Shareholders of failed Sonoma Valley Bancorp have filed suit, seeking $69 million in damages and alleging that reckless lendin...

Disabled auto workers will receive $6 million in a settlement with their former employer. ...

How stereotyping and biases impact empowerment in law firms. By Susan Letterman White ...

The Internal Revenue Service issues updated guide for agents to audit lawyers. ...

A bill that would extend certain civil filing fees as well as implement a new $325 fee for litigants responding to appeals and...

In a post-recession legal market in which firms have become more inclined to cherry-pick lateral partners with lavish books of...

Real estate and finance lawyers are watching with interest pending legislation that would let government-backed lending giants...

Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye changed her mind and sided with defense lawyers Thursday in a closely watched case that shar...

Dozens of members of the Inland Empire’s legal community attended an Aug. 4 re-enactment of arguments in the landmark school d...

On August 10, various San Diego public agencies partnered together to present the third annual Passport to Life Career and Edu...

The 3rd District Court of Appeal has quietly asked the governor's office to delay filling a vacancy on the court in an effort ...

Redevelopment remains in limbo following state Supreme Court order and partial stay. By F. Gale Connor and Rick E. Rayl of Nos...

Why allocating severance payments over a period of months may not be a good idea. By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Ryan McEachern of ...

The Swiss verein is the current legal organizational vehicle of choice for major global law firms. By Edwin B. Reeser ...

An olive farm this week abruptly dropped its closely watched lawsuit against a group of Coachella Valley-area hot air ballooni...

Audiences will be able to hear parts of the Proposition 8 trial transcript next month in the form of an original play, "8," wh...

The nonprofit U.S. Green Building Council announced Wednesday it successfully fought off an attack on its popular green buildi...

Michael J. Gennaco, the independent consultant who investigates Los Angeles Sheriff Department shootings and jail deaths, has ...

New data shows that the first eight months of 2011 have produced 903 heath care fraud prosecutions by the U.S. Department of J...

An exclusive space on the Internet for the adult entertainment industry will launch in the next few weeks. By Phil Schroeder o...

Facing a novel lawsuit related to the foreclosure crisis, Deutsche Bank claims it is not responsible for the upkeep of hundred...

The San Francisco city attorney's office has sued a car wash, accusing it of labor violations including making employees wait ...

Law clerks who haven't yet passed the bar exam aren't entitled to overtime pay, the 1st District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesd...

With the help of a pro bono team of lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Sundance is trying to break through legal barriers f...

The federal Environmental Protection Agency added a man allegedly involved in mine waste dumping in California to its most wan...

A divided state appellate court on Wednesday upheld a $13.8 million punitive damages award against Philip Morris USA Inc. in a...

By granting an evidentiary hearing to a prison inmate, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday once more stepped in...

The state hopes to reduce its high prisoner recidivism rate, get offenders into treatment and ease prison overcrowding by movi...

Judith Chirlin, who retired from Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2009 to join Judicate West, said Tuesday she will cut ba...