In "The Open Source Alternative," Heather Meeker highlights the legal principles at work in today's software landscape.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is making progress on his commitment to bring more diversity to the state's courts, according to da...

Calling all Big Law trial attorneys. Robert Morgenstern wants you - to join the Association of Southern California Defense Co...

Moving quickly to fill a void left by the departure of several litigators earlier this month to form their own firm, Keker &am...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that city leaders of a Utah town didn't violate the First Amendment rights ...

Monetizing life insurance assets is a strategy commonly overlooked in the often frenzied world of bankruptcy, write Eric S. Me...

Dick Ackerman, who until last year served as the state Senate Republican leader, has joined Nossaman's Orange County office as...

For the sixth time this term, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday, in decidin...

A federal judge in Santa Ana slammed Irell & Manella on Wednesday for "ethical failures" and for disclosing privileged inf...

Life could get much tougher for attorneys who cross the State Bar.

Cramdowns. It sounds more like something that happens inside a World Wrestling Federation ring than in the solemn formality of...

Lured by construction booms and the prospects of huge deals, big law firms set up satellite shops across California in the pas...

In a pair of moves that spell big trouble for California’s ratcheted-up legal efforts to cut Medi-Cal costs, federal judges in...

A Delaware case provides a reminder for boards of directors and their legal advisers of the importance of properly addressing ...

Lawyers who gave erroneous advice authorizing the United States to torture people should be held criminally liable for their a...

Crosstown rivals USC and UCLA face off to see which campus is more committed to public service work.

The November passage of Prop. 8 has galvanized law students across the state to take action.

After years of working for his dad as a paralegal, a San Diego man finally got his own Bar number - without attending law school.

Before any assessment can be made of the legality of detainee treatment, the applicable law must be coherently identified, wri...

The Obama administration began a formal process this month to reconsider granting California a long-stalled waiver to enact st...

Recent graduates share their tales of triumph and terror in looking for a job during a down economy. Plus: Students rally arou...

UC Irvine School of Law is opening this fall, but will it be the top-tier institution Dean Erwin Chemerinsky is hoping for?

Attorneys at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton and Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker became the latest victims of the ...

With the federal government on the lookout for “shovel-ready” construction projects on which to spend cash in an attempt to st...

When the economy soured, seven recent graduates got creative with their job search.

Several U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned the breadth of a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision requiring Shell Oil...

In one of the first discrimination lawsuits brought under a 2004 state law amendment protecting transgender workers, a former ...

The restrictions on bank executives' pay embedded in the $787 billion stimulus package signed into law last week represent a s...

A federal judge said Monday he is concerned that Irell & Manella had a longstanding conflict when it started working on li...

Dennis Cyrus Jr. allegedly shot four people, killing three and seriously injuring another as part of a gang-related "killing s...