After the deadly shooting at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" last week, Warner Bros. pulled premieres around t...

At a UCI School of Law event on July 17, constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky predicted that the U.S. Supreme Court will r...

Hogan Lovells’ Century City office held its fourth annual clothing drive this April and May for Chrysalis, a nonprofit that pr...

A retired state worker has standing to pursue a case alleging the head of California' prison health care system set up an...

Employment lawyers wonder why some large companies fail to engage in thorough background checks of senior company officers wh...

Irell & Manella LLP has established the first-ever endowed chair for pro bono law firm Public Counsel, the firm announced ...

Former executive members of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP will have to pay more out of their pockets if they want to join in on the...

In an order taking aim at the state Supreme Court's reading of free speech protections, a Los Angeles federal judge has reject...

In a time when ongoing budget cuts are forcing state courts to trim their services, attorneys are increasingly concerned about...

The Judicial Council announced the appointment of retired Shasta County Superior Court Judge Steve Jahr as the new director of...

Private landowners, such as Sierra Pacific Industries, complain that federal prosecutors are seeking excessive awards even as ...

General Counsel for California Sign Association Sacramento ...

Practice Fusion Inc., an electronic medical record company based in San Francisco, has appointed its first general counsel, th...

Congress needs to pass legislation urgently that permanently bans the sale of assault weapons. By Jeffrey A. Lowe ...

Famed civil rights lawyer Connie Rice told a congressional panel Wednesday about reforming anti-gang enforcement by cooperatin...

Dire warnings of a criminal justice system besieged under the plan to transition criminal offenders from the state to local le...

Insurers often contend that they have a duty to accept reasonable settlement demands, but no duty to propose settlement terms....

A San Jose magistrate judge on Wednesday ordered the jury be told that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. failed to prevent the dest...

Resist the impulse to persuade, and resist the impulse to accept the offers made by the IRS agent. By Bruce Givner and Owen Ka...

California justices will hear oral arguments Thursday on an appeal by the funders of the hit TV show "Nash Bridges." A jury in...

The 9th Circuit announced Wednesday it would reconsider en banc a 2-1 panel ruling in February that forced DNA sampling is con...

A key moment has arrived for the Toyota sudden unintended acceleration litigation as both the federal and state court judges o...

Chip designer Rambus Inc. struck out Wednesday at the U.S. International Trade Commission in its bid to hold several technolog...

Defense lawyers are challenging the State Bar's request to back out of two dozen discipline plea bargains previously agreed to...

A string of wins in capital cases in recent months has some death penalty foes feeling cautiously optimistic. Since December, ...

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Federal securities class actions during the first half of 2012 fell slightly compared to last year, according to a new report....

Best Best & Krieger LLP inked a 10-year, 13,742 square foot lease at Lakeshore Towers at 18101 Von Karman Ave. in Irvine.

The SEC's whistle-blower program's promise of cash rewards has upped the number and quality of reported tips. It's also spurre...

Judge Don Franchi ran for judge in part because he wanted to see more consistency in family law.