Irell & Manella LLP has helped a pharmaceutical client secure a $100 million drug patent settlement after seven years of l...

Does the president have the constitutional authority to refuse to abide by a duly enacted law of Congress on the ground that i...

Entertainment attorneys, including members of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, are pushing for major changes to the long con...

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LA Judge Douglas Sortino, a former prosecutor, says being on the bench requires using new skills.

Local agencies must ensure the state's aquifers are not depleted but implementation of the historic law will not be easy, lawy...

I want to extend congratulations to Craig Holden on his new role as president of the State Bar of California, and look forward...

I would like to correct the description of our organization as the "California Conference of Delegates" and as a "consortium o...

As the new academic year began, I decided to meet individually with each and every one of our first year students, who will so...

Who will police the police if the mechanisms of our legal system are ineffective at holding police departments and police offi...

On the privacy landscape, cloud providers were recently reminded of the need to closely evaluate the fine line of privacy and ...

Three superior court judge-elects will immediately assume office under interim appointments made Gov. Jerry Brown late Friday....

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Friday cut its rating on bonds issued to Thomas Jefferson School of Law six steps fr...

The FTC is reviewing whether changes should be made to COPPA to help the law keep pace with the widespread adoption of mobile ...

The benefit - featuring live performances from community children impacted by the foundation, a silent auction, and an address...

The bill, SB 873, was presented to the governor in September and is expected to help an estimated 57,000 children who have bee...

Rather than clarify two conflicting appellate decisions about who carries the burden of proof in cases involving immigrants al...

Major employment and consumer groups are challenging an appellate court decision giving an arbitrator the authority to determi...

Judge is passionate about parties' success in drug court, often leaving the bench to chat with defendants.

Teresa T. Sullivan employs empathy and understanding in presiding over a juvenile dependency court

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

John Murphy, 'well respected' on both sides of the aisle, plans to hang up his robe next June.

After more than a decade of service, Crowell & Moring LLP partner Jennifer S. Romano on Thursday became president of the W...

For the fourth straight year, enrollment in California law schools has shrunk. But the decline isn't quite as steep as previou...

In today's fast-moving business world, parties who have agreed to arbitrate disputes can be seriously damaged by delay in prot...

For years, employers have reacted to the size and breadth of employment laws and regulations in California by finding other me...

A recent decision serves as an important reminder that attorneys may be held personally accountable if they fail to adequately...

Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP handles major environmental cases and dealings with regulatory agencies, but partners at the S...

Plaintiffs' lawyer Joseph M. Alioto Jr. must pay more than $31 million of an attorney fee award to his lender, a San Francisco...