Federal officials routinely violated their own standards for detaining immigrants, often failing to provide immigrants with ac...

A child actor, Judge Jared D. Moses' stage is now a criminal courtroom in Lancaster. ...

Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, plaintiffs' attorneys now have to think twice before filing civil lawsuits in federal court....

James Donato, an antitrust litigator and recent past president of the Bar Association of San Francisco, on Monday became the f...

Lawyers have a critical role to play in the growth of the country's green economy. Like in the mercantile economy, writes Sble...

A county supervisor's call for an independent investigation of alleged misconduct by San Bernardino County District Attorney M...

A factory raid in Van Nuys brought to light some of the systemic abuses in our immigration system, writes Pamela Hartman. ...

The California Supreme Court allowed a quadriplegic Monday to take the State Bar exam although she had been disqualified due t...

The universe of affiliate marketing has been shaken by recent developments within various state tax regimes, writes Adam Snuka...

Because of a provision in the Copyright Act, Paul McCartney may be able to reclaim the rights to his songs in upcoming years, ...

Legal costs created by Broadcom's problematic stock option grants have crept past the $100 million mark, and the company's lit...

Medtronic Inc. settled all of its worldwide legal disputes Monday with Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories for $400 million the...

Office leasing activity in Los Angeles declined for the fourth straight quarter to record lows as law firms and other business...

Manisha Merchant worked at three of the country's banking behemoths before becoming vice president and senior counsel at Union...

Federal officials are investigating who is behind a letter sent to Los Angeles area employers instructing them to check their ...

Administering defendants' rights to proceed in pro per is a complicated job that every bench officer and attorney handling cri...

If you're going to be engaged with litigation involving the major studios as part of your profession, you're going to get to k...

Many midsize and smaller firms are actually employing methods to deliver more than before, writes Vadim Alden. ...

The announcement last week that two dominant dispute resolution firms would halt consumer arbitrations has fueled Democratic l...

Amazon announced this week that it would purchase online shoe- and handbag-retailer Zappos for $865 million, plus $40 million ...

By using flawed rating models, credit rating agencies transformed pools of junk mortgages into securities supposedly worth far...

Federal nuclear safety officials don't have to guard against the threat of airborne terrorist attacks on nuclear power plants,...

Private and public defenders must unite to preserve our constitutional right to a qualified and funded defender, write Julie T...

The road is slowly being paved to allow bankrupt San Francisco law firm Heller Ehrman to unload its obligations in Shanghai an...

After street rallies failed to stop Alameda County Superior Court from laying off 73 employees, about a dozen of the laid-off ...

The widow of a Jewish Defense League member who was killed in prison in 2005 lost her wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. ...

A San Bernardino County supervisor has called for an investigation of District Attorney Michael Ramos, saying he has "deep con...

A federal agency that oversees the shipping industry has given up its legal fight against the ports of Los Angeles and Long Be...

Ventura County Superior Court Commissioner Roger Lund's life voyage has taken him to Osaka, Japan on several occasions, includ...

San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Beth Labson Freeman has shown that she can handle the heat, as she presided over a high-...