Rainwater runoff that gathers pollutants as it flows through Los Angeles' storm drains to the ocean is county flood-control of...

While the number of securities class-action settlements dropped to their lowest level in more than a decade, the median amount...

Why is the U.S. Supreme Court revisiting Civil War and World War II era cases? By Thomas Penfield of Casey Gerry Schenk Franca...

An appellate court's scathing criticism of California's anti-SLAPP law (strategic lawsuits against public participation), prom...

Staying current with California's ever-changing wage and hour laws is no easy task. By D. Gregory Valenza of Shaw Valenza. ...

Giving priority to two classes of litigants, at the expense of all others, has created a traffic jam in our family courts. By ...

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Federal prosecutors pursuing biotechnology executives are getting a bigger stick to beat back health care fraud in the form of...

Bank of America Corp.-owned Countrywide Home Loans Inc. is trying to whittle down a potentially massive Northern District clas...

They called it "The Human Side of Genius," and when it came out in 1991, the advertising campaign for the firm then known as H...

Former Howrey LLP partners and legal analysts opine on what led the once mighty litigation firm to dissolution. ...

UC Berkeley, ground zero for the free speech movement of the 1960s, is dealing with a new crop of campus protesters. Law stude...

Summit Entertainment, the Santa Monica-based studio behind the hit "Twilight" movies, will use financing to pay off debts and ...

Gary Watt of Archer Norris PLC responds to "Volunteer Attorney Program Can Alleviate Bankruptcy Court's Massive Workload." ...

A federal judge denied a motion for preliminary approval of a settlement between Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and subscribers to the o...

The Department of Justice has asked for a 60-day stay in a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act in the Northern Di...

A federal judge has dismissed a case in which investors claimed the Charles Schwab Corp. violated California law by increasing...

Deputy District Attorney Bobby Grace jumped into the race for Los Angeles County District Attorney on Wednesday. ...

A state appellate court Wednesday reduced a $220,000 sanction issued against a law firm associated with imprisoned ex-private ...

It is easier to secure a patent in the bioscience field if the application is filed early with the most detail possible. By An...

A lawyer who married "a lonely, sick old man" should be disbarred and ordered to return $339,000 to his family, a State Bar Co...

Perkins Coie LLP scooped up five land-use and project-development attorneys from Bingham McCutchen LLP in San Francisco. ...

Exemption, my dear Watson - how employee classification may change with advancing technology. By Eli M. Kantor and Zachary M. ...

Linda D. Kornfeld, who managed the Los Angeles office of Dickstein & Shapiro LLP since its inception in 2005, has left the...

The Senate failed to pass two spending bills Wednesday, while Democrats and Republicans remain miles apart on federal funding ...

U.S. courts have displayed a shaky grasp of the law when dealing with pirate attacks. By David Sloss of Santa Clara University...

As studios look to cut theatrical runs and make money on home viewers, attorneys say it could scramble the negotiation formula...

Employers in California are starting to grapple with more costly unemployment insurance in light of the continued high rates o...

Gov. Brown's plan to shutter redevelopment agencies calls for liquidating massive real estate holdings. ...

After two poor financial years and months of serious decline that saw major rainmakers scattering to other firms, the partners...