A recent appellate court case dealt with the issue of insurance "stacking" — treating multiple policies that apply to a single...

The County Board of Supervisors will vote today on a pioneering plan to inject nearly $45 million of public funds into private...

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided Monday that anti-retaliation laws protect employees who speak out about discriminat...

Many in the legal profession approach divorce as they do client disputes — burying negative emotions and grief to focus on a f...

A ruling Monday by the California Supreme Court will restrict clients from taking their attorneys to court over legal fee disp...

Silicon Valley legal stalwart Wilson Sonsini Monday laid off 45 attorneys and 68 staff across its eight offices. The firm's Pa...

Commissioner Joseph K. Allen's experience on the beat enhances his bench skills, lawyers say. ...

Home from duties in Kuwait and Iraq, James E. McFetridge exchanges his National Guard uniform for a judge's robe. ...

Seyfarth Shaw rounded up a squad of former Thelen lawyers to join the firm's Los Angeles office.

An injury sidelined former player Barry L. Plotkin, but it put him on a path to the bench. ...

The managing partner of the firm now known as Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis helped the firm survive through d...

The Obama presidency promises change, and those changes are certain to impact the market for legal services, writes Valerie Fo...

With the economic crisis putting serious pressure on the health care industry, lawyers are finding that their health care clie...

A lawyer is scheduled to turn himself into custody today on charges he was in-house counsel for an elaborate real estate Ponzi...

In a distressed economy, elderly homeowners become particularly vulnerable to mortgage schemes that don't represent their best...

A Miami immigration judge who made headlines after refusing to hear an immigrant family's case has abruptly resigned, making h...

Hours after President Barack Obama signed an executive order last week calling for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention...

Never has there been a better time to create an effective communications strategy as in an environment of distressed mergers a...

As review Web sites like Yelp gain in popularity, litigation over their content will only increase, writes Karl Kronenberger. ...

Having a working knowledge of the different types and scope of privileges is extremely valuable, writes Laurie L. Levenson. - ...

Despite making a clean break with his predecessor on several key aspects of the war on terror, President Barack Obama picked u...

The State Bar will hold its annual meeting at the Manchester Grand Hyatt as planned, despite pressures to honor a boycott spur...

New York Gov.David A. Paterson has appointed a 1991 UCLA School of Law graduate to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillar...

Self-Assessment Test by Hon. Alex Ricciardulli

The law of the sea might sound like a Herman Melville novel, but for John E. Noyes, it's the glue that holds the global commun...

President Barack Obama announced Thursday the selection of San Francisco-based litigator Tony West to head up the Justice Depa...

Bush-era policies policies conflicted with core principles of international law on state equality and the nonuse of force, Mar...

After taking heat from lawmakers and bar associations claiming his appointments skewed too heavily toward white males, Gov. Ar...

A recent case established that employers aren't required to formally announce the beginning of the interactive process in orde...

The Long Beach Bar Association is set to swear in Maria M. Rohaidy tonight as its new president, making her the first Hispanic...