A bankruptcy judge denied Heller Ehrman's request Wednesday to buy "tail" legal malpractice insurance to cover itself against ...

Four former partners from the affiliate firm headed by jailed New York litigator Marc Dreier will be opening the Los Angeles o...

Eric H. Holder Jr. moved one step closer to becoming the first black attorney general by winning approval Wednesday from the S...

Los Angeles County pays inspectors to scrutinize recipients of low-income housing subsidies, to make sure they aren't gaming t...

A lengthy list of lawyers are lining up to be the next top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles. California Sen. Dianne Feinstein...

Employers are bracing themselves for an increase in pay discrimination lawsuits when President Obama signs into law a bill tha...

In one of the biggest law firm layoffs so far this year, San Francisco-based Morrison & Foerster Wednesday announced it wa...

Obama appears to be the first president to identify empathy as a criterion for judicial appointments, writes Charles Halpern. ...

Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon has brought on three associates in its Los Angeles office.

A meeting as an associate 20 years ago launched O'Melveny & Myers partner Michael G. Yoder's path toward the presidency of...

In his first trial, a young lawyer wins $43 million as he convinces jurors his opponents lied. ...

A jury agrees that the maker of the popular Bratz doll stole the idea by using sketches provided by a designer working for a r...

A man's case hinged on whether he was on the job when injured in a truck accident while en route to a motel. Jurors decided he...

A jury says Microsoft copied the design of an Alcatel-Lucent computer system. A judge later adds millions in prejudgment inter...

In a hand-slap to Starbucks, a judge says the coffee house supervisors can't dip into baristas' gratuity jars. ...

Winning a verdict against an insurance broker required educating jurors on the effects of a nation's currency collapse. ...

Big business verdicts trump personal injury awards by a wide margin. ...

Two California default judgments totaling $1.1 billion are among the largest awards last year. ...

When a Wal-Mart supplier wouldn't pay up, a product maker sued. A jury awarded $46 million, rewarding an out-of-work lawyer. ...

Multimedia service provider ICO said Boeing's satellite division reneged on a promised telecommunications network. Jurors agre...

A roundup of the top plaintiffs' verdicts in California in 2008 and interviews with the lawyers who tried the cases. ...

Under our marital property system, sharing and caring are illusory concepts trumped by the right to reimbursement, writes Char...

After more than three weeks of trial, a San Francisco federal jury issued two separate verdicts maintaining the status quo bet...

Like billboards, trial graphics have limited space and a short timespan in which to grab jurors' attention, writes G. Christop...

California's first black congresswoman announced Tuesday she will become a mediator, now that her recent tenure as a county su...

If you are developing a particularly close relationship with your client - close enough to consider going into business togeth...

After much ado, Heller Ehrman's dissolution committee is nearing a deal with the firm's largest unsecured creditor, its San Fr...

With emergency rooms filled, reimbursements sagging and dozens of hospitals nearing bankruptcy across the state, ER doctors ha...

Jurors agreed a utility's failure to light a tower near a Marine base caused a nighttime crash that killed four. ...