The National Defense Authorization Act gives armed forces too much discretion. By Bruce J. Einhorn of Pepperdine University Sc...

A group of five corporate and intellectual property partners from Reed Smith LLP's Silicon Valley office have decamped the lig...

Real estate attorney Shervin Lalezary shot to fame after arresting a serial arsonist as a volunteer deputy sheriff. ...

General counsel for Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club LLC and Anaheim Arena Management LLC Corona Del Mar ...

Concern over discrimination of individuals with disabilities triggers a new set of proposed regulations. By Jon A. Geier and M...

Insurers learn a costly lesson about responding to tendered claims. By Valentine S. Hoy and Timothy M. Hutter of Allen Matkins...

President Barack Obama's three recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board are likely to stick, at least until a...

UC San Diego Medical Center reached an agreement to settle allegations that it discriminated against immigrant employees, the ...

An Ecuadorean appellate court on Tuesday upheld a lower court's ruling that Chevron Corp. should pay a group of Amazonian plai...

The state Supreme Court's decision in an important meal-and-rest break case should be both retrospective and prospective, lawy...

An advisory panel's report this week strongly criticizing California's $98.5 billion bullet train proposal could significantly...

A subset of the hacker collective known as Anonymous has struck again, this time targeting California law enforcement members....

A report has found that the federal Environmental Protection Agency needs to better manage the risks posed by the burgeoning f...

In another move to boost its antitrust and competition practice in San Francisco, Paul Hastings LLP has hired corporate litiga...

Last week's state Supreme Court decision dissolving local redevelopment agencies has plunged hundreds of projects throughout t...

Shadowy allegations that top FBI officials in Southern California discriminated against the local Muslim community are startin...

The perfect comeback plan for U.S. automakers goes up in smoke. By Jonathan Michaels of Michaels Law Group

A recent ruling by a Northern District federal judge may stymie efforts by the Securities and Exchange Commission to crack dow...

Statistics released by the Judicial Council show that the rate of civil bench trials has grown statewide, whereas the number o...

Judge Yolanda Orozco coaxes defendants toward progress in her arraignment court.

Maersk Line Ltd., the American subsidiary of the world's largest shipping container company, has agreed to pay the U.S. govern...

As leaders at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP gear up for the departure of Chairman and CEO Ralph Baxter, they're implem...

A new heightened standard may reduce the number of inequitable conduct claims against patents. By David E. Kleinfeld and Jacqu...

The state Supreme Court's decision brings to life the nightmare redevelopment agencies feared most. By Rick E. Rayl and Bradfo...

Landowners cannot turn a blind eye to preventable criminal misconduct simply because it has not happened yet. By Douglas A. Ro...

The 1.2 million people in Los Angeles who live close to freeways may be getting exposed to air so dirty it violates federal ai...

Judges who voluntarily retire for disability can't be certified to administer oaths unless they are sitting on a court by desi...

Judges who voluntarily retire for disability can't be certified to administer oaths unless they are sitting on a court by desi...

Maribel S. Medina, former general counsel to the San Francisco Unified School District, has returned to private practice in So...

After a scandal at Penn State drew the nation's attention to the problem of child sexual abuse and its legal ramifications, th...