The water is murky as to whether employers must force employees to take meal breaks, or must merely make them available, write...

Services will be held July 25 for Fredric John "Jack" Zepp, 1939-2008, a retired Latham & Watkins partner, who died on his...

Defense attorneys have long complained that the financial institutions they represent have a better chance of being struck by ...

Leaning eagerly over a table at ADR Services' office, mediator Fred T. Ashley's eyes light up as he extols his love of the Ger...

The new law school at UC Irvine now has a 14-member faculty plus five senior administrators to take care of its starting class...

A recent 4th District decision establishes a bright-line rule that requires a best interests standard of review, for family la...

Attributing their success to a "Perry Mason moment," lawyers for car manufacturer Hyundai have prevailed against a former empl...

A media lawyer who fought in court and against the government on behalf of reporters and staff at the Los Angeles Times for tw...

Draconian legislation aimed at paparazzi would undermine free speech rights while doing little, if anything, to curb the exces...

The State Bar is questioning the eligibility of an attorney who won a seat on its Board of Governors: officials say they aren'...

Web Exclusive - An appellate court rejected an arbitration award because the arbitrator did not disclose past disciplinary act...

One of the nation's top real estate agents has settled his part of an industrywide patent dispute, siding with plaintiffs who ...

An arbitrator has awarded $29 million to the families of five people killed by an apartment fire in the Kings County city of L...

Kaye Scholer nabs a corporate partner from Winston & Strawn.

The Justice Department announced Wednesday proposed changes to its policy of seeking attorney-client privilege waivers in corp...

RealtyTrac's monthly report found a 3 percent decrease in foreclosure activity for June when compared with the previous month,...

Michael Steel, a prominent environmental litigator and onetime managing partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's San Franc...

A Westminster city councilman and local Republican official running for Orange County judge has filed campaign finance reports...

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal added three Wilson Sonsini outsourcing lawyers to various offices on Wednesday, including on...

Being overly antagonistic and aggressive at trial can do more damage than good to your case, writes G. Christopher Ritter. - F...

Legal professionals and academics were shocked last week by the death of one of their own, Xia Zhao, 1969-2008, a Sillicon Val...

In a blow to the Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has approved its labor agreement...

A recent decision in Delaware case is an emphatic statement on the boundaries of securities holders' rights and importance of ...

Given the unpredictable nature of this election, America could witness the first modern electoral tie, which would trigger an ...

An immigration law firm and a San Francisco software company are the latest targets of a federal investigation involving appli...

Attorneys for Ford Motor Co. convinced the California Supreme Court Wednesday to reconsider an $82.6 million judgment against ...

Jack A. Draper has the solution for lawyers worried about their carbon footprints: mediate online.

A longtime O'Melveny & Myers labor and employment partner has jumped to Jones Day.

Rachel Folberg put her law career on the line to testify in Sacramento against the appointment of her former boss, Robert A. J...

Superior Court Judge David. S. Wesley displays the same talents on the bench that he showed as a sandlot ballplayer - speed an...