Even though the Social Security Administration is overwhelmed and under-resourced, the White House thinks it should also be po...

The United States remains the only democracy that refuses to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimi...

A federal judge was wrong to conclude that he did not have the authority to order widespread changes in the claims process and...

With the nation's ailing automakers desperate for government money, California is hoping Congress will use its leverage to end...

Multimillionaire businesswoman Fritzi Benesch sought $16.9 million in damages from lawyer William Hoisington. She claimed he f...

The U.S. Supreme Court could well follow its recent pro-business precedent in deciding whether AT&T Corp. should be held l...

The Supreme Court's ruling allowing the Navy's use of sonar has broad implications because it rejected the injunction standard...

Hanson Bridgett admits five of its own to its partnership ranks for the New Year.

The courts want 50 new judges and reforms to their pension and the foster care systems. But with dollars scarce in Sacramento,...

While the claims are not big in Elaine Streger's court, emotions can run high. The former research attorney has a knack for ...

Young associates, who are finding it more difficult to land big-firm jobs in the midst of the current economic crisis, are re-...

Alan H. MacPherson, a patent law expert known for his technical expertise and rainmaking ability, whose career included stints...

Entering into a transaction agreement with a special purpose acquisition company can be more complicated and burdensome than a...

The panel unanimously rejected claims made by Kaiser lawyers and staff that Dr. Michael Martinucci was a poorly performing phy...

Lawyers and a federal judge all made mistakes, but their blunders did not derail a union's wage-and-hour class action against ...

Starting Jan. 2, most federal magistrate judges will be assigned certain types of civil cases as part of a two-year pilot prog...

1st District Court of Appeal Justice Mark B. Simons is also known for his analytical skills and intellectual curiosity. He's e...

Using civil and criminal laws creatively, prosecutors bring a wide variety of actions on behalf of communities ravaged by gang...

Ropes & Gray snagged San Francisco assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Li-Ming Wong to join the firm’s government enforcement ...

The crowded Los Angeles mediation market is about to get a new competitor. ...

The Los Angeles affiliate of Dreier LLP will continue to operate as a separate entity from its New York headquarters now that ...

The Anti-Defamation League, a national civil rights organization that raises awareness of anti-Semitism and bigotry, will hono...

The firms K&L Gates and Chicago-based Bell, Boyd & Lloyd are considering a possible merger next year, hoping the combi...

AB 2738 was borne out of the collaborative efforts of builders and subcontractors working closely together to gain consensus i...

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday not to take up Sunnyvale-based Finisar Corp.'s efforts to reinstate a $104 million paten...

California courts of appeal have allowed government entities and their employees to use the anti-SLAPP statute to strike lawsu...

Roman Polanski's recent allegations of judicial and prosecutorial misconduct in the sentencing phase of his 1970s statutory ra...

Declaring that school officials "may need an incentive" to protect "special needs" students from attack, an appellate panel in...

Rick Frenkel, the one-time "Patent Troll Tracker" who was sued earlier this year along with his former employer, Cisco Systems...

County Superior Court Judge Kathryne A. Stoltz will leave the Van Nuys Courthouse this month after 23 years on the bench. ...