There are long-standing splits on what principles separate a criminal deprivation of one's "honest services" from a civil or e...

A recent ruling addressing the Stringfellow Acid Pits process that insurance policies involving pollution clauses can get quit...

The Patent Prosecution Highway, a pilot program between the U.S. and Japan, was created to speed up prosecutions for internati...

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher lawyers dissect a U.S. Supreme Court Decision they say has both sharpened and added powerful arrow...

Taking the concept of transferability of intellectual property rights too far has the potential to cause problems. ...

Joseph H. Cooper finds lessons for these tough times in the Joad family saga from John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath." ...

Erwin Chemerinsky implores employed lawyers to help their colleagues who have been laid off because of the economic downturn.

What Shakespeare had to say about law and language - language he largely shaped - applies today with extra force.

Justice Arthur Gilbert ponders how to go about getting various L.A. landmarks named after himself. ...

More than just a how-to book, "Wearing the Robe" can instruct and inspire judges and lawyers, writes Judge Andrew Guilford. ...

Lawyers should take the time to survey whether they're getting all they can out of their careers. ...

The California Supreme Court should not determine the fate of Proposition 8 with a decision that treats ballot initiatives as ...

A recent Supreme Court ruling creates a legal loophole whereby governments could engage in viewpoint discrimination. ...

At no time in history has valuing IP assets been so crucial, writes John F. Stephens. ...

Lawyers must analyze words as much as legal concepts before deducing legal conclusion.

The early signs from the Obama administration seem promising for a new era of cooperative federalism in environmental policyma...

Questions will remain surrounding the many people who entered into same-sex marriages during the window when it was legal. ...

The right to appeal becomes a hollow one if counsel does not follow the correct protocol for obtaining a stay.

In a distressing economy, lawyers should walk a line between groundless optimism and paralyzing fear. ...

Recent decisions pulling back on the genuine dispute doctrine are an apparent response to insurers' over-utilization of this d...

Incarcerated prisoners offer a unique perspective on what fate should await pyramid schemer Bernard Madoff. ...

It is an ideal time to reassess what can be done to keep more people with disabilities in the workforce. ...

In recent years we have seen the emergence of patent holding companies that market themselves as being different from the conv...

Lawyers tend to be a demoralized, pessimistic bunch. But they don't have to be.

While Justice Arthur Gilbert's judicial opinions are not devoid of humor, he gives far freer reign to his wit in his book "Und...

Is e-mail really "mail" for the purposes of appellate filings? The courts are still sorting it out.

The Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is a good step forward, but a more noble solution involves implementing a social structure that eli...

While the same-sex marriage battle continues to rage in California, a more general debate over gay rights is happening between...

Only time will tell if Obama's pledge to take FOIA requests seriously will be successful in the face of an entrenched bureaucr...

The legal issues involved when a charitable donation ends up inadvertently supporting a terrorist organization can get thorny....