The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board explains when its rules will apply to bank loans. By Hardy Callcott and Andrew B. Ka...

Firms that don't seek fees for work done by law students may be losing out - big time. By Matt Brinton of Southwestern Law Sch...

While Western media is consolidating and imploding, China's media is quickly expanding. By Patrick Mattimore of Tsinghua Unive...

Sex, lies and videotape combined in an explosive mix Friday as a state appellate panel held a judge went too far in dismissing...

Terree Bowers, a former U.S. attorney for the Central District and a current Arent Fox LLP partner in Los Angeles, has used hi...

State Attorney General Kamala Harris has rejected a wide-ranging settlement with banks over controversial foreclosure practice...

The fight between local governments and Internet providers over who should govern the nation's broadband networks is heating u...

The Department of Justice on Friday filed a motion for a court-appointed trustee to take over Solyndra, the solar panel manufa...

Real estate agents are bracing for a hit as the Federal Housing Agency lowered the mortgage price that it will back by more th...

In its effort to cope with a $6.23 million shortfall, San Francisco County Superior Court laid off 67 employees Friday and wil...

Just as the Internet changed how people interact, prominent venture capital firms think it will change the way legal work is d...

The Department of Justice nailed its first defendant in an investigation of price-fixing and bid-rigging in the optical disk d...

North Carolina-based Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC became the latest out-of-state firm to open a Silicon Valley off...

The U.S. Supreme Court kicks off its new term today reviewing a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but that sh...

Toyota Motor Corp.'s response to the unintended acceleration scandal, and not the particular details of an accident allegedly ...

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

Two groups of California appellate lawyers - one in Los Angeles, the other in San Francisco - recently sat down with the Daily...

Paul Hastings LLP has snagged Holly House as partner in its San Francisco office. Her focus is on antitrust and global competi...

Some call Superior Court Judge Paul R. Bernal compassionate and innovative, others biased.

On Sept. 23, as part of its 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance Initiative, the Los Angeles office of Holland & Knight lau...

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Marsha S. Berzon and state Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu study their notes befor...

The California Bar Foundation gave away $257,500 in scholarships to 44 aspiring lawyers Sept. 22 at the offices of Reed Smith ...

Attorney Thomas Klitgaard was awarded the Magnolia Silver Award by the Shanghai Municipal Government at a ceremony at the city...

Lawyers from four law firms with offices in Los Angeles teamed up on Sunday for some friendly competition in the 8th annual Am...

The Latina Lawyers Bar Association held its 14th annual awards and scholarship dinner on Sept. 16 at the Millennium Biltmore H...

Members of the Beverly Hills Bar Association gathered at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons Hotel Tuesday to welcome incoming asso...

Harvey K.S. O’Melveny addressed a group of history buffs at the Angelus Rosedale Cemetery last Saturday. The only problem was ...

In the wake of recent political and legal setbacks, some have called for greater unity among the plaintiffs' bar, but efforts ...

The story of L.B. Sullivan and how he became the catalyst for one of the most memorable decisions in U.S. Supreme Court histor...

Merck becomes one of the first Fortune 100 companies to diversify its executive officer team, making the company stand out fro...