There aren't nearly as many summer jobs at big law firms these days as there are law students who want them. The timing couldn...

Summer associate programs may never again reach their pre-recession sizes. This year, legal observers say most big firms are h...

The truth is that for Taylormade and countless other brands, Sergio Garcia's insensitive statement represents the most recent ...

Each of the 535 members of Congress earns at least $174,000 a year. These salaries are alarming as the median household income...

Feuer, who will take office July 1, names more than 40 former officials and judges, attorneys and community leaders to the team.

A Sacramento County judge on Tuesday upheld the validity of a hard-fought deal over how to divvy up shrinking Colorado River w...

A budget conference committee voted Monday to fund a pilot program to provide court interpreters for civil cases in three coun...

A failed cancer drug that sent biotech giant Amgen Inc.'s stock plummeting also wrecked employee pension plans, giving workers...

Recruiting partners at small and midsize law firms agree that credentials matter. But what can often make a difference in whom...

The International Trade Commission has issued a limited exclusion order against Apple Inc. products that were found to have in...

The catalyst behind a proposed bill to require the state to ask judicial candidates and judges about disabilities and previous...

The American Bar Association has asked the U.S. Department of Labor to declare law firms safe from wage actions when they use ...

Appellate lawyers angling for an edge in federal court may be tempted to try most anything - only to be frustrated by vigilant...

The 6th District Court of Appeal upheld judgment in favor of the casino's tip-pooling practice requiring card dealers to contr...

What is perhaps most surprising is that Tesla's main vehicle, the Model S, doesn't just work; it excels - wildly. By Jonathan ...

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

Overturning a superior court decision, an appeals court panel determined that a book deemed obscene and confiscated by prison ...

In a victory for companies fighting against class certification, a panel of 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges late last...

A judge approved a $4.9 million settlement between the Heller Ehrman LLP estate and Greenberg Traurig LLP Friday.

Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP, an 80-lawyer East Coast firm with small offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles, announced...

Taking DNA from an individual who's been arrested for a serious offense is a "legitimate police booking procedure," the U.S. S...

A divided appellate court declined habeas relief to a man who claimed that his lawyer not only failed to properly question his...

Any expansion should be limited to organizations licensed by the State Bar with named individuals responsible for internal com...

Of the approximate 2.5 to 3 million pets euthanized every year, around 500,000 were in the shelters because their owners died ...

The DSM-5 appears to be a major step backward when it comes to providing a basis for objectively identifying mental disorders ...

Sherri R. Carter, a 19-year veteran of federal and state courts, is currently the executive officer for Riverside Superior Cou...

San Francisco prosecutors want a local scrap-metal recycler to cough up $10 million for trashing its records and throwing out ...

A bankruptcy judge approved a settlement Thursday between the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP estate, the firm's former chairman, Stev...

Two men convicted of murder but later freed after flaws in their prosecution emerged will get another chance to sue Los Angele...

London-based Norton Rose LLP and Houston-based Fulbright & Jaworski LLP officially joined forces Monday to create a global...