Attorneys praise Bangs for her toughness and ability to resolve construction disputes. ...

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

A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

Vice President and General Counsel for Verizon Wireless - Western Region Irvine ...

A few states conduct detailed audits of lawyer trust accounts at random. They find many problems but few bad actors. The Calif...

Starting July 1, owners of certain nonresidential buildings in California will be required to disclose energy consumption data...

Two former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were recently accused of planting guns inside an LA medical marijuana dispens...

In popular conceptions of civil law, it's hard to find a more sympathetic case than a toxic tort suit, or a less popular rule ...

According to a judge's ruling, certain pension practices that the unions sought to keep - such as counting vacation time as pa...

In response to a spate reports of elder abuse last year, reform advocates are pushing measures that would expand protections f...

A protege of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has swapped his high-powered appellate practice in the natio...

The firm is replacing long-term leadership in the firm's Los Angeles and San Francisco offices with fresh faces and encouragin...

The U.S. Senate Wednesday unanimously confirmed President Obama's nomination of San Diego County Superior Court Judge Cynthia ...

DLA Piper LLP handled the most late-stage venture capital transactions in the first quarter of 2014 and Gunderson Dettmer Stou...

The U.S. high court declared this week that "exceptional" must mean something more than "never." It is welcome news for compan...

Concern about racial bias in jury selection led an en banc panel at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday to set ...

Following his lifetime ban from associating with the NBA and the Clippers, Donald Sterling's days as a basketball team owner m...

A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.

A recent plaintiff-friendly decision may expand the scope of liability under the state False Claims Act, prompting litigants t...

The court's guidance is significant because the leading cases on trade-secret damages left open questions regarding the scope ...

Better evidence doesn't just help catch officers misbehaving, it can help exonerate an officer who acted properly. By Peter Bi...

Last week, Northwestern University football players cast a historic vote on whether to unionize. By Eli M. Kantor ...

A class action case alleging Hulu LLC violated its users' privacy by divulging their viewing habits to Facebook Inc. can go fo...

Amid a wave of criticism from attorneys and the media, Mayer Brown LLP has handed over the reins of a controversial lawsuit in...

Three former San Jose-based Structure Law Group partners have broken off to launch Strategy Law in downtown San Jose , leavin...

Loosening the reins on attorney fee awards in patent cases, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday gave a freer hand to district ju...

The threat of data theft by foreign companies or countries is leading lawyers with international practices to adopt new practi...

Apple Inc. is seeking nearly $2.2 billion in patent infringement damages. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. claimed Tuesday it shou...

Judge Antonio Barreto Jr. sees a huge volume and variety of matters at LA's Airport Courthouse.

With Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling facing vitriol for racist remarks he allegedly made about blacks, the statemen...