Gov. Jerry Brown this week signed into law a bill that eliminates the requirement for exonerated defendants to pay fees for co...

Robinson Calcagnie Inc. partner Michelle M. West uses her passion for running to help catastrophic injury victims

Aggrieved employees in representative Private Attorneys General Act claims have the same discovery rights as plaintiffs pursui...

The defense attorney is seeking material in sheriff’s deputies’ personnel files that may impeach their supervisors’ testimony,...

Nissan North America defense attorneys said the driver of an Infiniti SUV suing over a brake defect mistook the brake pedal fo...

The attorney for State Auditor Elaine Howle is seeking to undercut a core legal argument used by attorneys for the Commission ...

The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the San Diego Association of Governments did not abuse its discretion in declining...

A jury awarded $17 million to a security guard who lost his leg after it was mangled in a gruesome forklift accident.

A former lawyer and his conspirator in a mortgage scheme that involved fake law firms will each serve nearly four years in fed...

A California nonprofit has filed a class action against federal immigration authorities alleging that border officials have be...

Former Los Angeles County Presiding Judge James A. Bascue has been disbarred by default after he did not appear for a hearing ...

California State Auditor Elaine M. Howle reported last month that 80 percent of the bar’s more than 500 full-time employees ar...

A putative employment class action that showcased a novel defense from Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and nine amended c...

The Los Angeles County public defender’s office is seeking publication of a 4th District Court of Appeal opinion that affirmed...

The severe damage that resulted when a Nissan SUV slammed into a van and killed three passengers doesn’t reconcile with plaint...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave the Department of Justice another shot to pursue its racketeering case against the ...

Citi Bank’s Law Firm Leaders Confidence Index report revealed cautious optimism for the demand for legal services in the secon...

A recent court victory by a certified public accountant who refused to pay a $49 fingerprinting fee may shed light on the diff...

Blocked by federal law and then denial of a state administrative complaint to press their allegations that low Medi-Cal reimbu...

Douglas B. Warrick, who worked as a public defender for nearly 20 years in Contra Costa and Los Angeles counties, died unexpec...

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel sharply questioned lawyers Wednesday over whether a Mexican who obtained a green car...

Justice Thomas E. Hollenhorst, who pioneered the use of tentative opinions, announced his decision to retire Tuesday from the ...

The agency says it is unclear who will cover the costs of the effort that would enable the bar to get attorney arrest and conv...

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel grilled a government lawyer Tuesday during oral arguments in a lawsuit to determine ...

The Department of Homeland Security is delaying implementation of an immigration rule created by the Obama administration that...

Attorney helped Littler Mendelson PC become a labor and employment powerhouse.

Prosecutors in a seven-month corruption trial lost five more charges to dismissal on Monday and Tuesday, bringing the final to...

A bill targeting fraudulent immigration consultants ran into serious opposition in the state Senate Judiciary Committee on Tue...

Cakes for gay weddings, tires for church playgrounds and the Trump administration’s travel ban were up for discussion at an ev...

Akerman LLP has moved its Los Angeles offices from the Ernst & Young Plaza to the historic CalEdison DTLA building, the fi...