Clean technology attracted feverish investment in recent years but weathered a tough year in 2009. Lawyers working in the sect...

First, the bad news - securing money to make films next year will probably be almost as hard as it was in 2009. Unfortunately...

The sour economy, coupled with recent mega-mergers of big pharmaceutical companies, can actually spell opportunity for biotech...

Silicon Valley attorneys say the IPO will make a comeback after two grim years, driven by a rising market but also a fear that...

Law firms across the nation tightened their purse strings this year amid the economic slump. Many downsized their ranks, froze...

Los Angeles Police Department Inspector General Andre Birotte Jr. has been nominated by President Obama to be U.S. attorney fo...

The U.S. Senate confirmed two nominees for federal district judgeships in California: Los Angeles labor attorney Dolly M. Gee ...

Now that the financial crisis has mostly passed, Brian McCarthy and Janisha Sabnani of Skadden say corporate boards are focusi...

Whatever may come to mind when looking back on 2009, law business observers agree the year will prove to be a pivotal point in...

A rising stock market and growing optimism about future economic prospects fueled a modest revival of mergers and acquisitions...

Retired Justice of the Court of Appeal James D. Ward writes about the legal profession from a poetic point of view. ...

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...

First of Five Parts. Attorneys Kevin B. McDermott, left, and Joseph M. Preis, say taking military cases pro bono is a way of r...

A federal judge blasted Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley's lawyers in an order Wednesday, concluding they "wa...

Justice Barton C. Gaut of the 4th District Court of Appeal in Riverside announced Wednesday that he'll retire at the end of Fe...

San Francisco law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has agreed to pay now-defunct Heller Erhman $1.5 million for work al...

Federal prosecutor Laura Duffy is rumored to be the front runner for U.S. attorney for the Southern District. ...

Attorney Andrew D. Skale is self-taught, amateur magician and member in good standing at the prestigious Magic Castle in Los A...

A Bay Area real estate attorney has created an opportunity for an audience to vote on the guilt of a murder suspect. And the v...

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Taking someone's DNA upon arrest for a felony is no more invasive than taking fingerprints, a U.S. judge ruled Tuesday, denyin...

Two real estate attorneys can't be sued for filing court papers that scuttled the purchase of downtown Los Angeles' historic O...

The showdown escalated this week between Chief Judge Alex Kozinski and the Obama administration over health care benefits for ...

Daniel M. Hanlon was a lousy liar, which made him bad at dice games but great at being a judge. Now he's bringing his even-han...

Big verdicts grab the headlines, but the biggest battles often begin after the trial's conclusion. So-called "post-trial rescu...

Katie Pratt of Loyola Law School says more holiday gift-givers should instead honor their family, friends, and business contac...

John Browning of Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons shows how courts deal with their fair share of Christmas Scrooges during t...

Los Angeles Police Department Inspector General Andre Birotte Jr. has been nominated by President Obama to be U.S. attorney fo...

Elinor Roberts of Swords to Plowshares addresses the legal barriers veterans must endure to obtain benefits and says it's time...

With more stock option backdating trials slated for 2010, the dismissal of the Broadcom case is likely to gain traction in the...