Whether to file a motion to dismiss is just one of many early decisions an attorney defending an excessive force claim must ma...

Today one wonders what value any writer could add to the ocean of ink spilled about Nelson Mandela. Maybe it's his example as ...

Judge M. Marc Kelly has filed a response to the notice of intent to recall that opponents filed last week with the Orange Coun...

A South Korean immigrant convicted of child abduction asked the state Supreme Court Friday to reverse her conviction as part o...

The general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board recently issued a Report Concerning Employer Rules. By Kate S. Gold ...

After a significant decrease in March, the national legal job numbers made a modest recovery last month, according to employme...

Despite the legal industry's tepid start this year, law firm leaders remain positive that the rest of 2015 has potential for g...

Lance Bridges joined straight from Entropic Communications, which was recently acquired by MaxLinear Inc., and has years of tr...

The ripple effect following McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP announcement earlier this year that it would merge with global fir...

Karole Morgan-Prager, who has been the McClatchy Co.'s general counsel since 1995, will be leaving at the end of the month to ...

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.

The next president of the State Bar will be either Heather Linn Rosing of San Diego or David J. Pasternak of Los Angeles.

A decades-old state law imposing strict disclosure requirements on auto lenders after repossessing a vehicle has in recent mon...

The decision deals a heavy blow to employers looking to use a "failure to conciliate" defense as a backdoor mechanism to undul...

Juries help bring fairness to the justice system, but not every Californian is stepping up when it is their turn to bat. By Jo...

Bette Epstein has something unusual but fitting for a probate mediator: a degree in psychotherapy. ...

Sam was arrested for stealing a two pairs of flip flops from a department store. He was placed on probation, and had to wear a...

Confidence in the judiciary is hard won and easily lost. A recent Supreme Court case should help with the former. By Daniel Br...

Carefully screening your clients is an important first step for attorneys and mediators. By Paul Fisher

A court recently addressed whether attorney billing statements are covered by the attorney-client privilege. By Emily H. Wood

Environmental groups claim state regulators are failing to protect groundwater by allowing the oil industry to continue inject...

Irell & Manella LLP snatched up a pair of entertainment litigation rainmakers from O'Melveny & Myers LLP Thursday. Man...

Heather King joins Theramos Inc. from Boies, Schiller & Flexner in Washington, D.C.

After two years of fruitless negotiations, U.S. Senate leaders from both political parties are bullish that Congress will pass...

Two oil companies will pay the state of California a combined $11.5 million to settle alleged violations of state environmenta...

Attorney Kimberly L. Bick wanted to offer high-caliber legal services at lower rates than bigger law firms charged, so she ope...

Among lawyers disbarred recently, four got in trouble for mortgage modification and foreclosure rescue schemes - including one...

Should we weaken the legislative promise of mediation confidentiality and, if so, in what way? By Rebecca Callahan

State Bar presidents typically tour the state spreading the gospel of court funding, legal services or other high-flying goals...

The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Barr Laboratories Inc. may have violated the state's antitrust law when it ac...