreme Court recently clarified the concept of self-defense when it comes to insurance coverage claims, writes Phil...

San Francisco's Heller Ehrman sued a former client Wednesday for unpaid legal fees, marking the first such lawsuit the firm ha...

Even as he rejected bids by several organizations to join a case challenging the constitutionality of California's same-sex ma...

Two very distinct pictures of a former pharmaceutical chief executive emerged Tuesday as prosecutors and defense attorneys gav...

Given the rising prevalence of cloud computing, businesses should audit their data processing functions, writes David D. Johns...

Most Los Angeles County courts will be closed Wednesday , the second of 12 planned monthly furloughs to help offset a projecte...

In recent decisions involving the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, federal district and appellate courts have not ...

Despite its economic woes, the Administrative Office of the Courts gave new judges attending a recent two-week training the ch...

U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer says he finds the argumentative banter of the lawyers in his San Francisco courtroom 'in...

A new federal report found 104 immigrants have died in custody since 2004, 10 more than was previously known. ...

In a setback for the government's crackdown on white-collar crime, a federal appellate panel Tuesday reversed former Brocade C...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe advised First Solar in a 20-year power purchase deal with Southern California Edison.

Traditionally, a person who wished to keep infringing products out of the U.S. could obtain either a limited or general exclus...

Fraud! Eavesdropping! Secret Russian conversations! It may sound like the plot of a James Bond movie, but it's a real-life ca...

A trio of bills aimed at creating political pressure to increase the rights of the gay community passed through the state Asse...

The prison panel's order to release 40,000 California inmates is a stunning example of judicial overreach, writes David A. DeG...

Judge Gary S. Paer's innovative - and compassionate - treatment of jurors is aimed at creating a "user-friendly courtroom" whe...

Attorney David R. Singer, an entertainment and media litigation partner in Hogan & Hartson's Los Angeles office, said dela...

Lawmakers returned to Sacramento this week and immediately began to tackle the California Department of Corrections & Reha...

Many new lawyers don't learn essential skills like drafting subpoenas and other documents until they're on the job, writes Nat...

A woman who alleged that sex crimes prosecutor Michael Gressett wielded a gun while using an ice pick to rape her will have to...

Although record labels face hefty obstacles in trying to prevent piracy, it does not appear that they will be giving up anytim...

With Thomas P. O'Brien's imminent departure as U.S. attorney for the Central District of California to help set up a white-col...

More than 93 percent of Los Angeles Superior Court's 550 judges and commissioners took a voluntary pay cut for July's furlough...

A company that once sued Facebook claiming the social networking site stole its ideas is now owned by Facebook, and, in the la...

The California Supreme Court strengthened legal protections for publishers Monday, saying a rule designed to limit the media's...

Law students from both Northern and Southern California have forged an effort to help military members with civilian legal pro...