As the state high court recognized in 'Munson v. Del Taco,' disability-rights plaintiffs and businesses want to peacefully co-...

Community mediation is a non-zero-sum, value-based, rights-seeking, joint session transformative dispute resolution process, w...

Chris R. Conway draws on skills he developed dousing hot tempers on the Superior Court to coax settlements as a neutral at Jud...

In a novel legal maneuver, the SEC is using Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to claw back money from a company chief exec...

A federal court-appointed temporary receiver described an Anaheim loan modification company being sued for fraud as being like...

Six months into his presidency, Barack Obama has drawn on no less than a dozen prominent California attorneys to fill the rank...

A little-noticed U.S. Supreme Court decision made last month is already transforming the debate over how much control courts h...

The U.S. Supreme Court has found an attorney does not adequately represent the class where he also separately represents indiv...

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

Some attorneys are demanding that they receive royalties from companies that sell access to the briefs they write. Attorney Ed...

A plaintiffs lawyer charged Wednesday that Hyundai Motor Co. arranged with the Orange County district attorney's office to res...

In their book "The Rules of Disengagement," Marjorie Cohn and Kathleen Gilberd draw important parallels between GI war resista...

The Los Angeles County Bar Association plans to launch a program in September called Legal Public Service Corps, to help thir...

A San Francisco attorney was disbarred Wednesday for switching his vote in a civil jury trial so he could get back to his busy...

This city's long-awaited $6.6 billion budget, which was approved Tuesday night, included an unwelcome surprise for the San Fra...

A clash between the WTO and innovative climate initiatives may be inevitable, write Jesse Swanhuyser and Cara Horowitz. ...

In many situations, a qualified settlement fund can make the settlement process smoother and more efficient, writes Robert W. ...

When Joseph P. Russoniello became U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California in January 2008, most people wrote him...

Federal judges got an earful of grousing about rudeness from the bench Wednesday when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as...

Despite proclamations of more transparency and responsiveness in requests for information, the Obama administration continues ...

ACES guts the Clean Air Act by exempting greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources from pollution control requirements,...

Superior Court Judge Ray Santana said a strict uncle kept him busy studying and off the streets of East L.A.; Lawyers say the ...

A blogger who posted nine then-unreleased songs from the long-awaited Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" to his Web site ...

U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson held a trial outside the public view in Los Angeles Tuesday, ordering the courtroom clea...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' annual judicial conference opened Monday with a curious, provocative on-stage dialogue ...

Understanding the meaning of 'cause of action' is vital to understanding what can be asserted in a complaint and what can be a...

Obama's nominee to head the patent office, David J. Kappos, will face an array of challenges, write Mark E. Ungerman, Jonathan...

Despite legal reforms, physicians report a continuing fear of scrutiny if they prescribe certain kinds of medication, writes B...

A combination of reduced tax revenues, high unemployment, a struggling state government and increasing pension costs are squee...

An increasing number of businesses today are seeking protection through bankruptcy filings, and their IP assets are at stake, ...