The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over whether lawyers should face restrictions when offering legal advice to cli...
Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a complaint against six U.S. government agencies Tuesday, demanding to know how they use ...
Robert A. Steinberg of ADR Services Inc. writes about the settlement of Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s antitru...
H. Scott Leviant of Spiro Moss analyzes how the California Supreme Court may shape the policies of judicial recusal. ...
In an effort to capitalize on innovation in clean technology and life sciences, Sidley Austin announced it was opening a Silic...
10 tips on how to maneuver through California's complex tax system. ...
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen is the first addition by the Obama administration to California's...
A judge's decision to immunize two former executives so they could testify as defense witnesses injects unexpected drama into ...
A San Diego jury sided with Sempra Energy in its fight to uphold a $6.6 billion deal to deliver electricity to the state Depar...
Our first list of 10 up-and-coming neutrals. ...
Orange County Superior Court Judge Debra Carrillo took a long, winding road to the bench.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Kozinski Complaint Is Dismissed
By John Roemer
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed a lengthy misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Alex Kozinski and numer...
Robert Berke — 1948-2009 ...
California death row inmate Kevin Cooper appears to have run out of legal options after the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday...
A federal judge on Monday denied a bid by a Cupertino-based company to block the sale of Barnes & Noble's new "Nook" e-boo...
Brian Kabateck of Kabateck Brown Kellner writes about the Minnesota Attorney General's exposure of an over-utilized and under-...
A Seyfarth Shaw attorney is suing his law firm, alleging it wrongfully stripped him of his equity partnership. ...
In an unusual move, the San Diego District Attorney's office is refusing to try cases in front of Superior Court Judge John S....
Presiding Judge Charles W. McCoy, Jr. says with the budget cut likely to be over $2 billion, preserving daily court operations...
Family law specialists Mitchell Jacobs and Robert Burch analyze In re Marriage of Blazer, a case of first impression on spousa...
The Cleantech Group predicts investors will pour more money into clean technology than last year, competition for a green econ...
An advisory letter written by an attorney to a client is entirely privileged and cannot be disclosed even if legal advice is r...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court Leans in Favor of Shareholders in Securities Fraud Case
By Lawrence Hurleyn
Showing little sympathy for pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co, the U.S. Supreme Court seemed inclined Monday to rule for sha...
David Nemecek Jr. of Long & Levit says Zhang v. Superior Court may subject insurers who engage in 'fraudulent conduct' to ...
Law Practice
Ranking System by Corporate Counsel Group Rankles Firm Lawyers
By Rebecca U. Cho
Barely a month after a prominent in-house counsel group debuted a website to rate the law firms that serve them, some firm law...
The California Supreme Court for the first time endorsed a cap on punitive damages Monday, saying the amount shouldn't exceed ...
The State Bar of California plans to shut down the unaccredited East Bay Law School unless it successfully pleads its case at ...
Vice President and General Counsel of Acer Group- Irvine ...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. named Long Beach the most business-friendly city in the county...
Jennifer Taggart of Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis addresses the new disclosure rules for online reviews and r...