Except in the most egregious circumstances, legal attempts to place blame on media entities for inciting the violent acts of c...

The mediation process has its own share of potential problems, which usually have a single result: a case that should settle d...

The EU is taking steps to safeguard individuals' privacy on the Internet, and as of May 26, new laws are being enforced that w...

TPPA will internationalize some of the worst aspects of U.S. IP legislation. By K.J. Greene of Thomas Jefferson School of Law ...

A recent change in San Francisco County Superior Court's asbestos department simplifies a case management system that was usin...

Cost cutting and belt tightening are on the agenda as the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opens its annual judicial conferen...

William D. Temko, a partner at Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, risked his life to shoot photos of the 1972 hostage crisis and m...

Summer associates from 17 major law firms celebrated the completion of their pro bono legal research projects last month with ...

The cell phone industry faced off against San Francisco in oral argument Thursday at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as ...

The city's most notorious ticket scalpers may not be hanging around the Memorial Coliseum this upcoming USC football season i...

Judge John J. Merrick, a Malibu fixture for and the community, dies at 93 ...

Ex-Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP attorney Eileen L. Lyon joined the business and litigation law firm King, Holmes, Paterno...

California Attorney General Kamala Harris threw her support behind Chief Assistant Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie...

The Southern California chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and Hogan Lovells hosted its 9th annual “ACColades: A ...

Stars Aligning: The Landau Lawyers League held its All Star Games for participants of their Summer Softball League. ...

Despite budget cuts and layoffs, many Administrative Office of the Courts staff have received pay increases in the form of "st...

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Susan R. Estrich has experience in the limelight, but she forgot a few impor...

Average billing rates are back on the rise after stagnating somewhat in the years following the 2008 financial crisis. But mos...

Kenneth D. Gack's extensive experience as a trial lawyer has given the JAMS mediator the keen ability to dissect the particula...

After a history of consumer and employee friendly decisions, state appellate courts are considering how to comport with a new ...

Vice President of legal affairs General Counsel of Epson America Inc. Long Beach ...

The fundamental rules of venue are not that difficult: The government must prosecute an offense in a district where the crime ...

The parallels between Justice Roberts' vote to uphold a minimum wage law and Chief Justice John Roberts' vote to uphold the in...

A digital identity may have economic value if it attracts commercial parties, regardless of whether the author is a celebrity....

The proposed guidelines were recently issued for public comment. Those comments are due on Sept. 10. By Norman Carlin, David F...

The bankruptcy court presiding the case explained that the Bankruptcy Clause of the U.S. Constitution eclipses the Contracts C...

Opening statements are set to begin in a jury trial that will pit film financier David Bergstein against his longtime counsel,...

The California Supreme Court has rejected a petition from the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation that sought to force the state...

Plaintiffs' lawyers in a potential antitrust class action over the alleged misuse of college athletes' likenesses in videogame...

Former 3rd District Court of Appeal Presiding Justice Arthur G. Scotland announced he joined the law firm Nielsen Merksamer Pa...