Lawyers fret. It's in their nature. Lawyers who practice before the Securities and Exchange Commission have at times fretted a...

A blossoming romance inspired a business litigator and a family lawyer to join forces, resulting in a nimble - if somewhat pec...

The Alameda County Bar Association held its Board Installation and Distinguished Awards Luncheon on Jan. 25 at the Lake Merrit...

An "American Idol" contestant booted from the show 10 years ago is suing Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Morrison & Foers...

A federal judge on Thursday tentatively approved most of the recommendations for attorney fee awards in an ongoing class actio...

The Justice Department, in a bid to toss Oakland's lawsuit regarding the federal government's forfeiture action against a mamm...

Mark Hummels, a partner at Osborn Maledon PA and president of the Phoenix chapter of the Federal Bar Association, is on life s...

Nearly 100 attorneys and members of the Los Angeles civil rights community joined together on Jan. 25 for the Anti-Defamation ...

The lengthy legal and personal skirmish between San Mateo-based plaintiffs' attorneys Terry O'Reilly and Michael Danko will co...

San Mateo County Superior Court will likely lay off four of its commissioners and terminate up to 21 staff positions this summ...

Retired judge Harry W. Low, a neutral at JAMS, now 81, has interrupted his day job refereeing business disputes many times ove...

A Mexican resident who claims he was working as an FBI informant when arrested as part of a drug bust won a second chance to m...

Morrison & Foerster LLP lawyers persuaded a trial court judge in Placer County to wipe out a $7.41 million verdict against...

Lawyers Club co-sponsored the Coalition for Reproductive Choice's annual Roe v. Wade Anniversary Dinner on Jan. 24. Lawyers Cl...

The state Supreme Court has appointed three new members to the court's Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinion, which provides et...

A federal appeals court dealt Apple Inc. a sound, if anticipated blow Thursday, unanimously denying the company's request for ...

The system by which federal judges choose law clerks turned more chaotic this week when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C....

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

At a time when technology appears to be moving faster than the law, district courts have become a battleground for a stark deb...

The dream of a single patent that would allow inventors to protect their inventions in all EU member states has been a long ti...

In June 2013, the Los Angeles County court system shave millions more from its budget by closing all courtrooms in 10 regional...

I think the doctrine of "respondeat superior" (let the master answer) has gone amuck and it's time to rein it in. By Harvey A....

The event, sponsored by the "Writers Bloc," to promote the justice's memoir, "My Beloved World," was titled "a conversation wi...

A new decision addresses the factual circumstances plaintiffs must plead to allege that a communication was confidential. By J...

A 49-year-old U.S. Coast Guard veteran is attempting to use a federal statute protecting military servicemembers to skirt the ...

Escondido trusts and estates lawyer Sydney Claire Kirkland has stipulated with the State Bar that she should be disbarred for ...

Tribune Company appointed a new executive vice president and general counsel, the company announced Tuesday, the latest in a r...

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP is in ongoing discussions to open a Los Angeles office with the help of Keats McFarland...

General Counsel for Exemplis Corp. Cypress ...

Plaintiffs in a U.S. District Court antitrust case involving allegations of potash price fixing settled with remaining defenda...