Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe will restore its associate salaries to their pre-recession levels beginning in January 2011...

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As trial began on a civil suit filed by a man who claims Twin Towers jail guards beat him, defense lawyers did not outright de...

Mitchell W. Roth, the first California lawyer to come under fire for cheating homeowners seeking mortgage modifications, agree...

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide an obscure issue of appellate procedure. Learn about the clash of two cases that p...

San Francisco Superior Court officials have decided to combine two of the court's civil divisions to cope with a $3 million de...

Developing a consistent and effective approach for any negotiation includes a cautious assessment from the start, by X. M. Fra...

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s general counsel has turned to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius to represent the technology giant in a series ...

Parents who show an inability to protect their children weaken their rights to continued custody. But what is the criteria for...

Contrary to the principles of due process, the people of California were not given an opportunity to be heard on the constitut...

Many people trying to open child care centers say they often find themselves up against a wall of red tape, struggling to deci...

Creditors with outstanding claims against financier David Bergstein and five of his film companies claim they have found a smo...

Televangelist and self-proclaimed "prophet of prosperity" Frederick K.C. Price will get another chance to prove that ABC News ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has failed to turn over even one document in response to a request for information about i...

The State Bar has given 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye its highest possible rating of exceptionally ...

A U.S. District Court decision Monday imposed harsher restrictions on stem cell research than were in effect even under former...

The faith-based charity World Vision, Inc. had the right to fire employees for rejecting Christianity, a divided 9th U.S. Circ...

”Sexually violent predator.” Even the term evokes a visceral response. But they are entitled to due process of law like everyo...

The chain of custody is open to attack if evidence such as DNA or blood samples were improperly collected, preserved and teste...

In a major coup, the Los Angeles office of DLA Piper has lured a five-partner group of intellectual property lawyers from Hoga...

In an opinioni cementing legal limits for Californians who have lost family members to medical errors, the California Supreme ...

Drawn to law by a police science class, Yolo County Judge Janet Gaard now runs her drug court with the understanding that peop...

A divided California Supreme Court on Monday barred an airline safety whistleblower's lawsuit because he failed to follow thro...

Days after Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's campaign said she would keep her vow to join litigation against fe...

Is it rational to spend more than $1 million in relocation costs for a business worth only $126,000? Here’s a story of a famil...

As a child of a difficult divorce, Superior Court Commissioner John W. Vineyard said the family law cases he presides over...

Vice President and General Counsel of Lewis Operating Corp. Upland ...

A large intellectual property group is moving from Hogan Lovells to DLA Piper in Los Angeles, rumored to include high-profile ...

California appears poised to offer more litigation relief for homeowners who are nearing foreclosure. ...

By David Fujimoto of the Los Angeles County public defender's office. ...