GM's recall of millions of cars has prompted confusion about the impact of the company's 2009 bankruptcy on consumers' remedie...

A San Francisco County Superior Court lawsuit alleges pharmacy company Medivation Inc. screwed the University of California ou...

In a rare green light for a convicted killer's lawsuit against Ventura County authorities who put him on trial, a 9th U.S. Cir...

The court found Monday that four insurance companies were right to deny the claim filed by a bankruptcy trustee handling the d...

Despite leaner economic times, federal regulators appear to be mounting an increasing number of investigations and actions, ac...

Ten years after the state Legislature empowered citizens to sue their bosses for labor violations as so-called private attorne...

New rules clarifying that bitcoin users must report capital gains from buying and selling bitcoins initially sparked concern a...

The last 13 years prove that Congress only acts on the estate tax in a crisis, and there is no crisis on the horizon. By Chadw...

Entering the U.S. starts the clock for many tax filing and compliance deadlines, one of which involves choosing which type of ...

A court recently addressed whether a complex trust can materially participate in a real estate trade or business for purposes ...

Nonprofits considering the installation of solar power systems must take their property's tax exemption into account. By Ofer ...

Los Angeles-based public interest firm Bet Tzedek will begin searching for a new chief operating officer and president followi...

Public employers have a right to push the employee's portion of pension contributions onto workers, a San Bernardino County j...

Partners at enterprising American venture capital funds that scour overseas markets in search of new investment opportunities ...

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. obtained a preliminary sales ban against a line of artificial heart valves produced by Minnesota-ba...

The longtime Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. intellectual property attorney, the studio's go-to for trademark matters, died We...

A California and other states relax marijuana laws, legislators and enforcement officials are grappling with ways to better po...

Current State Bar treasurer Heather L. Rosing might run for vice president in a few months - if she can win another term as a ...

The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is pushing forward with a Sacramento County Superior Court battle over whether a fire ...

A wide range of multistate businesses will be affected by the decision, which may have a big impact on how much of their incom...

The expenses add to the singer's family's already expensive loss in the high profile wrongful death trial that wrapped up in O...

A Los Angeles judge's shortcomings as a lawyer representing a capital defendant more than three decades ago didn't harm his cl...

Just a generation after his father cleaned courtrooms as a janitor, Joseph Porras sits on the bench.

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

A fight over dwindling flows in Northern California's Scott River is raising the question of how much power the state has to l...

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Smile Brands Inc. Irvine ...

In a recent list, the ABA overlooked the play that theatrically created the court and jury system, and explained its fundament...

President Obama recently issued an executive order and a presidential memorandum addressing pay transparency and equity by gov...

The Iskanian decision - whether class action and PAGA prohibitions in employment arbitration agreements are enforceable...

Andrew Greene claims he was the inspiration for a character in the motion picture "The Wolf of Wall Street," and has filed a $...