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

Corporate partner Sandra Seville-Jones takes the reins at Munger, Tolles & Olson at a rocky time in the legal services ind...

By day, Pamela Samuels Young serves as Toyota's Managing Counsel for Labor and Employment. By night, and in the early morning,...

Discovery is moving forward in a bevy of civil lawsuits that have sprung out of the Anthony Pellicano case, alleging invasion ...

A requirement that out-of-state transgender residents file a petition in the county they reside in to change the gender on the...

California courts should recognize that extending a duty of care in exposure cases will not solve the myriad problems with asb...

Sokolove Law CEO Michael J. Skoler speculates that with changes under way in legal systems around the globe, a transition to n...

Graphics can help deliver more effective opening statements and closing arguments by easing the introduction of complex inform...

Cleantech companies should protect their unique ideas by taking advantage of our sophisticated patent system, writes Michael D...

The attorney for the former State Bar employee suspected of embezzling $675,000 from the agency said his client plans to coope...

After years of battling non-contracted hospitals about what is fair reimbursement, some health plans are simply sending a chec...

If the State Bar disciplines Thomas Frankovich, the unapologetic, cowboy boot-wearing litigator from Marin County might just b...

An online jukebox and digital entertainment company has accused its former patent counsel at Morrison & Foerster of botchi...

The 9th Circuit is known for disappointing prosecutors and corporate executives, but another constituency can be added to the ...

Public-private partnerships allow public agencies to own transportation infrastructure that are financed and built by the priv...

If banks don't implement compliance programs in accordance with the Bank Secrecy Act they risk being accused of aiding in Ponz...

Richard H. Chernick, JAMS vice president and managing director of its arbitration practice, attributes much of his success to...

Law firms are kicking off an effort to replenish supplies at food banks in anticipation of high-demand summer months. ...

Mulji Patel, 79, was convicted of attacking opposing counsel with a hammer in his workers' compensation case. He had earlier h...

A former Los Angeles police sergeant convicted alongside ex-Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano could be released from jai...

Ending nearly two years of litigation, Orange County hospital owner and operator Integrated Healthcare Holdings Inc. has settl...

The event scheduled for May 1 at the Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles and hosted by Southern California chapter of th...

Nearly a year after receiving offers of employment, hundreds of law students who planned on starting lucrative careers at big ...

Paul Levine brings complex characters and an insider view of the legal system to his novel "Illegal," writes author Elaine Eli...

While payroll reductions have obvious attractions, they can be fraught with potential long-term pitfalls, advise Lonny M. Zilb...

Oakland Athletics General Counsel Steven Johnston talks about his love for baseball and how the A's do so much with one of the...

Days after being elected a court commissioner, Randolph E. Heubach witnessed the murder of his law partner by a convicted ars...

Mulji Patel, who injured his back while working at a Rockwell plant nearly three decades ago, was so frustrated he threatened ...

Intellectual property lawyers are feeling the chill of the recession. On Wednesday, San Francisco-based firm Townsend and Town...

A one-time baggage screener at Los Angeles International Airport has admitted to forging two federal judges' signature on phon...