Though there are several large securities fraud suits pending in California, just a few investors are aiming to test whether t...

It is easy to demonize CEOs who take bailout money and then pay employee bonuses - but to do so ignores wage and hour laws. ...

Neil L. Shapiro was an early convert to mediation when he saw it work in one of his cases 20 years ago. Now, he works as a med...

A new Senate bill proposes to impose mandatory sanctions for lawyers and litigants found to have violated Rule 11 of the Feder...

Heller Ehrman's creditors may seek to recover more than $50 million paid out to the firm's banks sooner rather than later unde...

There are more concise treatises that Gary Born's book "International Commerical Arbitration." But this one covers virtually e...

Someone has finally decided to take time out to stop and think before barreling ahead with our current, failed approaches to c...

The Senate Judiciary Committee passed legislation Thursday to overhaul U.S. patent laws, although opposition from key Republic...

This year's State Bar Board of Governors race is turning out to be a crowded affair. Eighteen candidates are in the running fo...

When Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis looks out her office window in September, she won't be greete...

A federal judge in Santa Ana issued a blistering condemnation of three Irell & Manella partners' work on the Broadcom stoc...

The attorney for embattled Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Peter McBrien defended his client from charges of misconduct...

Growing up in a rural, farming community, Judge David R. Worley finds comfort in the bucolic surroundings of the Ventura Count...

A shareholder lawsuit filed Wednesday against American International Group Inc. seeks the return of nearly $400 million in bon...

It may be possible for employers to enforce non-competition forfeiture provisions in California by including them in retiremen...

Hexavalent chromium, the controversial chemical compound made famous by the film "Erin Brockovich," is once again finding itse...

In one of the term's most closely watched employment cases, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that unions can require mem...

The Obama administration should use every weapon in its arsenal - including existing laws - to fight climate change. ...

A federal judge granted class certification this week to former Thelen employees who are suing the dissolving 85-year-old San ...

The simplest way for mediators to cool an overheated atmosphere and to bring the adversary to the negotiation table is to be m...

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Baltimore's failed attempt at using eminent domain law to keep its football team from ...

In a defeat for environmentalists, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the EPA can take into account economic costs wh...

For the second time since 2005, federal judges have asked the California Supreme Court for help in deciding how quickly sick s...

Two Superior Court judges and two top law firm partners are in the running for a vacant seat on the federal bench in the U.S. ...

Federal Circuit Judge Randall Rader ruled that the original $184 million award for patent infringement unfairly included royal...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to appoint a top manager from the county public defender...

Some in Congress are attempting to create a law that would allow for a dangerous drug substitution that could impact patient s...

The foibles involved in a mock trial session probably taught students more than if everything had gone smoothly. ...

A $79.5 million dollar verdict against cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris USA will stand after the U.S. Supreme Court decide...

Three key lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee have reached an "agreement in principal" on the most contentious issues ...