A state appellate panel Tuesday reversed a San Luis Obispo County trial judge and held that a party can win legal fees for lit...

A U.S. Bankruptcy judge has approved the Los Osos Community Services District’s bankruptcy plan, bringing to an end nearly fiv...

A five-member majority, led by Justice Antonin Scalia, is raising concerns even among the most traditional proponents of arbit...

New legislation signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown Monday will require sports agents to give up any profits earned as a resul...

The Scott River is not a large or well-known river. Nonetheless, it is at the center of a legal fight over a fundamental quest...

Chief operating officer and general counsel for Tioga Pharmaceuticals Inc. in San Diego ...

The Association of Corporate Counsel's Value Index was intended to help in-house attorneys know more about which law firms wer...

Robert H. Schuller's Crystal Cathedral Ministries said it will try to raise $50 million in donations in 120 days to rescue its...

Attorneys are no longer required to lodge non-California authorities with their papers. By Blair Schlecter of Hurrell Cantrall...

Matthew D. Powers, the former Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP patent litigator who started his own firm last month, is adding a...

People with disabilities should not have to go to court in defense of their right to have fun. By Paula Pearlman of Disability...

With some diligence, tenacity, strategic thinking, persistence, and the power of positive relationships, no matter is too grea...

Prosecutors in public corruption cases must show that officials either knew or should have known their actions were wrong, the...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Monday that requires prosecutors to use witness testimony or physical evidence to bolster the a...

Aim not only to master the case, but to present it in a stripped-down way that the judge and jury can easily understand. By Ri...

The former general counsel of Tesla Inc.is launching a web-based private judicial system that uses arbitrators to resolve disp...

Rejecting a defense raised by banks to fend off plaintiffs in auto repossession challenges, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal...

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

Justice Elena Kagan made a huge splash during her debut term, emerging as both a powerful presence on the bench and a reliable...

General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer of Faithful Central Bible Church Inglewood ...

Using statistical tools to determine which lawyers are better than others. By Michael D'Andrea of Bremer Whyte Brown & O'M...

When it comes to politicians and sex scandals, public scorn is just the beginning of the end. By Laurie L. Levenson and Laura ...

Employer and employee rights are sacrificed under the NLRB election rule amendments. By David A. Kadela of Littler Mendelson P...

Retailers and manufacturers will soon have to reveal what efforts they take to combat slavery and human trafficking. By Peter ...

Thomas R. Sheppard, former member of the executive committee of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP and son of firm foun...

An Artesia nonlawyer who believes he has received permission to practice law nationwide faces jail on 13 misdemeanor counts. ...

The district attorney of Del Norte County could face discpline for practicing law for five days when his license was suspended...

The California Department of Motor Vehicles will be held financially responsible for damages suffered by more than 700 motoris...

A state court jury Friday awarded $17 million to the mother of a 48-year-old blind man killed when he mistook the gap between ...

DNA are the genetic building blocks for every plant, animal and human, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit o...