California lawyers waiting patiently for a version of the CRCP that will conform to the numbering of the Model Rules - employe...

While lawyers change firms every day, important ethical principles that govern how lawyers and firms should act to protect cli...

Firm receives pro bono award ...

McMahon Serepca handles both transactional work and litigation - and staffs up as needed. ...

Two more plaintiffs have filed legal actions against a Long Beach hospital and its former owner, joining a litany of voices al...

Investors in a real estate venture that later emerged as a $200 million Ponzi scheme can proceed to trial with a fraud conspir...

Michael J. Bayard started his own arbitration and mediation business in 2000. Since then, he's taken on construction disputes ...

Companies are predicting flat or lowered legal spending this year in what may be a sign that increasingly sophisticated cost m...

Harold Weinstock, a pioneer in the field of estate planning and a founding partner of one of Los Angeles' oldest estate planni...

The Department of Justice announced Thursday the formation of a dedicated cybersecurity unit to combat criminal acts with ties...

The state's highest court unanimously reversed a prisoner's conviction after finding a San Bernardino County prosecutor used a...

If history is any guide, these are times that could try the soul of the State Bar.

Insurance intended to defend directors and officers can bring peace of mind to law firm leaders, but the policies are complica...

Prominent litigator Louis "Skip" Miller filed a bombshell racial discrimination lawsuit in California federal court Tuesday th...

U.S. Supreme Court decisions have eroded a key precedent and hurt minority advocates' confidence in challenging allegedly disc...

Senior vice president of business and legal affairs at United Artists Media Group Santa Monica ...

The Internet has brought a wealth of new experiences within reach of nearly everyone in our country. Yet it has also created a...

Must a financially troubled employer, anticipating that a sale of its business will solve its financial problems, give federal...

How do you question a gang witness when "snitches get stitches?" By Richard La Fianza and Frank Loo ...

The office will get over $400,000 to fill 15 positions to handle newly classified misdemeanor cases under the new law. ...

Aliso Viejo-based Avanir Pharmaceuticals was counseled by Latham & Watkins LLP in its sale to Otsuka Pharmaceutical, a Jap...

Plaintiffs are currently on pace to file the fewest patent lawsuits in three years, following a sustained period of lackluster...

A state court of appeal here ruled on Wednesday that a California law requiring police to collect a DNA sample from anyone arr...

The Environmental Defense Center claims a federal agency failed to perform environmental reviews and notify the public of the ...

Precedent is the U.S. Supreme Court's business, yet there is little consensus about how the court should treat its own past de...

The Van Nuys company is trying to recover hundreds of millions of dollars from the botched acquisition of a French toy manufac...

In two cases this week, the state Supreme Court left no doubt that the 2006 ballot measure Jessica's Law, forbidding registere...

Solano County Judge Peter Foor, an ex-Marine and public defender, has seen his share of fighting.

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

Roger Kaplan's familiarity and expertise in the niche field is unquestioned, but a recent lawsuit in federal court raised ques...