Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP announced Friday a major coup for its Los Angeles office - the addition of bankruptcy specialist Bruce...

General counsel and corporate secretary for Kyocera International Inc. San Diego ...

Are class action waivers soon to become extinct in California? By William K. Pao and Kelly M. Morrison of Jenner & Block. ...

Michele Hanisee writes in response to "Getting A Good Grasp on Gang Cases," by Greg Dohi and Darrell Mavis. ...

All of the partners in Howrey LLP's Northern California offices will not be accepting Winston & Strawn LLP's offers to joi...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley is criticizing Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to transfer thousands of state pr...

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday announced Michael H. Krimminger as its new general counsel. ...

Ever-increasing attention to electronic medical records has boosted interest by insurers in offering liability coverage to hea...

The structures of capital and ownership in many large firms are fatally flawed. By Edwin B. Reeser. ...

Lawyers are preparing to file lawsuits connected to a cluster of birth defects in Kettleman City that they blame on a hazardou...

The state Supreme Court has delayed resolution of an important tobacco litigation question, and the reason might be traced to...

A new federal lawsuit MGA Entertainment Inc. filed late Thursday seeks $3 billion from Mattel Inc. for allegedly flouting anti...

In an unusual case, an Altadena couple is suing Wells Fargo, accusing the bank and others of failing to properly disclose the ...

Hoping to crack the lucrative U.S. video game market, game development firms in China are taking a novel new approach - export...

A consumer group that works closely with the plaintiffs' bar has objected to a lawsuit's $545 million settlement agreement, al...

January saw a modest increase in legal sector jobs, but analysts say stagnant demand and economic hardship will have a lasting...

Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Saunders will jump to Bingham McCutchen LLP in Santa Monica next month.

Lee Smalley Edmon, the new presiding judge of the Los Angeles County courts, has an affable demeanor. But lawyers who have dea...

Howrey LLP, reeling from a rash of partner defections, now faces claims it has a conflict representing two classes of plaintif...

Retired judge Mac Amos splits time between Hawaii and the mainland, making time for triathlons and working on cases. ...

The John M. Langston Bar Association celebrated the installation of its new president, Gilda Clift Breland of McBirney & C...

The South East District Bar Association honored Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Mario Trujillo as the Attorney of ...

Members of the Beverly Hills Bar Association gathered at the Montage hotel Wednesday night to pay tribute to former California...

California's office and industrial markets are heading for a turning point in late 2012 or early 2013, according to the Allen ...

Sutter County Superior Court Executive Officer Len L. LeTellier died Wednesday after a long illness. He was 58. ...

The Japanese movie studio that owns the rights to Godzilla has sued American Honda Motor Co. for allegedly using an unauthoriz...

A U.S. immigrant learns what it means to become a black American. By Devon W. Carbado of UCLA School of Law. ...

A moot court competition featuring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor drew approximately 2,000 people to the UC Berkel...

A pair of nominees for the federal bench in California won Senate Judiciary Committee approval with no opposition Thursday, bu...