The U.S. Supreme Court weighs on Monday whether to make it harder for shareholders to sue companies as a class as it considers...

Two new bills would enable socially conscious entrepreneurs to form companies tailored to specific causes. By Yuliya A. Oryol,...

Patients and patient safety are not to be played as a chip in a political game. By Bryan A. Liang, California Western School o...

Alienating the gay community is not good for business. By Ara Babaian of Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP. ...

Defense lawyers spent hours grilling the lead FBI agent as prosecutors came close to finishing their case against two executiv...

Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, dean of the McGeorge School of Law since 2002, announced Friday that she will step down next year ...

Congress and President Barack Obama eagerly embraced the idea of allowing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to keep its own...

A federal judge in Santa Ana has refused to allow Stanford Law School Dean Larry D. Kramer to represent Toyota in a high-profi...

Mega residential developer SunCal Companies won nearly $5 million in damages against a pair of entities it accused of reneging...

Already battling a flurry of lawsuits over one type of artificial hip it manufactured, DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. is now under fi...

State Controller John Chiang's office announced a settlement Friday with John Hancock Life Insurance Co. that requires the com...

Superior Court Judge Kern County (Bakersfield) ...

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. tapped Mark C. Easton as its deputy general counsel. Currently a partner at O'Melveny & My...

David R. Fields keeps a 'tome-like' binder on his cases, a structured approach to hearings and a kind disposition that have wo...

Judge Joel R. Wohlfeil, a prominent San Diego plaintiffs' attorney for years, tries to provide a supportive environment for la...

Mahogany wood surfaces, expansive corner offices, reams of paper - law firms are hardly the most modern, environmentally frien...

Mediator and arbitrator Robert D. Coviello at ADR Services Inc. in Irvine and in private practice in San Juan Capistrano has e...

General counsel and corporate secretary for Sungevity Oakland Oakland ...

Vice president and general counsel Laura Stein accepted the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Pro Bono award during a ceremon...

Attorneys and alumni of Arnold & Porter LLP gathered April 7 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the firm’s Los Angeles o...

The Obama administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to restore the federal regulations governing decency standar...

Proposed legislation that would require courts to provide same-day access to court filings has sparked strong opposition from ...

The best approach to mediation - plenary session or caucus - depends on the circumstances. By Robert K. Wrede of Pepperdine La...

New regulations on stormwater contaminants may significantly affect citizen suits. By Donald E. Sobelman and Kathryn L. Oehlsc...

Steps companies can take to avoid facing a penalty under Proposition 65. By James Scadden and Rosemary Carson of Gordon & ...

The prospect of striking it rich with oil's replacement has created a rush to patent promising technology so biofuel companies...

The SEC is moving ahead with an insider trading case against a former Deloitte Tax LLP partner and his wife, despite the wife'...

Accurate urban water management plans are needed to accommodate California's burgeoning population. By Paeter E. Garcia of Bes...

Why China is serious about reversing global warming and the United States is not. By James Wong of Chinney Alliance Group. ...