North Hollywood-based IPC The Hospitalist Company Inc. announced Friday the appointment of its new general counsel and corpora...

Local and state leaders met Friday in Sacramento to announce the close of escrow for land near the Eastern District federal co...

Irell & Manella LLP secured two favorable decisions for client Tessera Inc. last week in a multi-venue patent dispute agai...

In a settlement with nonprofit San Francisco Baykeeper, Levin-Richmond Terminal Corp. will take steps to prevent toxic metals ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is considinering whether the FHA's ban on racial discrimination in housing can be violated by someone w...

Former Undersecretary of Operations for the state corrections department Martin Hoshino took over as head of the judicial bran...

A state appellate court Friday rejected a bid by ratepayers against Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to reclaim more than $100 m...

Judge Janis Sammartino is passionate about establishing a learning center for her district.

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Commissioner Michael Gassner enjoys teaching bench officers and leading a youth soccer team.

Citing concerns over air pollution and public safety, the Sierra Club and others allege Kern County did a flawed environmental...

Redemption is a theme which runs throughout the Warner Brothers new release, "The Judge," opening nationally Friday and starri...

In the following excerpt from "California Legal Malpractice Law," we learn about some of the issues surrounding expert evidenc...

Managing partner expectations regarding the amount and timing for increased profits from combining law firm operations and off...

Some good news: The Los Angeles County Superior Court is making significant technological strides by updating its phone system...

Michael Nash, presiding judge of Los Angeles County Superior Court's juvenile division, on Thursday confirmed his interest in ...

Barbara Spector enters a room with the authority of a trial attorney who has spent her career convincing juries to side with h...

Convicted of misdemeanor peeking through window at his teenage stepson, former Qualcomm counsel Andrew W. Quinn should be disb...

The National Association for Law Placement found more large firms are paying first-year associates less than the usual average...

At Rufus-Isaacs, 10 lawyers share one office, an assistant, and vast experience in diverse areas of law ...

Charles E. Rickershauser Jr., one of the first partners at Munger, Tolles & Olson and the head of the California Corporati...

In its 40th year, the center has served more than 30,000 victims and been recognized nationally for its training of law enforc...

San Ramon-based Chevron Corp. will replace its retiring corporate secretary and chief governance officer with its current chie...

While generally cases are assigned randomly pursuant to what is colloquially known as the "wheel," there are nuances inherent ...

Google Inc. won its bid for a Northern California judge to consider a patent litigation showdown against an Apple Inc.-backed ...

In this mock negotiation, Rick Climan and Keith Flaum of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP debate the specific performance remedy...

In recent years, defendants in federal court have increasingly used FRCP 68 offers as strategic tools to fend off class action...

Alameda Superior Court Judge George Hernandez Jr. issued a temporary restraining order this week to ensure students at a South...

A giant logging company and others blamed for the massive 2007 "moonlight fire" in Northern California asked a federal judge o...