Like her earlier studies in anthropology, Rebecca Omens still pores over the context of each case.

Jobs in the legal sector jumped by 2,100 in April but were still less than the 3,500 jobs the U.S. legal industry added betw...

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

Bingham McCutchen LLP added Richard de Bodo, Siegmund Y. Gutman, Andrew V. Devkar, Olga Berson and Bruce D. Kuyper as partner...

John Slawson, a 20-year commissioner, hopes his third application for a judgeship is his last.

The legal malpractice case presents a number of interesting substantive and insurance coverage issues that must be addressed i...

In a recent case the Federal Claims Court held that discounted stock options constitute a deferral of compensation and, hence,...

Opinions of counsel are useful only where the court finds the accused infringer acted with "an objectively high likelihood tha...

It is no longer enough for the broker simply to provide a copy of the inspection report upon request or make copies available ...

Companies may not have to pay waiting-time penalities if they reasonably believed a union contract waived certain types of fin...

Two former Dewey & LeBouef LLP executives moved to strike the estate trustee's declaration in support of a the proposed se...

UC Irvine School of Law honored six Orange County federal judges on April 27 at its inaugural Public Service Awards Dinner. La...

Plans to renovate and expand Universal Studios have been circulating for more than 20 years, but frequent changes in ownership...

Cooley LLP hosted a welcome event for its new corporate partners, Kevin K. Rooney and Louis Lehot, on April 25 in the courtyar...

Hogan Lovells partner Dean Hansell was awarded the first Founders Award from The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation...

San Francisco-based plaintiffs' firm Sher Leff is a giant slayer in its obscure world of water contamination litigation. The t...

Faced with a decline in public funding, the free legal advice and representation service that helps Holocaust survivors, the p...

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP's Women Lawyers Group hosted, in conjunction with Step Up Women's Network, 50 high...

Paul Hastings is poaching the head of the intellectual property department in Baker Botts's Palo Alto office, Christopher W. K...

Investors and businesses could benefit from proposed legislation to cancel a retroactive tax increase on investment returns on...

A bill to amend Proposition 65 - the state's hazardous chemicals notification law - was changed Tuesday to significantly narro...

Southwestern Law School has appointed its first female dean in its 100-plus year history, the Los Angeles-based campus ann...

Chile's Minister of Justice Patricia Pérez Goldberg addressed 226 graduates from California Western School of Law at a ceremon...

San Diego-based Higgs Fletcher & Mack provided a $3,500 scholarship to California Western School of Law student Thomas Wan...

Rutan & Tucker LLP hosted an alumni reception on April 26 to honor past and present attorneys at the Orange County-based l...

The dental implant developer has been battling USC for more than a decade in a case that went to the Supreme Court and back. ...

With lots of experienced former judges, commissioners and lawyers to fill the role of neutral, one has to stand out to succeed...

While Bob King's firm, Legally Nanny, is booming, the Orange County attorney is also wrestling with increasingly complex legal...

A lead acid battery recycling plant just south of downtown Los Angeles is under growing legal pressure after regulators report...

Publicly traded drug giants have taken an interest in the high-risk-high-reward game of very early stage drug development. ...