The state Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously rejected a push by the plaintiffs' bar to expand liability in asbestos cases. ...

The height of the worst recession in decades isn't the most opportune time to leave a secure job to strike out on one's own. ...

A case of first impression could substantially impact filing and defending quiet title actions. By Clifford E. Frieden of Ruta...

As Hollywood prepares for Sunday's Golden Globe awards ceremony, lawyers are preparing their opening arguments in the ongoing ...

California High Speed Rail Authority Chairman Thomas J. Umberg, a partner with Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, along with t...

A key partner's departure from Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP's San Diego office has raised questions about whether o...

Unannounced changes to a new wage law appear to show the labor commissioner's office waffling on the question of whether compa...

LOS ANGELES — The National Association of Women Lawyers will present its annual Challenge Award to Warner Bros. Entertainment ...

Darrell D. Miller, co-chair of the entertainment and sports law practice at Fox Rothschild LLP in the firm’s Los Angeles offic...

The Internet's governing body will start taking applications today for new web addresses for brand names and generic terms, su...

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of JDS Uniphase Corp. in Milpitas ...

In a rare move, the 4th District upholds a regulatory takings decision under the Penn Central test. By Rick E. Rayl of ...

A spinoff shop has emerged as an exit plan for lawyers at the soon-to-be defunct Century City-based Silver & Freedman APLC...

A San Francisco judge has thrown out Overstock.com's lawsuit accusing financial companies of a market manipulation scheme that...

A former corporate practice co-chair at Latham & Watkins LLP has traded coasts to join Weil, Gotshal & Manges as a par...

Sometimes, representing a family member can cause more harm than good. By Ty Supancic of The Law Collaborative APC ...

Remembering Richard Sheik Kim, a deputy public defender who transcended the law. By Douglas G. Carnahan of the L.A. County Sup...

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Wednesday that workers serving as "ministers to the faithful" cannot bring employment...

Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP picked up 19 lawyers from Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff Inc., a boutique th...

Undeterred by voluminous research critical of eyewitness identifications, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 8-1 agains...

A community group sought to convince the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday that the Lawrence Livermore National Laborator...

Without physical contact, there is no claim for uninsured motorist benefits. By Atticus N. Wegman of Aitken Aitken Cohn ...

Federal health care reform may have put the final nail in the coffin for most cases of dropped insurance for preexisting condi...

Cost-cutting moves, outsourcing, mergers and perhaps another big-name closure are in the cards for law firms this year , accor...

Relativity Media LLC has brought on Michael N. Rosner, former senior counsel with Loeb & Loeb LLP, as general counsel to t...

Sacramento's Remy Thomas Moose & Manley will become Remy Mosse & Manley LLP with the departure of founding partner Tin...

The Internal Revenue Service is now targeting dual nationals for failure to report foreign assets. By Sanford I. Miller ...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the U.S. Department of Transportation seeking details about unmanned aircraft. ...

Baker & McKenzie will likely close its doors in San Diego, which has seen significant attrition over the past decade, its ...

A 26-year veteran Orange County judge was ordered removed from the bench Wednesday by the Commission on Judicial Performance f...