Judge Michael J. Rushton's former career as a hardcore gang and homicide prosecutor did not prepare him for the fallout from t...

Farmers Group Inc. has agreed to a $545 million settlement of a nationwide class action that alleged the insurer overcharged m...

Overseeing traffic court provides him with a flurry of activity, but Judge Blizzard has his sights on more intellectual pursui...

A federal grand jury indicted Orange County attorney Gerald L. Wolfe on wire fraud charges for allegedly running a multi-milli...

Mary Carter Andrues, of Arent Fox began her term as President of the Federal Bar Association's Los Angeles chapter on Thursday...

Further tightening the reins on real estate brokers amid the housing bust, a state appellate court held that brokers for selle...

A man who secretly videotaped his conversations with an Ecuadorean judge is fighting the Republic of Ecuador's attempts to tak...

As two rival unions tally votes this week in their bid to control the largest bargaining unit of health care workers in Califo...

The State Bar announced Thursday that it has filed discipline charges against Sacramento-area lawyer James D. Sandison just on...

Political donations to the two major campaigns for attorney general are falling along unsurprising partisan and geographic lin...

When several associates switched firms in April from the established, 170-lawyer Luce Forward to the brand-new, seven-lawyer f...

Brian J. Goldenfeld responds to Jennifer Berg's column, "Don't Mess with California: Why Proposition 23 is Harmful." ...

How mediators can help bridge the gap between lawyers and difficult clients to build a better attorney-client relationship. By...

Gibbons v. Ogden removed barriers to westward expansion during the Early Republic. Two hundred years later, it continu...

Although the fate of the estate tax is unknown, pushing estate planning decisions to the backburner is a bad idea. By Los Ange...

Next generation cars offer a wave of new possibilities, but their increasing complexity also poses regulatory challenges. By J...

To executives at United and Continental, two of the country's largest airlines whose merger was finalized last week, Joseph M....

Attorneys for Dole Food Co. bribed a key witness whose false testimony led to the dismissals of three high-profile lawsuits ov...

The new majority of baby boomers on the U.S. Supreme Court will tackle modern issues such as informational privacy, video game...

Its been a smooth transition from a 20-year career as a top settlement judge to a neutral for Stephen Sundvold. ...

When a group of state officials and renewable energy advocates were scouring for the best solar energy sites, they thought the...

Judge Joseph O'Flaherty has taken two turns in the hot seat before disciplinary authorities, but remains defiant and plans to...

Three attorneys are named defendants in a $60 million lawsuit filed Wednesday by California Attorney General Jerry Brown, alle...

California lawyers had a hand in the $460 million recapitalization last week of Irvine-based Opus Bank, formerly known as Bay ...

After spending nearly two decades working at Loyola Marymount University as professor, law school dean and provost, David W. B...

Debt-burdened movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will begin circulating a reorganization plan among lenders as early as Thursday...

Banks accused of mishandling foreclosure claims during the housing market meltdown must move proactively to avoid being hit wi...

A personal stake in the outcome of a case shouldn't prevent a litigant from getting attorney fees as long as the case also res...

In one of the most hotly anticipated arguments of the new term, the U.S. Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with the question of...

Three California companies are in a race to bring new diet drugs to the market, but they have run up against regulatory and le...