Peter David Nitschke of Irvine ripped off nine clients, including taking more than $720,000 from two elderly sisters. ...

James P. Kleier must spend 12 months in custody and pay $650,000 in restitution for failing to file his own taxes. ...

Loyola Law School hosted its summer swearing-in ceremony June 3 for those who passed the February 2014 California Bar Exam. Se...

The justices review a greater share of the 9th Circuit's cases than its 19.7 percent share of national population would sugges...

The state budget, signed into law Friday, backs new prison construction and sends over $102 million to programs to fight recid...

The state Supreme Court is poised to undergo the biggest ideological shift since California voters ejected three of its justic...

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

Ferdinand Fernandez is known for his unique prose in opinions, using such terms as 'floccinaucities.'

A marathon enthusiast and former teacher, LA Judge Craig Mitchell hears serious felony cases.

It's past time for Congress to amend the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. By Peter J. Toren ...

"The Future of Affirmative Action," edited by Richard D. Kahlenberg, is a collection of essays exploring race-neutral methods ...

Initially a product of the desire for more efficient and cost effective settlements, the mediation session was seen as the fin...

The founders of Brown Wegner McNamara took a chance when they went out on their own at the height of the recession. But the Ir...

LA Lawyers Philharmonic Legal Voices staged its 5th annual concert at Disney Hall on June 14. Among those in attendance were, ...

"My watchwords are patience and persistence," said William A. Quinby, an Oakland-based mediator and arbitrator. ...

U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh reckons plaintiff tech workers 'would have won' in suit that settled for $324.5 million ...

Armed with a balanced budget, Sherri R. Carter is instituting a raft of changes to the court's aging administrative guts. Chie...

From left, Inner City Law Center Executive Director Adam Murray, center board member Andrew Esbenshade, Los Angeles City Attor...

A man convicted of murder largely on the basis of an expert witness who later recanted may get a new chance to prove his innoc...

The number of law firm jobs for new lawyers increased slightly last year and so did pay, according to new figures from a detai...

Inventors of business methods cannot patent their new tools by saying they use computers to implement them, a unanimous U.S. S...

A move by Democratic lawmakers earlier this week to introduce net neutrality legislation was viewed widely by telecommunicatio...

Despite reaching a milestone agreement last week with its largest creditor, city of San Bernardino took heat Thursday for the ...

When NCAA President Mark Emmert took the stand Thursday in a potentially groundbreaking antitrust trial, he spoke of dramatic ...

Richard Climan and Keith Flaum of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP discuss how to negotiate a request for a consequential damages...

Should patents be issued on business ideas that are implemented using conventional software and hardware techniques? The U.S. ...

With their savings gone, trial courts are looking at an all-too-familiar playbook since it appears they're not going to get th...

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Hudson Pacific Properties Inc. Los Angeles ...

Justice Marvin Baxter's announcement came as a surprise, and his departure has the potential to ideologically transform the st...