Paul Fegen, a Century City attorney and one-time real estate mogul, has moonlighted for years as a magician. Will he have anot...

Kimberly D. Griffin, corporate counsel for 24 Hour Fitness, has helped guide the company through steady growth that includes p...

U.S. Eximbank and OPIC will have to curb the carbon footprint of energy projects they underwrite across the developing world u...

Employers in the legal industry reversed course in January and eliminated the same number of jobs they added the month before,...

Unrealistic expectations can derail a lateral's integration into a new firm, writes Karen Kaplowitz. - Firm Guidance ...

Federal contractors are now subject to strict to ethics rules, write Catherine M. Sauvain, Timothy W. Jenking and Paul L. Knig...

Judges in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the nation's most popular venue for plaintiffs filing patent ...

As baby boomers start retiring, firms need to think about transitioning all levels of leadership, writes Marcia Watson Wasserm...

As firms increasingly turn to layoffs, Lauren Stiller Rikleen's indictment of law firm practices, "Ending the Gauntlet," is wo...

More vigilant measures are needed to protect small businesses from lawsuit abuse, write John Kabateck and John Merchant. - For...

Despite all the terrible things said about Tony Rackauckas during a weeklong federal trial, the Orange County district attorne...

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

Cities statewide are similarly trying to rein in legal costs amid plunging revenues in the battered economy. Some municipaliti...

As a young associate for Morrison & Foerster, Ken Siegel helped open the firm's first office in Japan in 1987. Today, the ...

For decades, law firms have remained largely insulated from the economic downturns that resulted in mass layoffs and terminati...

The State Bar has shut down an Orange County personal injury practice after two administrators there were allegedly caught pra...

It took two high court decisions and two appellate rulings, but the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control may have finally ...

In “Making Waves and Riding the Currents: Activism and the Practice of Wisdom,” Charles Halpern describes his quest for a more...

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was treated for early-stage pancreatic cancer Thursday, sparking speculation about her future on t...

A hungry state prison inmate denied meals by a guard achieved a rare win representing himself Thursday at the 9th U.S. Circuit...

Many lawyers have likely taken big hits in the stock market as of late, but they should leave the complaining to the Americans...

Employers should handle terminations in a way that avoids unnecessarily humiliating the employee and triggering the hard feeli...

Among the myriad programs in the behemoth stimulus bill under consideration in the Senate is a $20 billion plan to erect a nat...

More than 100 former employees of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are filing anti-discrimination claims against Lawrenc...

Selling off a piece of artwork can land museums and nonprofits in a legal storm without the proper due diligence, write Eva Ne...

Former judge Daniel Pratt finds his global travels help him navigate the legal world. ...

Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer on Thursday named several Republicans to her advisory committees that vet judges and U.S. attorn...

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges has nabbed two intellectual property partners from Latham & Watkins.

Michael Thorman and Michael Satris are defending alleged gang member Emile Fort on murder charges. Fort and another man are go...

Judge Edward J. King III faces a recall campaign and a spate of violent cases coming to his court. He didn't expect things to ...