Lawyers with the Los Angeles office of Hunton & Williams LLP hosted a mock trial May 15 for a class of 24 students from Ma...

California's cash-strapped state courts face severe cuts in the face of a budget crisis that threatens to usher in a "new norm...

Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Warren H. Deering died in La Jolla on Feb. 21 after suffering from several ailments. ...

Attorneys from a range of practice areas gathered May 22 at the San Francisco headquarters of JAMS to hear a panel discussion ...

O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Warren Christopher Scholarship Program recognized 10 promising 10th-grade students, awarding each ...

In "American Founding Son," Gerard N. Magliocca gives one of the most complete portraits yet of John Bingham - a leading antis...

Newly released statistics suggest that transactions in the $1 billion-and-above range are beginning to rebound in value and vo...

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

The court's 5-2 decision followed an investigation into accusations of juror misconduct. While the report's author, a superior...

Vringo Inc. announced Thursday it has entered into a settlement with Microsoft Corp., ending a patent infringement lawsuit the...

A state appellate panel on Thursday permanently enjoined the state from putting prisoners to death by lethal injection, agreei...

Lisa Klerman, an independent specialist in employment mediation, prepares and plans carefully for every session. She's also kn...

Justices on the state Supreme Court appeared sympathetic Thursday to a Mexican national facing deportation as a result of plea...

A bid by environmentalists to force public agencies to look at the environment's impact on a proposed development project, suc...

Assembly Bill 1173 is intended to provide partial relief from the additional 20 percent state penalty tax for violations of In...

The unanimous ruling forces Los Angeles County to provide the home addresses and phone numbers of its roughly 50,000 employees...

Attorneys who work with municipalities on telecommunications matters said they're encountering a bigger push from the wireless...

Months after the passage of Prop. 36, which reformed the state's three-strikes law, some legal experts and public defenders wo...

Although Prop. 13 was simple when passed, it has gradually become encrusted with many special rules and exemptions.

Conspiracy theories are on the rise, but what explains the acceptance of some of these patently irrational scenarios? By Josep...

Two youth soccer coaches formerly employed by Chivas USA filed a racial discrimination and harassment lawsuit filed has caused...

A quartet of stateside law firms orchestrated the largest-ever Chinese acquisition of a U.S. company - the $7.1 billion purcha...

An environment advocacy group has sued the California Energy Commission, claiming the agency wields too much decision-making a...

The San Francisco Sheriff's Department could be liable for an incident in which an officer struck a man in the face while he w...

State Supreme Court justices heard arguments Wednesday about whether law enforcement officers who shot a man to death can be l...

Retailers around California are now on notice to follow hazardous waste laws or meet a similar fate to Wal-Mart Stores Inc., w...

Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP secured an $11 million fixed-rate, 20-year loan for a joint venture between Pacific Prime Properti...

The Legislature has commanded that exemptions to labor laws be narrowly construed, and with good reason. By Norman B. Blumenthal

A district court recently denied plaintiffs' motion for class certification in a 6-year-old class-action lawsuit filed against...

If the case law is any indication, while frequently utilized, judicial notice is misunderstood. By Gary A. Watt and Ryan Rezaei