The move came after the plaintiffs failed to cram all the various nationwide claims related to unintended acceleration problem...

Former Democratic state Senator Joseph Dunn will be the agency's executive director.

The former CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co. agreed to trade stock for his new job at rival Oracle Corp.

Lawyers say investors are just trying to find another party from which to recoup huge losses from commercial real estate deals...

Despite early criticisms that his appointments to the state bench lacked diversity, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed a...

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan imposed strict new limits on the scope of the Alien Torts Statute — which a...

SANTA ANA - Hyundai will pay an undisclosed amount to the family of a young man killed in a 2005 freeway accident by a drunk e...

Call them the surfer and the skipper, two guys with different styles and skills, who regularly collaborate on high-stakes case...

Hewlett-Packard Co. may be suing its former chief executive officer, Mark Hurd, to stop him from taking its trade secrets to O...

Winget, Spadafora & Schwartzberg is upgrading into a larger office space as its Los Angeles attorney headcount and casewor...

In the latest in a string of crackdowns on employers who claim full-time workers as independent contractors to save money, the...

Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in California. Redaction of online court records is in the interest of all...

It's certainly not easy for ex-felons to get their lives back on track. Being a mentor to parolees can do wonders.

The $677 million jury verdict in a case against Skilled Healthcare Inc. that recently settled for approximately $50 million, i...

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Friday said that a Christian student had not met the requirements to sue his college...

The state's Green Chemistry Initiative will reduce or remove toxic chemicals from consumer products, by Peter Hsiao, William F...

Expect significant expansion to labor laws with the new National Labor Relations Board, by Alan R. Berkowitz and Arthur F. Sil...

No one likes paying legal bills. Here are 10 tax tips that will alleviate some of the pain and help you find the best way to a...

A patient in a typical hip replacement surgery, following several months of physical therapy after the major medical procedure...

On Tuesday the Legal Aid Association of California named Manatt, Phelps & Phillips the recipient of the 2010 Award of Meri...

Allergan Inc., the Irvine-based maker of Botox, reached an undisclosed settlement late Wednesday with the family of a woman wh...

The San Francisco U.S. attorney's office has struck a plea deal resolving its long-simmering prosecution of a former Mercury I...

A former Morrison & Foerster partner and his wife pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony charges in connection with an alle...

The arrival Thursday of litigation partners Paul J. Hall and Todd C. Toral to DLA Piper from Nixon Peabody brings the number o...

Heating up the political debate over "don't ask, don't tell," a pair of U.S. senators fired off a letter to Attorney General E...

The mother of Michael Jackson has sued concert promoter AEG Live alleging it holds liability for the late singer's death, in a...

John Roos, the former Wilson Sonsini CEO and current ambassador to Japan, shared his views Wednesday on the importance of U.S....

California's problems go far deeper and reach back further than the current recession, by John Caragozian, Karl Manheim and Do...