California Rep. Adam Schiff, a former federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, will head an impeachment task force investigating a f...

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A former ambassador is called in as a mediator to help toy makers settle their expensive differences.

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A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that U.S. District Judge Terry Hatter erred when he ordered a bond hearing for an immig...

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Two public interest groups sued a government trade office Thursday demanding information about a new intellectual property tre...

Nossaman has picked Ronald J. Cooke to join the firm as a partner in Los Angeles.

Celebrated professor, bar lecturer engaged students nationwide.

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Congress may have opened a door for disability discrimination lawsuits that the U.S. Supreme Court had shut. Wednesday, lawmak...

Katherine M. Forster, a partner in the labor and employment department at Munger, Tolles & Olson, will be installed tonigh...

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A Heller Ehrman spokesman Wednesday confirmed the names of 11 intellectual property partners leaving the firm for Washington, ...

San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Mary Wiss, who will be sworn in next week as president of the California Judges Asso...

Munger, Tolles & Olson welcomes back an appellate attorney as of counsel.

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A Bosnian refugee, who is married to Britain's wealthiest banker, has donated $4 million to the UCLA School of Law to create a...

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Just a day after announcing its general counsel's retirement, Warner Bros. Entertainment chose a former FCC lawyer to fill its...