U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced Friday his intent to retire at the end of the current term. ...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
The pilot season has been busy for talent lawyers because major networks have ordered a lot more scripted shows. Industry cons...
A piece of land owned by his famous ancestor could have changed Superior Court Judge Gerrit Wood's life.
Reggie Cole was scheduled to be released from Calipatria State Prison on April 6 after serving 16 years in prison for a murder...
Maura O'Connor, a partner in the downtown Los Angeles office of Seyfarth Shaw, has been elected to a one-year term as chair of...
A Newport Beach lawyer who once chaired the Orange County Democratic Party will be arraigned Friday along with a client for at...
At the urging of two dozen major law firms, the 2nd District Court of Appeal on Wednesday endorsed the notion that one lawyer'...
A lawyer who forged a Los Angeles federal judge's signature on a court order must spend six months in jail and six months in h...
Oscar-nominated actor James Woods opened American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference Wednesday wi...
The Democrat who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee refused a Republican request Wednesday to delay UC Berkeley School of L...
The window is starting to open for venture capital-backed biotechnology firms to enter the public markets or merge with other ...
Steven Pearl of The Pearl Law Firm considers how a 'powerless' mediator, one who cannot entice the parties or offer special in...
John McLachlan of Fisher & Phillips says the role of first line supervisors plays a crucial role in an employer's strategy...
With many foreclosure consultants understaffed, borrowers hit by the housing crisis need help from the legal community, writes...
Perspective
Consideration Met with Part Performance: Steiner v. Thexton Reversed
By Sharon Liangn
Nadav Ravid of Buchalter Nemer examines a recent California Supreme Court ruling that will significantly impact commercial rea...
Summer associates at law firms suffered a dramatic decline in the number of full-time job offers they received last year, and ...
Judges and Judiciary
Civil Lawyer Became a 'Prosecutor' In Judge Election
By Rebecca U. Cho
A Los Angeles deputy city attorney who has focused his 15-year career in the office's civil side identified himself as a "crim...
As a prosecutor and litigator, Steve Crandall took on polluters. Now a judge, tree-killing discovery is his target.
Garo Mardirossian, the 2010 president of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, prides himself as the first "forei...
Intellectual Property
25 Portfolio Managers, Prosecutors, and License Specialists
By Pat Broderick
Top 25 portfolio managers, prosecutors and license specialists ...
75 Leading IP Litigators ...
Intellectual Property
Central District Struggles In Its Role as Top Patent Venue
By David Houstonn
At the opening of a self-help legal clinic last year, U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz of Los Angeles told pro se litigants ...
The Obama administration is in the midst of creating the first ever government-wide plan for how a host of agencies work toget...
San Diego attorney Margaret M. Mann has been sworn in as a judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District by Chi...
Federal prosecutors trying to avoid the fallout from a growing crime lab scandal agreed Tuesday to postpone the sentencing of ...
Sacramento Superior Court judges on Tuesday announced plans to spend $1.45 million during the next five years to take greater ...
A San Diego magistrate judge has reversed a sanctions order against six attorneys who represented Qualcomm Inc. and fell under...
Los Gatos attorney Pierce Gore, facing a lawsuit over a newspaper advertisement seeking potential class-action plaintiffs, may...