Malcolm Sher explains the intricacies and considerations of resolving partition action disputes. ...

The Charles Schwab Corp. will pay $200 million to resolve a portion of a federal lawsuit in which a class of investors claim t...

A Silicon Valley technology company is running into one roadblock after another trying to prove that its former lawyers at Orr...

Judges in the Central District of California, who have come under fire for the way they handle their large patent docket, will...

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More than 700 athletes took to the surf, sand and streets to compete in the 33rd annual Kring & Chung Newport Beach Triath...

Over the past decade, business at the Port of Los Angeles has boomed. It is the nation's busiest port, contributing $5.1 billi...

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday took up the question of whether debtors preparing bankruptcy plans can put aside money for car-r...

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared unsympathetic Monday to the claims of an Ontario police officer who claims that he had a right...

California Attorney General Jerry Brown lashed out at Moody's Investors Service on Monday for refusing to cooperate in a probe...

An increasing body of case law suggests that an insured's reliance on the Fifth Amendment privilege may come at a significant ...

David Kahn, Ursula Hyman, Daniel Settelmayer, Paul DeMuro and Gerald Peters of Latham & Watkins explain changes to tax-exe...

Kathleen Russell of the Center for Judicial Excellence supports AB 2521, which will apply the same transparency requirements f...

A federal judge in Los Angeles sentenced Stuart Wolff, the former CEO of Homestore.com, to four and a half years in prison on ...

Michael Alexander, owner of several San Diego telemarketing companies involved in real estate investment fraud, was sentenced ...

David Blackwell and Michael Durkee of Allen Matkins say green motives or a "politically correct" principle does not necessaril...

Michael Rapkin and Scott Rapkin of the Law Offices of Michael S. Rapkin say in recent years, politicians have severely comprom...

Wells Fargo Bank may have decided earlier this month to settle claims that it unfairly targeted minority homebuyers with expen...

The 4th District Court of Appeal on Monday upheld the dismissal of one putative class-action lawsuit, and revived another, bot...

Thomas Morgan's "The Vanishing American Lawyer" argues that in the future, clients will need more specialized lawyers t...

Townsend and Townsend and Crew is offering companies facing patent infringement lawsuits a second opinion. Now they can come t...

U.S. Supreme Court justices Monday appeared unsure of how to resolve a dispute over whether UC Hastings College of the Law can...

William F. Delvac, left, Dale Goldsmith, Mark S. Armbruster, and R.J. Comer, in front of the Century Plaza Hotel, a client. ...

Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Univision Communications Inc. Los Angeles ...

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. will have to pay the $13.5 million for its role in making improper payments on a San Diego-bas...

Law firms' transactional practices have been among the hardest hit during the recession of the past two years. ...

Saying it would "too narrowly focus on one solution," the Administrative Office of the Courts is recommending against using co...

For investors, entrepreneurs and causal observers, claim construction may well be a mystery in the black box of patent valuati...

What married couples should know about obtaining innocent spouse relief. ...

Dana Frix and Jim Stenger of Chadbourne & Parke discuss the recent ruling questioning the FCC's "jurisdiction" over the In...