The liquidation of defunct Washington, D.C.-based law firm Howrey LLP will be placed in the hands of a government-appointed tr...

The lawyers at this Koenig Jacobsen LLP have a deep knowledge of their clients' businesses, going back, in at least one case, ...

Proposition 8 proponents on Thursday appealed a federal judge's order unsealing digital recordings of last year's trial about ...

Local bar organizations have volunteered attorneys to supplement Los Angeles County Superior Court's ADR programs, but impendi...

Just over a year after the devastating Pacific Gas & Electric pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 38...

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First California Bank turned a blind eye to years of fraud by a campaign treasurer accused of stealing millions from her non-p...

Gov. Jerry Brown has quietly tapped three judges and seven lawyers to sit on a committee that advises him on judicial appoint...

President Barack Obama has nominated U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen of Los Angeles to serve on the 9th U.S. C...

Google Inc. Chairman Eric Schmidt endured a Senate hearing Wednesday, but neither his testimony nor that of his rivals are lik...

Posts about the terms and conditions of employment, including job performance and staffing, were not grounds for termination. ...

Whether or not paid sabbaticals count as a form of vested wages isn't an easy question to answer. By Robin E. Largent of Carlt...

Two programs help Holocaust survivors seek compensation for their "voluntary" work during their period of persecution. By Ruth...

Revised California Rule 2.1040 makes it easier to transcribe electronically recorded evidence. By John A. Taylor Jr. of Horvit...

To curb criminal gang activity, we have adopted special sentencing rules and uniquely oppressive correctional practices. By Ha...

While Gov. Jerry Brown has made no public statement on how he plans to approach judicial appointments, a panel convened on Tue...

School teachers are preparing to enter the fight over state laws cutting funding for redevelopment agencies, money that would ...

A novelist has sued his creative partners for producing a film based on his original story without obtaining the rights. The c...

A federal judge has dismissed a putative class action that claimed Apple Inc. and eight mobile media companies wrongly collect...

A San Diego jury has awarded a medical device maker more than $101 million in damages in a patent infringement case over produ...

Venable LLP, a national law firm that's recently pushed for growth in Los Angeles, picked up white-collar criminal specialist ...

Despite video and audio recordings of the attack, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas will have a difficult time c...

Dealing what could be a crippling blow to wiretapping victims, a judge has ruled plaintiffs cannot recover damages from AT&...

In a major reversal favoring homeowners damaged in the foreclosure crisis, a 9th Circuit panel on Wednesday revived a potentia...

A water war is raging after San Diego County water officials accused directors of the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water Dis...

An undisclosed buyer purchased the Villa Bonita apartment complex in the Hollywood Hills for $4.35 million.

Profit-sharing disputes over hit films and TV shows have long pitted artists and studios against each other. But lawyers say a...

The fevered pitch of European Union antitrust cops has prompted Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati to open its first Europea...

The new post-issuance review provisions provide many benefits, but watch out for these dangers. By Robert P. Andris and Neil A...

Dealing with insurers who boldly refuse to pay defense costs based solely on the bill's format. By Joan M. Cotkin of Nossaman ...