Steven Pearl of The Pearl Law Firm considers what it is that allows parties to reach agreement when they do not know each othe...

Patrick Ryan and Sean Meenan of Winston & Strawn believe the 9th Circuit's ruling in Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores will lessen ...

The Supreme Court's wrong-headed decision on animal cruelty videos puts Congress between the proverbial rock and hard place, w...

Daniel Garrie and Bill Spernow conclude their article on how courts may be ill equipped to handle matters involving digital ev...

During his first two years as an ADR neutral at Judicate West, Michael Brenner said he's learned two important lessons. First,...

Steve Huntley of Huntley, Mullaney, Spargo & Sullivan explains three main solutions to stop foreclosures. ...

Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney Thomas J. Griego's ballot designation as a "criminal prosecutor" was challenged by an opponen...

Several major banks recently agreed to settle accusations of saddling minority borrowers with higher home loan rates than simi...

The owners of the music and lyrics from "Chicago" have accused Miramax of underreporting profits from the 2002 movie version o...

Democratic U.S. Senators, including Charles Schumer (N.Y.) took to enemy territory Thursday when they launched a bill intended...

Public Counsel honored its founder and chief executive officer by dedicating its new Frederick M. Nicholas Garden of Hope in h...

Howard Rice attorneys volunteered their Saturday, April 24, to participate in Rebuilding Together San Francisco's "Rebuilding ...

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

Now that video games revenues can match Hollywood blockbusters, the number of disputes over backend compensation in the video ...

Recently retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Terry B. Friedman has been reappointed to the Judicial Council as an advisor...

Circuit Judge Harry Pregerson of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will be presented with the Peter E. Haas Public Service...

Two leading Silicon Valley mergers and acquisitions lawyers led the teams that put together Hewlett-Packard's $1.2 billion pur...

California Supreme Court Justice Joyce L. Kennard will undergo surgery next week to remove what's believed to be a benign grow...

Former Toyota in-house counsel Dimitrios P. Biller--whose allegations about misconduct by the automaker's legal department rec...

The Administrative Office of the Courts is placing its human resources computer project on hold, saying it plans to use the mo...

The legal battle between the district attorney's office and members of a prosecutors' union reached a bizarre crescendo this w...

The ongoing debate over what kinds of political campaign communications are protected by the First Amendment continues to ensn...

The U.S. Supreme Court weighed Wednesday the question of whether the names of those who supported a petition calling for a ref...

A civil rights attorney said the Los Angeles Sheriff Department's Office of Independent Review outed her to deputies as the so...

Tim Tosta of Luce Forward acknowledges that, in one way or another, all the greats stood on the shoulders of someone or someth...

Robin Barnes examines the role and nature of privacy in Western democracies and discusses some of the legal battles celebritie...

Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says Arizona's immigration law unconstitutionally criminalizes "walking while ...

San Diego-based Sempra Energy will pay $400 million to settle claims stemming from the energy crisis earlier this decade in an...

The justices said a trial judge should get a second chance to decide whether a First Amendment violation was cured when Congre...

While judges can reach correct decisions on the value of digital evidence, they are at the mercy of "experts" when it comes to...