Among the slew of bills to escape Gov. Jerry Brown's veto pen this week was a narrow but key new law that seeks to snuff out u...

For Anthony Callobre, his new job as shareholder at Buchalter Nemer is a sweet homecoming. ...

A stabbed and beaten jail inmate's civil suit against Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy D. Baca will go forward, the 9th U.S. C...

The Obama Administration has announced an effort to fast-track permitting of seven electric transmission line projects, part o...

The National Labor Relations Board moved Wednesday to postpone its requirement for businesses to tack-up a poster informing wo...

The Motion Picture Association of America Inc. named Henry Hoberman as its new senior executive vice president and global gene...

A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor violation of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. ...

A land-use attorney formerly with global law firm Latham & Watkins LLP, David Goldberg, has departed to join L.A.-based, ...

California immigration lawyers expressed frustration over remarks Wednesday by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in...

The Supreme Court's decision in Wal-Mart v. Dukes, while hurting employee class actions, has no impact on cases brought by the...

Although Gov. Jerry Brown has so far swatted down far fewer bills than expected, his warning to lawmakers about killing certai...

As the 3rd District's newest justice, Andrea Hoch is not far from her old Capitol colleagues.

A women's shoe store paid $9 million for a 131,420-square-foot industrial building in City of Industry.

Created in 2001 to oversee the Sheriff's department's handling of excessive force, the Office of Independent Review has raked ...

Clergy abuse cases puts the traditional mediation model to the test. By Richard M. Williams of Gray-Duffy LLP ...

In elder abuse cases, Probate Code Section 259 only restricts an abuser's share in the decedent's estate. By Denise Chambliss ...

Too many trial lawyers have been content to stand down while others fight the fight. By John A. Montevideo of Consumer Attorne...

With complex provisions and conflicting terminology, the Political Reform Act is in need of a major overhaul. By Ann Ravel of ...

A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled against a patent holding company that was trying to bar the import of product...

A group of laid off San Francisco court reporters has turned their bad fortune into an opportunity by launching their own comp...

A Los Angeles jury granted what may be the largest verdict in the United States for a single plaintiff in a product liability ...

Law students at Santa Clara and Loyola law schools who run two innocence projects won the release of a convicted murderer this...

In a case closely watched by criminal appellate attorneys, the U.S. Supreme Court weighed Tuesday whether a defendant's right ...

A lawsuit filed this week alleging Los Angeles County's new charge on paper carry-out bags is unconstitutional is among the fi...

A state appellate court Tuesday struck down local regulations governing the operation of marijuana collectives in the city of ...

The state Supreme Court will hear argument Nov. 8 to determine whether companies have to make sure their employees take meal a...

Ending years of litigation, a settlement has been reached by Dole and lawyers representing Central American plaintiffs who cla...

An Orange County lawyer who apparently was convicted in connection with laundering money for drug dealers, is still practicing...

A San Jose police officer faked a lab report to falsely show a defendant's semen on a blanket as part of a rape investigation,...

A federal law aiming to protect the online privacy of children could undergo controversial changes this year, but not before t...