ABA's Commision on Ethics 20/20 said in its meeting last week it won't propose changes to its policy of prohibiting nonlawyer ...

Some partners who have left Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP this year have recently claimed their updated K-1 tax forms, issued April ...

A federal judge in Santa Ana is debating whether private defense lawyers crossed a line and became de facto agents for the U.S...

Judge Vincent J. O'Neill inherited court's woes.

The U.S. Supreme Court wrestled Monday over whether pharmaceutical companies have to pay their sales representatives overtime ...

Before becoming a judge, Tamila Ipema used the law to win her family passage to America. ...

A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

In a case with implications for the flood of wage and hour lawsuits targeting drugmakers, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider...

As a runner, pilot and scuba diver with a record-setting past, Judge Mike Lewis is not fond of delays.

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, San Francisco ...

A few corrections to Thomas Rubin's article on protecting your film ideas. By David Gerber ...

Everyone has a sexual orientation; why should judges have to leave theirs at the courtroom door? By Brad Sears and Todd Brower...

While weighing whether pharmaceutical sales representatives should be paid overtime, the U.S. Supreme Court will also ponder h...

The state Supreme Court has granted review in a closely watched case over whether judges are overstepping their authority by r...

A Judicial Council working group has recommended “reassessing” 13 planned courthouse construction projects in an effort to sav...

The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office has recommended lawmakers reject the governor's budget language that grants the j...

A key figure in an alleged mortgage-relief scheme in which homeowners paid thousands of dollars to join huge lawsuits agains...

While betting via online games of skill is arguably already permissible, the DOJ's opinion can open the door to wagerin...

More than 30 plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit in San Francisco County Superior Court against two pharmaceutical manufacturing g...

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced Friday it has brought criminal charges against a disbarred attorne...

A jury has awarded $6 million to a plaintiff in an excessive force and malicious prosecution case brought against two Los Ange...

Kroll Advisory Solutions, the corporate investigations and risk consulting firm, has hired a former federal prosecutor and TV ...

In a case that could lead commercial real estate lawyers to take a harder look at lease terms, a state appellate court reverse...

A Los Angeles health care law firm has won a $700 million settlement for its hospital clients, including 200 in California, ma...

A federal judge tentatively tweaked earlier summary judgment findings in an ongoing spat between insurance carriers for Bratz ...

Legalzoom.com Inc. tapped Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP to file confidential papers for a public offering, accordi...

Oracle Corp.'s lawsuit claiming that Google Inc. copied its patents and copyrights in order to use the Java programming langua...

The U.S. attorney's office has picked a rare fight with a sitting federal judge by seeking his recusal from a drug smuggling c...

Whether its "astronaut," "prosecutor" or "business owner," the simple descriptions that candidates choose to identify themselv...

The process allowed manufacturers to completely shed liability for products sold before filing for bankruptcy. By Christine Sp...