The strength of the dollar against the euro (and to a lesser extent, the pound) over the last few months has already attracted...

Johnnie Cochran, who passed away 10 years ago, was much more than O.J. Simpson's lawyer. By Dan Lawton ...

Should two people convicted of the same crime be subject to different immigration consequences for reasons outside of their co...

Clinton H. "Bud" Coddington, a renowned aircraft litigator who handled a litany of high stake trials involving catastrophic ai...

After nearly five years at Snell & Wilmer, M.C. Sungaila is now partner at Haynes and Boone LLP in Costa Mesa. She is the ...

A state appeals court panel rejected a bid Tuesday to overturn a controversial 40-year-old cap on medical malpractice payouts ...

Vincent T. Bugliosi Jr., the literary Los Angeles prosecutor who in 1971 persuaded jurors to put Charles Manson and his "famil...

J. Kent Walker Jr, senior vice president and general counsel at Google, asked the audience of the Stanford E-Commerce Best Pra...

National law firms usually seek out Los Angeles or San Diego as strategic outposts for putting down stakes in Southern Califo...

A judge said he will decide this week whether to force the heated lawsuit over the firing of State Bar Executive Director Jose...

The California Judges Association elected Judge Eric C. Taylor of L. A. Superior Court as its 84th president the organization...

The Supreme Court just agreed to review one important class action. On Thursday, it should agree to review another. By Stephen...

A judge's surprise ruling in an emotional Fresno County wrongful death lawsuit will restart the trial from scratch. ...

As the state Legislature and Brown administration hammer out a budget deal, environmental groups are raising concern about tra...

For more than a decade, Google Inc. and other search engines have fought off numerous lawsuits alleging their practice of sell...

L.A. County Judge Scott Millington tries to find the best solutions for defendants with mental health issues.

A malicious prosecution suit on behalf of former Walt Disney Co. executive David Neuman came to a swift end in favor of the de...

General Counsel, Executive Vice President Luther Burbank Savings Manhattan Beach ...

Sheppard Mullin partner calls the voluntary dismissal a "total victory" for the famed author's trust and Harvard University. ...

Unpaid traffic tickets has contributed to the $10 billion gap in courts' coffers from uncollected fines and fees. ...

Attorneys said the Supreme Court's decision Monday to let stand a San Francisco ordinance that required handguns to be locked ...

An event Tuesday will introduce the nine lawyers selected for a new initiative aimed at helping attorneys develop effective so...

Loeb & Loeb LLP has snagged two attorneys from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in Los Angeles. Allan J. Abshez joins as a partn...

A ruling provides defendants with powerful ammunition to contest a plaintiff's request for far-reaching contact information ba...

Luis J. Rodriguez has filed a formal government claim accusing the bar Board of Trustees of defaming him by leaking a secret r...

Despite a quarrel over the standard for detecting racial bias in jury selection, the state Supreme Court on Monday affirmed th...

Los Angeles County Commissioner William Sadler is patient with litigants, even in stressful situations.

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.

Ellen Pao offered to drop her appeal if Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers agreed to pay her $2.7 million tab for legal fees...

California's chronic failure to adequately fund dependency counsel has led to colossal caseloads. By Michael Kaufman and Victo...