The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review two major cases closely watched by patent attorneys.

The 9th Circuit has found that the doctrine of "manifest disregard of the law" is still available as a potential ground for va...

The nation's largest mortgage market may feel little impact from President Obama's foreclosure bailout, columnist Martin Berg ...

Movie director John McTiernan on Monday won his long legal battle to reverse his guilty plea of lying to an FBI agent during t...

The increased scope of law firm downsizing has the potential to create substantial risks to ongoing cases, write Monty Argawal...

A state legislator unveiled a bill Monday to legalize and tax marijuana, as activists and lawmakers sought to draw federal att...

Thomas A. Saenz, counsel to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, has been selected to head the U.S. Department of Justice's...

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday to intervene in a long-running religious dispute over a cross in the Mojave Desert that ...

Seyfarth Shaw managed to avoid a body blow from celebrity karate instructor Billy Blanks at least in the first match. A state ...

LAPD assistant inspector general Nicole Bershon examines the extent to which internal police investigations are accessible to ...

Pillsbury Winthrop and one of its clients, a biotech startup, have found a mutually beneficial arrangement: the startup is get...

For too long, there has been virtually no relationship between fair housing advocacy and the real property practice at the bar...

With the recent economic downturn, many law firms find themselves with more lawyers available to work on pro bono matters, wri...

A California law intended to keep violent video games out of the hands of minors is unconstitutional, the 9th U.S. Circuit Cou...

A Los Angeles immigration judge has tossed a Mexican immigrant's deportation case, ruling federal agents illegally obtained ke...

In June 2006, two Irell & Manella partners questioned Broadcom Corp.’s chief financial officer for half an hour in his off...

MGA Entertainment Inc.’s rights to the Bratz dolls may be in limbo, but that didn’t keep the Van Nuys-based company from tryin...

As library subscription costs soar, it behooves firms to reconsider their library expenditures, writes Cookie Lewis.

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The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether people who unwittingly present other people’s identification numbers as proof that ...

Nonprofit legal groups are taking in many out-of-work lawyer volunteers as the bleak economy diminishes the job prospects of m...

The 5th Amendment doesn't protect public employees from having to answer their boss' questions regarding possible misconduct o...

Cursing his bad luck at ending up before a hated judge, a lawyer makes an offhand remark that changes the course of his life i...

The state Supreme Court has erected some formidable barriers protecting property owners from suits by injured employees of con...

Applying to law school is hard enough, but the Law School Admissions Council is making the process unnecessarily difficult for...

In "Monkey Girl," author Edward Humes reminds us that Darwin’s thinking “remains as provocative today” as it was when he firs...

We will be immeasurably poorer if artists like Shepard Fairey find their creativity stifled by outdated notions of the proper ...

Though the dust had not yet settled on the state budget Thursday, it appeared the judicial branch will face painful cuts, whil...

Former federal judge Fern Smith adds a dose of understanding to resolve complex issues.

San Francisco's Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin rejiggered its management structure this week by naming Dougla...