Albert Vieri, an Italian immigrant and Yale graduate whose 50-year California law career included tenures with the Legislative...

Despite turbulent economic times, Seattle-based Davis Wright Tremaine is expanding its footprint in the Golden State. ...

During the holidays in particular, lawyers should feel compelled to perform legal services for those who are traditionally den...

A recent California appellate court decision broadens the reach of the continuing violation doctrine even further, writes Step...

In the early days of Hollywood, the big studios didn't keep in-house counsel. But lawyer Mendel Silberberg, co-founder of Mitc...

A federal judge Friday refused to throw out a lawsuit claiming a city homeless assistance program discriminates against disabl...

The Los Angeles Unified School District does not have to stop granting minority students preference for admission to its highl...

Clearheaded on and off the battlefield, Judge William S. Dato is known for his sharp writing skills honed working on high cour...

As a Drug Court commissioner, Francisco P. Marty Jr. goes the extra mile to help those whose futures look dim. ...

Intellectual property firm Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear has nabbed two former Thelen partners.

The bad economy has forced Leonard J. McGill, general counsel of an RV and mobile home manufacturing company, Fleetwood Enterp...

Recent years have not been kind to consumer arbitration agreements. And efforts to change the way they are used is coming from...

California Attorney General Jerry Brown just took the kick out of a popular alcoholic drink. Brown joined with San Francisco C...

The RESPECT Act and the Patriot Employer Act are just two among many pieces of legislation likely to affect employers and work...

Copyright law is the most inefficient property system known to man, Lawrence Lessig writes in his new book, "“Remix: Making Ar...

A recent appellate case shows the proper interplay between court and jury findings in cases involving legal and equitable issu...

One-time rock band member and plaintiffs' lawyer Robert M. Tessier changes his career path. ...

After six years chairing the Los Angeles County Superior Court's ADR committee, Judge Helen I. Bendix will step down from that...

Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas told a federal corruption jury Thursday that former county sheriff Mike Carona...

No one who had a part in creating the City Charter believed the controller's authority to conduct performance audits would app...

The news about the economy just went from bad to worse - that is, if you are on the losing end of a wrongful termination suit....

A 4-3 majority of the California Supreme Court refused to give a Los Angeles woman who pulled her friend from a car after an a...

USC Gould School of Law has named a new associate dean and chief development officer.

Russ Roeca, chair of the Bar Association of San Francisco's Marriage Fairness Task Force, takes over as the bar's president to...

Former prosecutor Christopher J. Evans no longer has the narrow vision of an advocate. 'You literally don't care who wins.' ...

Researchers say 750,000 patients traveled internationally for medical treatment last year, despite the fact that courts in pop...

Some of the important lessons from the savings and loan crisis, and even from Watergate, can guide today's plaintiffs' lawyers...

Just in time for the holidays: lawsuits against Christmas festivals and shopper-on-shopper violence, writes John G. Browning. ...

Columnist Martin Berg wonders if a high-profile veteran sex crimes prosecutor committed a harmless slip of the tongue in closi...

A two-year-old copyright infringement complaint featuring some of the world's most famous musicians, two big-name law firms, l...