U.S. District Judge Larry A. Burns, left, state Supreme Court Justice Marvin R. Baxter, and Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakau...

Small businesses might not know it, but a new law extending sick leave to all full-time workers could soon give them unpleasan...

The U.S. Supreme Court has had a love-hate relationship when it comes to drawing so-called "Fourth Amendment lines." ...

Michael Hestrin, who will take over in January, wants to apply the same diligence he used to prosecute cases to managing some ...

One of the state's landmark prison civil rights lawsuits has entered a new phase, with U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller ta...

Los Angeles Commissioner Alan Friedenthal is winning praise following a public admonishment.

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.

Santa Barbara County Judge James Rigali has sought help when in unfamiliar legal territory.

Judge Michael Fitzgerald broke boundaries and now helps the next generation follow his lead.

With four decisions overturned by the state Supreme Court, Justices Conrad L. Rushing, Eugene M. Premo and Franklin D. Elia of...

E-discovery is here to stay - and ethical obligations will follow. ...

With the recent announcement of discussions between Locke Lord LLP and Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP, an overview of law firm com...

Little discussed is the reach of California's securities statutes. By Timothy P. Crudo ...

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Russian subsidiary bribed Russian government officials to win big technology contracts and will pay a $5...

A Superior Court judge set a March 16 trial date Wednesday in a legal malpractice suit claiming $370 million in damages becaus...

A mediator and arbitrator for the past several years, Arendt relies on his extensive knowledge of injury cases, the insurance ...

San Ramon-based accounting and business consulting firm Armanino LLP announced Wednesday the hire of its first general counsel...

Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl was unanimously elected to be the presiding judge of Los Angeles County Superior Court for 2015 and 2016...

From left, James J.S. Holmes, a partner and event chair for Sedgwick LLP, Therese M. Stewart, chief deputy city attorney at th...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, right, and lexicographer Bryan A. Garner sign copies of their 2012 book "Reading th...

Francisco Nicholas and Scott Carlson teamed up in 2011 to start a real estate and business law firm, hoping to capitalize on t...

Perlette M. Jura, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Los Angeles, traveled to Guantanamo Bay last month to observ...

A recent decision finding FedEx employees to be employees contradicts numerous other cases holding the opposite. It also "unra...

Determining whether an issue was explicitly or implicitly decided can raise profound difficulties. By James C. Martin, Paula M...

Plaintiff's attorneys want California voters to approve a ballot measure raising the state's cap on medical malpractice payout...

The outcome was in doubt Thursday as lawyers for retired NFL players and a leading video game maker argued before a 9th U.S. C...

Conventional wisdom is that engagement letters should include an arbitration clause. By Bruce A. Friedman ...

It's up to supervising prosecutors to develop policies and procedures to reduce or eliminate prosecutorial misconduct in their...

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...