California lawyers and judges could be disappointed if they're hoping for guidance on how much is too much when it comes to pu...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear its first arguments on a vanguard legal issue in Pasadena Tuesday. The questio...

Plaintiffs who allege they were kidnapped, detained or tortured by Argentinean state agents at the direction of Mercedes Benz ...

Irvine-based Broadcom Corp. has reached a tentative $118 million settlement with its shareholders over a derivative action ove...

Chrysler Group LLC caved in to pressure by consumer advocacy groups, announcing that it will accept responsibility for future ...

The son of Vietnamese farmers, Nho Trong Nguyen has taken a complicated journey to the Orange Court Superior Court. Before bei...

Judge Marvin M. Lager of the Los Angeles County Superior Court fell in love with the law when he arrived at law school and con...

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...

Earn one hour of MCLE credit by reading "Fix California's Convoluted Constitution" by Jeffrey Lowe and answering the questions...

Acrivi Coromelas had to quickly return to teaching Afghan history at Gabrielino High School in Orange County after receiving D...

WASHINGTON - The federal banking and thrift regulatory agencies have requested comment on a proposed rule to phase in changes ...

The California Division of Labor Standards and Enforcement has given struggling businesses the ability to temporarily reduce m...

The American Bar Association showed the Federal Trade Commission that it means business Thursday, as it filed a lawsuit in the...

Kerry Gough, a civil rights advocate, has kept a hand in mediation in retirement as a means of keeping the justice system fair...

Dean Chemerinsky wanted his new law school to be "student-friendly" -- and the students even have their own Facebook page. ...

It was a big moment in a small Alameda County courtroom Thursday for two rival semiconductor producers who have been battling ...

The old adage that "law does not keep up with technology" is nowhere more true than in the ever-evolving world of telework, wr...

Richard A. Maize, a California mortgage banker who in 2007 pled guilty to federal criminal charges of bank fraud, has sued Gla...

Trina Jones and Mario L. Barnes,professors at UC Irvine School of Law, argue we are not ready to abandon equal protection meas...

The exodus of major partners from Cooley Godward Kronish continues. Craig Waldman, chairman of Cooley's antitrust and trade re...

A former Los Angeles union official on Thursday agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges of using friends and relati...

As a recent FEHC case proves, safeguarding the rights of pregnant workers and new mothers is as important as ever, write Arthu...

Done properly, an attorney fee structure obviates the normal tax doctrines of constructive receipt and economic benefit, write...

An amicus brief filed this week by the state's top labor official in the biggest employment case on the California Supreme Cou...

It is time for California's courts to establish some form of "inactive docket" to conserve limited resources while maintaining...

The state Supreme Court adopted a new rule of professional conduct that requires attorneys to inform most clients, in writing,...

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

Jessica Glynn hits the books between classes in UCI Law’s new library. Like each of her classmates, Glynn will have the benefi...

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on ethical impropriety in state judicial elections could cast its shadow over a major cam...

No matter how poignant or tragic the victims of exposure to toxic chemicals, lack of causation often dooms their cases, writes...