With the options available today, the choice of which smartphone to use is truly a personal one. By Paul R. Kiesel of Kiesel B...

Applying a purely subjective good faith standard to putative spouse claims will create confusion in the law. By Crystal N. Rig...

The Judicial Council plans to conduct a national search to find a permanent replacement for recently retired Administrative Di...

An auto-parts distributor in California has agreed to pay a $43 million fine as part of a plea agreement to settle a price-fix...

After 26 years at a litigation boutique, Edward "Eddie" Wood said Monday he is moving to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LL...

A federal judge has declined to dismiss a case against Toyota Motor Corp. that's set to be the bellwether trial over claims th...

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Peter D. Lichtman Jr. a prominent judge who is no stranger to controversy, has announ...

A federal bankruptcy judge and lawyers involved in the Heller Ehrman LLP liquidation jockeyed Monday over whether the judge ha...

Irvine-based Broadcom Corp. turned to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates for its largest-ever acqui...

A dispute between partners at Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth and the firm's former corporate head threatens to overshadow...

A federal judge is poised to reject a proposed class action by shoppers who claim electronics retailer Best Buy refused to hon...

Decades of regulations to prevent collusion between doctors and hospitals are at odds with new federal guidelines for "account...

Despite a judge's recommendation, a case dealing with gay spousal benefits won't be videotaped and broadcast. ...

A San Francisco-based SNR Denton team has sealed a motion picture distribution deal for pro bono client The Teacher Salary Pro...

As the U.S. confronts an ever-growing, nationwide obesity crisis, a legal battle is brewing in Los Angeles federal between the...

A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

Superior Court Judge Edward Weil continues thinking about his decisions, even after he's made them, hoping to learn from the p...

Environmental lawyers are grappling with vapor intrusion, in which chemical vapors seep up through cracks and openings under b...

Intellectual property vice president and general counsel for Cymer Inc. San Diego ...

The efforts to restrict birthright citizenship are as unconscionable as they are unworkable. By Bruce J. Einhorn of Pepperdine...

State law has expanded the traditionally defined trio of professionals to exempt more workers from overtime pay. By Leslie A. ...

A Harvard-educated employment lawyer from Newport Beach was sentenced Friday to 270 days in jail for stealing $90,000 from two...

Proposed corporate tax revisions that offer a 4 percent sales tax break to start-ups on equipment purchases might help some la...

Blue Shield of California is asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a controversial ruling requiring that ...

A recent court decision has Christian Louboutin seeing red. By Bradley P. Boyer of Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley PC ...

A bill protecting lawyers' ability to conduct liberal and extensive voir dire passed the Legislature and moved to the governo...

Prominent Orange County plaintiffs' attorney Mark P. Robinson, Jr. and Assistant U.S. Attorney Angela Joy Davis from Los Angel...

A San Jose magistrate judge has ordered the chief executive officers of Oracle Corp. and Google Inc. to attend a settlement co...

Google Inc. turned to Wilson Sonisni Goodrich & Rosati PC for its buy of iconic review company Zagat. ...

Months after losing a civil trade secrets lawsuit to Oracle Corp., an SAP subsidiary agreed to plead guilty to 12 criminal cop...