The counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Orange, Los Angeles and Sacramento joined in filing a writ of mandate Friday seeki...

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

New partners can be a sound addition to a law firm's practice base and revenues. However, there are challenges to integrating ...

William Henderson is a Professor of Law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, where he teaches courses on the legal ...

Michael Roster for the past five years has been the steering committee co-chair for the Association of Corporate Counsel's Val...

Edwin B. Reeser is a business lawyer in Pasadena specializing in structuring, negotiating and documenting complex real estate ...

Barry Goode strives to make jurors' experience enjoyable, including bringing them baked goods.

Veteran Justice Coleman A. Blease, with 35 years on the bench, prefers strict interpretation of statutes.

In a provocative challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court, Circuit Judge Stephen R. Reinhardt has urged the justices to do for cons...

In a recent mediation, the general counsel turned to the mediator and said: "Doesn't she realize that I'm the client?" By Luci...

The SEC has issued its long-anticipated proposals to implement crowdfunding under Title III of the JOBS Act. By Glenn Luinenbu...

At the outset of the recent nuclear talks between Iran and the U.S. it was widely reported that there had been no direct conta...

Until recently, it was relatively rare for a talent manager to sue a former client for commissions, but it now appears the glo...

After more than 15 years on the bench of the nation's most prominent business court, Chancellor Leo E. Strine Jr. was sworn in...

Instead of heading to another firm or looking into a merger as the firm's longtime leaders step away from leadership roles, Da...

In the midst of a trial, a judge Thursday tentatively approved an $80.5 million settlement in ongoing litigation against the o...

Interim San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria last week recognized the 75th anniversary of law firm Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP by off...

As the newly elected president of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, Bob Olson's primary goal is to try ...

The Beverly Hills Bar Association honored a pair of legal luminaries at the group's litigation awards dinner Feb. 19 at the Mo...

Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye announced Thursday that a Sonoma County Superior Court judge was selected for the positio...

Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP announced Thursday the election of Richard P. Waxman as the firm's new managing partner. ...

In a city where many residents dress casually for work, supervisors with San Francisco County Superior Court worry their emplo...

The San Fernando Valley Bar Association penned a resolution honoring former South African President Nelson Mandela, which repr...

More than 150 intellectual property attorneys and judges gathered at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on ...

A Los Angeles lawyer who let his nonlawyer brother oversee his office and trust account should be suspended two years for inad...

When you hear lines like, "We the jury find the plaintiff guilty," it is hard to resist the urge to overnight a cease and desi...

Submitted just before the legislative deadline this month, two new bills show plaintiffs' attorneys and business interests see...

A federal judge Thursday grilled attorneys over how to ascertain who would be a member of a massive class of email users whose...

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