Federal authorities are cracking down harder on foreclosure auction bid rigging and are seeing big results from a pair of swee...

Companies communicating with their customer base now face a higher risk of litigation. By Chet Kronenberg and Colin Rolfs of S...

The 1st District frowns upon a plaintiff's attempt to challenge an instruction on appeal that it had previously exploited. By ...

Palmer, Lombardi & Donohue LLP, a 25-attorney law firm headquartered in Los Angeles, will officially open a new office in ...

An attorney from Farella Braun & Martel LLP has been elected president of the American College of Construction Lawyers - t...

The city of Compton has settled a lawsuit filed by two women who allege the city's at-large voting system discriminates agains...

Why the right approach to resolving a dispute takes team effort. By Wayne D. Brazil of JAMS ...

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a medicinal marijuana collective against the federal government, rul...

Gov. Jerry Brown announced Wednesday the appointment of Ruth Bermudez Montenegro to Imperial County Superior Court. ...

Two lawyers joined Reed Smith LLP's Los Angeles media and entertainment practice, becoming the sixth and seventh additions to ...

A federal judge ordered Evanston Insurance Co., an insurance carrier for Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc., to pay $8....

We have to stop saying "it won't happen to me or my clients." By Brian S. Kabateck of Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP ...

Disgorging a defendant's ill-gotten gains is not always easy in California - why constructive trusts may be the key. By J.D. ...

The Northern District U.S. attorney's office on Wednesday unsealed an indictment against two business people on charges relat...

Stockton officials have voted to continue toward bankruptcy, agreeing to default on certain bond payments and begin a mandator...

Jackson DeMarco Tidus Peckenpaugh, JDTP, an Orange County-based firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions, insurance, land...

Hollywood actors' contracts include language to protect creative decisions like writing a character off a show. But plaintiffs...

Court Referee Stephanie M. Davis left teaching for law but now educates youth and probation officers.

The latest in a line of cases that assumes environmental review will be approved from the outset. By Ellison Folk and Erica Ma...

While fee awards are not common in patent litigation, they do happen - sometimes with expert witness costs included. By Audrey...

Certain stock sales are creating a new area of insurance liability for companies and their officers. By Kelley Harvilla of Car...

A recent wave of disability access lawsuits in Orange County are precisely what some lawmakers sought to sequester three years...

For California to meet its renewable energy goals, it may need more gas-fired plants to serve as backup generation. But utilit...

Now that corporations can spend unlimited sums, what is the extent of money's influence in politics? By Jessica A. Levinson of...

The developers of the upscale Ritz-Carlton Residences at L.A. Live have been hit with a potential class action by a broker who...

A federal judge in Oakland set the retrial of Oracle Corp.'s copyright infringement lawsuit against rival SAP AG for this summ...

A new ordinance passed Tuesday by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is a small step towards providing civil representatio...

Sidley Austin LLP snagged three partners from Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, including the Los Angeles-based co-chair of the firm's ...

Attorneys announced a $15.5 million settlement Tuesday in a long-running case against the Orange County Register. ...

The Judicial Council tabled a proposal Tuesday to require arbitrators to disclose past professional discipline after some memb...