The Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators held its annual Leadership Awards Luncheon Tuesday,...

As senators work to overhaul the tax code, experts say all but the most radical reform would pose no existential threat to the...

The powerful Assembly Rules Committee has granted the Judiciary Committee's request to hear the controversial Trial Courts Rig...

Three controversial bills before the California Legislature that would force out-of-state Internet companies to collect use ta...

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals staff attorney has filed an amended complaint challenging her wife's exclusion from the he...

Responding to criticism by Proposition 8's proponents, former Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker of San Francisco ackn...

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee approved a patent reform bill Thursday afternoon by a 32-3 margin that would change the rul...

Violators of YouTube's new copyright policies will have to attend its "copyright school." ...

After four years of legal wrangling, Orange County deputy sheriffs have cemented their right to a generous pension that county...

A history of Hollywood unrest. By Jonathan Handel of TroyGould. ...

Coming off an estate tax-free year, attorneys are readjusting to new laws that are more favorable to high net worth individual...

Seventy-five years after its fouding, Beeson, Tayer & Bodine has successfully adapted to meet the changing face and needs ...

Section 1031 of the tax code lets you defer capital gains taxes when swapping investment assets. ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Stephen G. Breyer testified before a House panel Thrusday, answering questi...

What investments are eligable for a zero percent capital gains tax? By George Cabot of Morgan Miller Blair. ...

A new reporting requirement is viewed by many corporate taxpayers as unnecessary and intrusive. By Ivan Morales and Michael Li...

It's back to the drawing board for a shareholder derivative lawsuit filed against Allergan Inc. after Judge David O. Carter in...

Alfred Chiantelli of ADR Services uses charm and culinary secret weapons to settle cases. ...

Broadcom Corp.'s auditor Ernst & Young should have probed deeper into the semiconductor company's fraudulent backdating sc...

Plaintiffs' lawyers are accusing a former federal judge of leveraging his power as an arbitrator in one Wal-Mart settlement to...

Pepperdine University School of Law has launched a microfinance program that pairs students with residents of a homeless she...

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge John P. Shook hearkens back to a period when judges mostly let lawyers slug it out in ...

A federal judge set a trial date of late August in the case of prominent trial lawyer Pierce H. O'Donnell who faces allegation...

The state appellate panel's decision in a case involving claims over syphilis treatment could have wide ramifications for both...

Despite signals from the Legislature that dramatic change is needed, lawyers on a panel examining ways to revamp how the State...

Employment experts appear split on whether a proposed state law to raise the minimum wage from $8 to $8.50 would help or hurt ...

Another state ruling falls on the side of employers over enforcement of meal and rest periods. By Erik M. Volkert and Annie Ma...

A Southern California lawyer who has drawn heat for famously advising clients to break into their foreclosed homes was arreste...

The U.S. Supreme Court teaches a lesson to a lawyer who tries too hard to be clever. By Richard L. Kellner of Kabateck Brown K...

In a move he said was a sign of actions to come, California's Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced Wednesday that he is...