Attorneys have been using decision trees to perform cost-benefit analyses for years - but they're far from ideal.

Sometimes the most innovative changes a firm can make are also the simplest and cheapest.

Chapman University School of Law, where visiting assistant law professor Kathy Z. Heller teaches, has been quietly building a ...

Orange County's appellate justices will get new digs after all. In December, a little-known state panel called the Pooled Mone...

Alexander S. Polsky says his aptitude for ADR work came from teaching special education.

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

Some California agencies have gotten hot and bothered by efforts to implement solar energy systems around the state.

Insistence on "reasonable demands" before parties submit to mediation can very quickly lead to impasse.

Whether its sidling up to sushi bars or slipping into spandex to run around on treadmills, Los Angeles has always had a knack ...

The CEOs of music industry giants Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. and Live Nation Inc. had a long week on Capitol Hill defendi...

The district attorney is stepping back from an agreement with public defenders to handle as many as 140 sex offender cases und...

Unlike in the private sector, public employers need to provide employees with certain due process rights before commencing lay...

In "The Open Source Alternative," Heather Meeker highlights the legal principles at work in today's software landscape.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is making progress on his commitment to bring more diversity to the state's courts, according to da...

Calling all Big Law trial attorneys. Robert Morgenstern wants you - to join the Association of Southern California Defense Cou...

Moving quickly to fill a void left by the departure of several litigators earlier this month to form their own firm, Keker &am...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that city leaders of a Utah town didn't violate the First Amendment rights ...

Monetizing life insurance assets is a strategy commonly overlooked in the often frenzied world of bankruptcy, write Eric S. Me...

Dick Ackerman, who until last year served as the state Senate Republican leader, has joined Nossaman's Orange County office as...

For the sixth time this term, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday, in decidin...

A federal judge in Santa Ana slammed Irell & Manella on Wednesday for "ethical failures" and for disclosing privileged inf...

Life could get much tougher for attorneys who cross the State Bar.

Cramdowns. It sounds more like something that happens inside a World Wrestling Federation ring than in the solemn formality of...

Lured by construction booms and the prospects of huge deals, big law firms set up satellite shops across California in the pas...

In a pair of moves that spell big trouble for California’s ratcheted-up legal efforts to cut Medi-Cal costs, federal judges in...

A Delaware case provides a reminder for boards of directors and their legal advisers of the importance of properly addressing ...

Lawyers who gave erroneous advice authorizing the United States to torture people should be held criminally liable for their a...

Crosstown rivals USC and UCLA face off to see which campus is more committed to public service work.

The November passage of Prop. 8 has galvanized law students across the state to take action.

After years of working for his dad as a paralegal, a San Diego man finally got his own Bar number - without attending law school.