With the help of a pro bono team of lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Sundance is trying to break through legal barriers f...

The federal Environmental Protection Agency added a man allegedly involved in mine waste dumping in California to its most wan...

A divided state appellate court on Wednesday upheld a $13.8 million punitive damages award against Philip Morris USA Inc. in a...

By granting an evidentiary hearing to a prison inmate, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday once more stepped in...

The state hopes to reduce its high prisoner recidivism rate, get offenders into treatment and ease prison overcrowding by movi...

Judith Chirlin, who retired from Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2009 to join Judicate West, said Tuesday she will cut ba...

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross ruled in Delaware federal court that the Los Angeles Dodgers' merchandise vendor, Facility M...

Chinese lawyers travel to the U.S. to experience the life of a practicing American trial lawyer. By James McManis of McManis F...

The recent outpouring of new health care regulations creates uncertainty as to the law's ultimate effects. By Craig B. Garner ...

A new program hopes to inspire students to consider a future career in the law. By Ruthe Catolico Ashley of the ABA's Commissi...

Former Brocade Communications Systems Inc. chief executive Gregory L. Reyes has agreed to pay nearly $850,000 to settle the SE...

A state appellate court on Tuesday reversed a $356,000 jury verdict in favor of a Los Angeles County employee who came back fr...

The Judicial Council, the policy-making body for the state's courts, has put new procedures in place aimed at making its meeti...

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP and Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP will merge on Oct. 1 to form Edwards Wildman...

Getting used to working as a company's only in-house lawyer can be an uphill battle but solo general counsels are learning way...

The Heller Ehrman LLP estate asked a federal bankruptcy judge in a filing late Monday to allow it to pay general unsecured cre...

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy drew a packed ballroom as keynote speaker at the 9th Circuit Judicial ...

The state judicial watchdog panel has publicly admonished Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joan Comparet-Cassani for abusing h...

The states of California and Nevada signed an agreement with the federal Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday to increase t...

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Mattel Inc. must post a bond while it appeals the $310 million intellectual property judgment against it over the Bratz doll l...

A well-crafted earnout can lead to a win-win solution for both parties in an M&A transaction. By Donald P. Clark, Alexande...

Justice Paul H. Coffee of the 2nd District Court of Appeal's Ventura division will retire in January after 20 years on the ben...

In agreeing to purchase Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion, Google Inc. is not just acquiring a cell phone manu...

Commissioner Mike Imhoff's stint in dependency court was supposed to last a year. It's been 17.

Eighteen months after the Krekorian Talent Scam Prevention Act went into effect, many in Hollywood say they're pleased with th...

General counsel and staff operations officer for the Orange County Employees Association in Santa Ana ...

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