Systemic, class-wide treatment of disability issues is the most effective approach for plaintiffs and defendants. By Paula Pea...

Accusations that a lawyer accessed databases at some of the nation's preeminent law firms to obtain confidential deal informat...

A federal government shutdown is expected to send ripples throughout U.S. Courthouses in California, where U.S. attorney's off...

Two Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety inspectors were arrested Friday on federal bribery charges for allegedly tak...

The state Fair Political Practices Commission will decide Monday whether to accept an $8,000 fine from New York-based Deloitte...

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Four Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP litigation partners left the firm to open the Los Angeles office of Philadelphia-b...

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

Drawn to all of the disparate matters that figure into bankruptcy law, Judge Ronald H. Sargis helps people understand the comp...

Former California Gov. George Deukmejian and California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye were two of the guests of honor at T...

Alston & Bird LLP presented its annual California “Women of Distinction” awards at a reception on Wednesday, March 30. Th...

U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Jesse Acosta, who lost his eyesight during Operation Iraqi Freedom, addressed Los Angeles County Bar Assoc...

The Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association hosted its 36th Annual Installation & Awards Gala at the Empress Pavil...

By Eb Richardson Daily Journal Staff Writer By day, Neal Svalstad works in-house for Hitachi Home Electronics ...

A man accused of violating a new law aimed at curbing talent service scams pleaded no contest Thursday to two criminal counts ...

Time Warner Cable and media conglomerate Viacom each fired off a lawsuit against the other in New York federal court on Thursd...

The federal court system can operate at full capacity for 10 working days if Congress does not prevent a shutdown of the feder...

A majority of judges statewide are dissatisfied with judicial branch, according to the results of a California Judges Associat...

Lawyers will play an influential role in California's redistricting process as they help a citizen's committee redraw legislat...

Residents frequently receive an advantage over non-residents when bidding for government contracts. By Cynthia J. Larsen of Or...

Best practices for how to prepare for a mediation. By Daniel Ben-Zvi of ADR Services Inc. ...

In a ruling that could increase foreign plaintiffs' access to California courts, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thur...

Briefs that are pared down to the bare essentials are the most persuasive. By Richard C. Neal and Barbara A. Reeves of JAMS. ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the UC Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin Liu's nomination to the 9th U.S. Circu...

The state's budget woes have generated a level of anxiety that threatens to put the skids on otherwise promising pursuits, inc...

Four former Orrick litigators say they plan to build the Philadelphia firm's Southern California presence. ...

So-called "green patents" supply the profit motive for the development of green technologies. By Eric L. Lane of Luce, Forward...

The first time out, David B. Van Etten grew his firm to 50 lawyers, but a crushing overhead led to its demise. This time, part...

Omitting achievements of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans from textbooks amounts to viewpoint discrimination. ...

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP lost $10 million in 2010, according to documents that came to light in litigation b...