Tampa-based Holland & Knight LLP, one out-of-state firm among many that's struggled to grow in Los Angeles, is in the proc...

The Senate confirmed Alaska Supreme Court Justice Morgan Christen’s nomination to join the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals on a 95-3...

On Dec. 6, the Irish Heritage Award reception took place at the Arent Fox firm in Los Angeles. Arent Fox attorney Michael Turr...

The San Diego County Bar Association’s 2012 President Marvin Mizell is sworn into office by Judge Joe Littlejohn at Stepping U...

The District of Delaware's status as a place for plaintiffs to file patent infringement lawsuits without fear of the cases bei...

A year after opening its first international office in Venezuela, Littler Mendelson PC has opened two offices in Mexico, the l...

On Dec. 1, Loyola Law School in Los Angeles welcomed about 180 graduates for its swearing-in ceremony for those who passed the...

An amnesty program for traffic-fine scofflaws that the state and the judiciary hopes will fill its bare coffers is drawing sha...

Despite tense U.S. relations with Iran, a San Diego defense contractor owes about $3 million to Iran's defense ministry, a 9th...

Kelly Dermody has a passion for pro bono work, an enthusiasm she hopes will be contagious among the members of the Bar Associa...

When does time run out on legal malpractice claims? By Gerald M. Serlin and Kelly R. Horwitz of Benedon & Serlin

Klopping claims require actual, targeted interference with specific property rights. By Mona M. Nemat of Best Best &...

Employment class action litigation took center stage this year in three distinct ways. By Curtis A. Graham of Ford & Harri...

President Barack Obama announced Wednesday he will nominate two lawyers to serve on the National Labor Relations Board — nomin...

An Oakland federal judge sentenced former Linklaters LLP lawyer Igor Purlantov to 24 months in prison for stealing money from ...

Long Beach-based medical provider Molina Healthcare bought the 460,000-square-foot office building it had been leasing in the ...

Three executives of Hitachi-LG Data Storage Inc. agreed to plead guilty for their role in a price-fixing conspiracy in the opt...

A new rule would require manufacturers of drugs and medical devices to report all payments or other transfers of value they ma...

Fremont-based Lam Research Corp. agreed to buy San Jose-based Novellus Systems Inc. in a $3.3 billion all stock deal.

A would-be reality producer with an award-winning idea is suing Discovery Communications Inc. after a highly similar version o...

A unit of shipping giant UPS will pay $95,000 and agreed to a three-year consent decree to settle a lawsuit after the Equal Em...

The city of Long Beach, which was thrust into the medical marijuana spotlight after an appellate court said federal law pre-em...

UCLA Health System found itself on the receiving end of a proposed class action Wednesday for its admitted loss of an external...

Some legal ethics experts are questioning why a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge failed to notify all counsel in a pend...

Federal court officials unsealed an indictment Wednesday charging several real estate investors and an auctioneer in a conspir...

Seeking to rein in bird deaths from wind turbines, a nonprofit has asked for regulations to protect birds from the growing num...

Despite steep cutbacks in legal services funding and growing demand from clients, the Legal Aid Society of Orange County for t...

A popular incentive for renewable energy projects was dealt a blow this week when the Republican-led U.S. House of Representa...

Looking forward to next year, we decided to take a look back at five key lateral hires of 2011 and the consequences that flowe...

A tale of caution for attorneys representing insureds that are in, or considering, bankruptcy. By John J. McLeod, Daniel H. Ry...