Cary W. Miller, a mediator, arbitrator and hearing officer with JAMS in San Diego, became a neutral by chance. Luckily for Mil...

Lawyers are negotiating more mergers and acquisitions among biotechnology and medical device companies, but the deals are comp...

Julia Spain After a winding path of a legal career, Judge Julia Spain takes pride in seeing her decisions questioned and valid...

Public contractors should always obtain written change orders before extra work is performed. By Cynthia J. Larsen of Orrick, ...

The White House announced Wednesday the nomination of Alaska Supreme Court Justice Morgan Christen to the 9th U.S. Circuit Cou...

A state appellate court revived a class action against Countrywide Financial Corp. and other defendants, ruling certain types ...

The federal criminal fraud trial of an Iranian-born real estate mogul ended Wednesday as prosecutors urged jurors to convict b...

It may have taken a year, but Democratic leaders have thrown their weight behind UC Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin L...

One week before the Trial Court Rights Act is scheduled to have its next committee hearing, the bill's author has introduced a...

A judge has blocked efforts to delay a blockbuster class-action ttlement reached by Farmers Group Inc. and top plaintiffs' law...

Political calculations around California's prison overcrowding appear to be complicating the math behind a bill aimed at bolst...

A group of Argentineans who claim they were kidnapped and tortured by their government in the 1970s at the direction of a Merc...

Unlike one-of-a-kind characters and fictionalized plots, the ideas behind the dozens of reality shows pitched every day in Hol...

Yolanda N. Northridge has made the transition from the civil to the criminal bench as easily as she moved from life as a nun a...

Employers are now free of one of the biggest litigation threats facing their business. By Dan Chammas, Rebecca M. Aragon, and ...

California courts' application of unconscionability law to class arbitration in employment claims is questioned. By D. Gregor...

A new summer diversity fellowship from Fox Group Legal offers first-year law students a chance to see legal work from both the...

An unusual lawsuit, in which a woman claims a casino gave her acid rather than water to drink, is set to go to trial on Monday...

Goodwin Procter LLP lured securities litigation partner Daniel J. Tyukody to its Los Angeles office from Orrick, Herrington &a...

Shaking up the race for his successor, Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley said he will not seek a record fourth...

Gov. Jerry Brown switches lawyers in the federal challenge to Proposition 8. ...

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has introduced legislation to create judgeships in the most overburdened federal courts, including ...

Summer programs are once again a secure way to land a law firm job, but bad memories from the past two years mean students are...

In the wake of last month's pro-business arbitration decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, Democratic lawmakers announced legisl...

What ought to be good news may be a problem for the State Bar: a $12 million surplus. ...

The state Supreme Court took a strong stand Monday against attorneys exploiting confidential information they learned while re...

Judge Richard B. Ulmer Jr. was forced to run for reelection soon after he took the bench. He says he trusted the voters' intel...

General Counsel and Managing Director for VantagePoint Capital Partners San Bruno ...

UCSF and UC Hastings pioneer partnership to double-team issues in health and law. ...