The Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to review a finding that warrantless surveillance via GPS tracki...

An overview of the rules governing speedy trials and preliminary hearings. By Beverly Reid O'Connell of the Los Angeles County...

Bankruptcy may not be the saving grace that many investors and developers hope it is. By Matt Grimshaw of Rutan & Tucker L...

William J. Lafferty, a partner at Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, will be sworn in April 20 as a judge of the...

A Web site's terms of use are a potentially valuable content protection tool. By Steven B. Fabrizio and Farnaz M. Alemi of Jen...

Mass copyright cases have skyrocketed, but guidance from published decisions is sorely lacking. By Cindy Cohn of the Electroni...

The state judicial watchdog panel has re-elected Justice Judith D. McConnell and Judge Frederick P. Horn for new terms as the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court takes up Microsoft Corp.'s bid to escape a $290 million patent infringement verdict today in a case tha...

The frustration experienced by homeowners facing foreclosure and unable to get help in lowering their monthly mortgage payment...

AB 1208 is a modest bill that will restore balance in the management of our judicial system. By Quentin L. Kopp, former member...

A lawyer who admitted stealing $170,000 from a client has agreed to be disbarred in the first completed prosecution by the Sta...

Jerrold F. Petruzzelli and Seth A. Gold, both formerly of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, took up with K&L Gates LLP as...

After 'selling out' to business litigation, Superior Court Judge Charles Q. Clay III found more satisfying work as a DA and be...

Federal officials are moving their scrutiny of offshore bank accounts east, attorneys say, evidenced by the Department of Just...

Colleagues, friends and clients of Ronald L. Olson descended on the LA Law Library Wednesday to honor the Munger, Tolles &...

Lawyers from throughout California were on hand in Menlo Park Tuesday night to honor the state’s leading intellectual property...

The Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators held its annual Leadership Awards Luncheon Tuesday,...

As senators work to overhaul the tax code, experts say all but the most radical reform would pose no existential threat to the...

The powerful Assembly Rules Committee has granted the Judiciary Committee's request to hear the controversial Trial Courts Rig...

Three controversial bills before the California Legislature that would force out-of-state Internet companies to collect use ta...

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals staff attorney has filed an amended complaint challenging her wife's exclusion from the he...

Responding to criticism by Proposition 8's proponents, former Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker of San Francisco ackn...

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee approved a patent reform bill Thursday afternoon by a 32-3 margin that would change the rul...

Violators of YouTube's new copyright policies will have to attend its "copyright school." ...

After four years of legal wrangling, Orange County deputy sheriffs have cemented their right to a generous pension that county...

A history of Hollywood unrest. By Jonathan Handel of TroyGould. ...

Coming off an estate tax-free year, attorneys are readjusting to new laws that are more favorable to high net worth individual...

Seventy-five years after its fouding, Beeson, Tayer & Bodine has successfully adapted to meet the changing face and needs ...

Section 1031 of the tax code lets you defer capital gains taxes when swapping investment assets. ...