A roundup of cases agreed to be reviewed by the high court.

A law firm can sue a former partner who didn't disclose he was about to be suspended from law practice when the partnership wa...

Going into effect in Jan. 1 2012, employers should review their policies to check for compliance. By George S. Howard Jr. of J...

For a company's legal and marketing teams - advertising can be a source of contention. By Steve Atlee and Nicolas Jampol of Wi...

Debate over application of the first sale doctrine may reach the U.S. Supreme Court again. By Timothy J. Toohey and Keith M. G...

A California appellate court held Thursday that managers cannot be held personally liable for discriminating against members o...

For municipalities in trouble, filing for bankruptcy is no longer the only option. By Karol Denniston of Brownstein Hyatt Farb...

As the government continues to crackdown on health care fraud, private contractors play an important role in separating out ho...

An appellate panel has removed another hurdle for the second phase of one of the largest mixed-use developments in west Los An...

Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc. is taking another stab at trying to make Mattel Inc. pay $3 billion in damages for a...

Realtors and housing experts say new federal requirements and a relentlessly sour housing market are making the routine stage ...

The $1.9 billion purchase of EMI Group's music business by Santa Monica-based Universal Music Group and its parent company Viv...

Washington D.C.-based McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP is now in ongoing merger negotiations with San Diego-based Luce Forward ...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear constitutional challenges to the new health care law. ...

Forfeiture cases are on the rise, both in California and nationwide, and legal observers say prosecutors are savvier than ever...

Executive vice president, general counsel and secretary for City National Bank Los Angeles ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are using prosecutorial discretion erratically, despite a promise by the Ob...

Circuit Judge 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

Latham & Watkins LLP elected seven lawyers to partner and one to counsel in California.

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

Judge Akemi Arakaki is the shortest ball player on her team and a rare public defender on the bench.

Jayne Kim was an assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles when the bar brought her back to lead its discipline office, a 70-atto...

Mediator Phyllis G. Pollack calls herself an "equal opportunity beater-upper." ...

A story of systemic union corruption and organized-crime racketeering over several decades. By James B. Jacobs of the New York...

When an Internet comment turns into a screenplay - who owns the rights to it? By Nickolas Solish of Bryan Cave LLP ...

The mediator's proposal can please the parties or leave them terribly upset. By Matthew P. Guasco of Judicate West ...

A recent First Amendment ruling will likely have significant impacts for public employers and employees nationwide. By Laura W...

What is little known about Judge Howard M. Swart was his arduous road to the judiciary. By Randolph A. Rogers of the Los Angel...

The Department of Corrections has paid $2.25 million to settle negligence allegations brought by the family of a teenager who ...

A federal jury has convicted a Marin County entrepreneur of wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion after a month-long tr...