A federal judge told lawyers on Friday in the Countrywide Financial shareholder class action that an earlier order, advising a...

It's clear that the Bush administration frequently used the state secrets privilege and the executive privilege simply to prot...

This past year, the state saw important legislative amendments that pave an easier path for development of alternative energy ...

The next generation of the Internet, called Web 2.0, has arrived, offering firms opportunities to provide much richer, more ta...

The House of Representatives passed two bills Friday making it easier for workers to sue their employers for wage discriminati...

Three transactional partners from Dreier Stein Kahan have joined the Los Angeles office of the Chicago-based business firm Wil...

The torrent of real estate deals that came together in recent years are at risk of falling apart due to the turbulent economy,...

MGA Entertainment has hired a new legal team for the upcoming second phase of its spat with Mattel over the Bratz dolls. ...

Though 2009 might not see as many seismic shocks in the legal world as 2008, it still promises another turbulent, and extremel...

Despite widespread job losses that contributed to the highest unemployment rate since 1993, the legal services industry was on...

For nearly three years, Whittier Law School fought to get off probation with the ABA and won. And now the Costa Mesa school ha...

A Delaware federal judge found Friday that Rambus Inc. destroyed evidence in a patent case, casting a large shadow over the me...

Citing an "utterly unmanageable" caseload, California Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation Friday to create a...

For a mild-mannered man from humble east Los Angeles roots, U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez has endured a trial by fir...

Perkins Coie has elected two Los Angeles attorneys to partnership.

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

As a middle child, Monique Langhorne-Johnson learned to solve problems. The skill serves her well on Napa County's bench, she...

Imaginative and cheerful U.S. Magistrate Judge Louisa S. Porter has a knack for getting parties to settle their disputes. ...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton successfully concluded its 10-year courtship of white-collar litigator Bryan Daly, when ...

In a ruling that guarantees big changes in the billing practices of hospitals and physicians, the California Supreme Court Thu...

Non-judge Claudia M. Viera launched her mediation career by attending classes and sitting on panels. ...

A case before the state high court could significantly impact the scope of attorney-client communications, write Michael A. Sa...

In a painful sign of the continuing slowdown of legal work in the down economy, real estate specialty law firm Cox Castle &...

Employers faced with making layoffs may wish to engage in careful, strategic, WARN Act planning, write Stephen Harris and Etha...

Tangible legislation that will make California a more attractive place to do business is bound to result in more jobs sooner, ...

In an excerpt of her book "Exporting American Dreams," Mary L. Dudziak describes Thurgood Marshall's journeys in Kenya. - Book...

Ron Rosen's "Music and Copyright" is a helpful treatise that explains the rocky seas of music copyright infringement cases, wr...

Though most professionals are loath to express regret, doing so can signal humility and a willingnress to learn, writes Dan La...

"Turnaround" is a magic word for movie producers. It's that Lazarus moment when a dead Hollywood project is given new life at ...

A U.S. district judge in Los Angeles on Thursday dashed Metrolink's hopes of transferring lawsuits stemming from September's d...