The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will consider a Manhattan Beach attorney's quest for immunity from liability for w...

A defamation lawsuit now headed to trial could set an important precedent in interpreting First Amendment freedoms amid the sp...

Employees must now be apprised of their right to join unions and their protections under the National Labor Relations Act. By ...

U.S. District Judge Valerie L. Baker Fairbank, 62, is recovering at her home after suffering a seizure in the courthouse earli...

Two conflicting legal opinions have put the city of Los Angeles at loggerheads with police and firefighters over whether perio...

After several weeks of public relations efforts by court officials warning that budget cuts would harm the justice system, the...

Less than a week before the state is due to transfer inmates and parolees to county care, two county supervisors have joined w...

Superior Court Judge Steven J. Howell has made it his mission to improve court facilities.

The cold-call marketing tactic is not a new way to drum up business for law firms, but it may be unpopular among in-house atto...

Operating partner, counsel for Benchmark Capital Menlo Park ...

A provision in the America Invents Act creates uncertainty for inventors over the issue of prior art. By Robert L. Kovelman an...

A self-funded, citywide ordinance aims to resolve low-grade violations without criminal prosecution. By Paul Koretz of the Los...

Lawyers representing multiple parties in SEC investigations beware - the SEC has its eye on you. By Andrew J. Dunbar of Sidley...

E-Verify is the wave of the future, and employers need to be well versed in its benefits and implications. By Laura J. Mazel o...

We need to teach our students to be "lawyers," not just students of the law. By Laurie L. Levenson of Loyola Law School ...

A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge on Monday dismissed a securities class action against Solectron Corp. ...

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's Wal-Mart v. Dukes decision, a federal judge in Los Angeles is revisiting the case of...

Barnet M. Cooperman, who retired from the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1996 and went on to practice as a neutral at JA...

A real estate investor pleaded guilty late Friday to participating in a scheme to rig bids and commit mail fraud in connection...

Verizon Communications Inc. has weighed in against Apple Inc.'s request for an order prohibiting the sale of several Samsung ...

Actor Charlie Sheen and Warner Bros. Television have settled a $100 million breach of contract lawsuit Sheen filed against the...

Police officers have the authority to search the cell phone of a driver they have arrested for being under the influence, a 6t...

Paul Hastings has bolstered its antitrust division in San Francisco with a new partner at a time when more and more law firms ...

Lawyers for plaintiffs who claim the state isn't adequately funding K-12 education said Monday they plan to appeal a ruling di...

Fred Krebs, former president of the Association of Corporate Counsel, has joined the Washington, D.C.-based law firm, Clearspi...

Teams of attorneys working on the Los Angeles Dodgers bankruptcy case have come under attack by Major League Baseball. The lea...

The man who helped the city of Los Angeles bring major cases over health care fraud, patient dumping and "supergraphic" billbo...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals mostly upheld the legality of the Port of Los Angeles' program to cut big rig pollution ...

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