Judge Richard Y. Lee is constantly trying to make his calendar more efficient for all involved.

Job growth in the legal industry that looked healthy in the summer has faded with the onset of fall. The industry shed 1,300 j...

Law firm origination credit was the hot topic at the annual business conference hosted by the California Minority Counsel Prog...

Lisa Berry's settlement with the SEC would allow her to serve as an officer and director of a public company. ...

When was the last time you reflected on the effect of your law school experience? By James McManis of McManis Faulkner ...

Don't underestimate the benefits of insurance coverage for class actions. By Dana Taschner and Kris Spriro of the Lanier Law F...

Uncertainty reigns supreme for Los Angeles County Superior Court staff who are unsure if the voluntary buyouts of commissioner...

As investor lawsuits pile up against mortgage lender Countrywide Financial, trial courts across the country are split on wheth...

Judge Jacqueline Stern escaped the monotony of staying at home with an exciting life on the Vista bench.

Pillars of the Hollywood and Silicon Valley industries - more than 120 all told - have filed amicus briefs hoping to steer the...

Jones Day has added Leah D. Harhay as of counsel in San Francisco. She specializes in international arbitration and litigation...

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney by na...

Redwood City-based Oracle Corp. and its subsidiary Oracle America Inc. agreed Thursday to pay $200 million to settle allegatio...

Even though most of California remains stuck in the commercial real estate doldrums, San Francisco's South of Market district ...

Lawrence C. Crispo's affable nature and sociability goes far toward putting litigants at ease and breaking down barriers to re...

Julia W. Brand, of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP, has been appointed as a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge for the Central Di...

Useful strategies to combat the all too familiar problem of stalking and harassment, and the overzealous paparazzi. By Micheal...

The listeria outbreak caused by tainted cantaloupes raises some tricky insurance problems. By Richard P. Edwards of Edwars &am...

What to take under consideration when it comes to using qualified settlement funds. By David M. Higgins of Higgins Settlement ...

Enforcement of self-reporting rules would aid in the State Bar’s struggle with attorney misconduct. By Maurice Possley and Kat...

A San Francisco-based company that specializes in financing home solar installations announced the appointment of its first ge...

A Los Angeles County Superior Court pilot program using volunteer lawyers to help settle employment-related lawsuits garnered ...

In response to gaping budget deficits and financial shortfalls, Los Angeles County Superior Court has requested as many as 30 ...

Veteran Los Angeles bankruptcy attorney Julie Wagner Brand will be sworn in as a judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Ce...

The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo's nomination to the district co...

Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed two bills requiring individual and small group health plans to provide insurance coverage ...

Intellectual Ventures LLC filed an infringement complaint Thursday against Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., accusing the mobil...

Biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies are executing plans to keep sales revenue from falling over the industry's so-calle...

Weeks of topsy-turvy stock markets have continued to take a toll on companies aspiring to go public. But two expected big deal...

A raft of class actions filed against Facebook is forcing several California judges to divine how publicity rights should exte...