Internet company Yelp Inc. will pay $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of account executives claiming they w...

A Long Beach jury rejected a prominent plaintiffs' attorney's argument that the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Laguna Niguel should be lia...

A lawyer who enticed homeowners into joining large lawsuits against mortgage lenders has agreed to give up his right to practi...

As large law firms remain wary of returning their summer associate programs to pre-recession levels, law schools are turning t...

Incumbents and deputy district attorneys won big in California’s judicial races on Tuesday, with no challenger appearing to kn...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday announced there will be no en banc rehearing of February's 2-1 decision holdi...

Washington, D.C.-based Arent Fox LLP has shot up from nine lawyers to more than 60 in its Los Angeles office since 2007. Now i...

Challenges to the SAFE initiative on the November ballot are without merit. By Elisabeth Semel and Charles Sevilla ...

A federal judge appears likely to throw out a copyright lawsuit filed by a chain of Detroit abortion clinics against anti-abor...

The Hilton Los Angeles Airport has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a class of current and former emplo...

A brand development company is suing Zynga Inc. for allegedly bailing on paying an $18 million commission . ...

Unlike the larger courthouses, the burden placed on the remaining judge is unmanageable and absurd. By Richard Herzog ...

Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye announced Monday 10 appointments to the Judicial Council. ...

If you or a client lost money and managed to pull off a recovery, will it go into your pocket or must you split it with the In...

By Eric Olson of Baker, Olson, LeCroy & Danielian ...

The 9th Circuit announced Monday that it will post a new filing in the Proposition 8 same-sex marriage appeal on Tuesday morni...

The Court of Appeal in Los Angeles has temporarily delayed the retrial of actress Nicollette Sheridan's wrongful termination d...

Vietnam veterans were neglected by society; the same neglect looms for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. By Lew Ho...

The battle over Mattel Inc.'s appeal of rival toymaker MGA Entertainment Inc.'s $310 million judgment is heating up, with Matt...

Statutorily approved language would be an ineffective remedy to litigation over arbitration clauses. By Aaron Gundzik of Garte...

Frank McGuire, managing attorney of the 1st District Court of Appeal, will become the newest clerk and court administrator for...

Monitors will be on the lookout at polling locations in Alameda, Fresno and Riverside counties - which all boast sizable minor...

With no incumbent in the race for the first time in 48 years and a field of prosecutor candidates who have struggled to distin...

The U.S. Justice Department is eyeing new ways to control legal fees in massive bankruptcies like the one filed by cratered la...

Headed into today's election, judicial candidates across California have raised hugely varying amounts of money with some of t...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided two cases, agreed to hear another next term and declined to review a pro-plaintiff de...

The California Department of Finance has approved $300 million for the nearly 600 Los Angeles redevelopment projects recommend...

A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

A challenge to California's renewable energy purchasing rules could have implications for the rest of the country. ...

Executive Vice President & General Counsel Clean Energy Experts San Diego ...