For much of the decade, America's largest corporations have pushed to persuade Congress to adopt comprehensive patent reform l...

Tossing out a 2007 fraud conviction against a former McAfee Inc. executive, 9th Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski blasted fede...

New procedural rules for attorney discipline trials have defense lawyers upset and even some of the State Bar prosecutors and ...

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Bruce Minto runs an efficient and fair courtroom and makes quick decisions, lawyers say.

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

The legal community is joining the "It Gets Better" campaign, with law firms like Morrison & Foerster and Shearman & S...

Nearly 800 people attended the Anti-Defamation League's annual celebration Tuesday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles,...

The late 20th century philosophy of post-modernism has helped change dispute resolution procedures. By Robert A. Steinberg of ...

Rules on discoverability of content contained in social networking sites are gradually emerging. By Perry Viscounty and Jennif...

In many aspects, China behaves more like a corporate entity than like a traditional government. By James Wong of the Chinney A...

The American Civil Liberties Union has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the dismissal of a lawsuit against a Boeing Co. ...

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles sues business owner for using the legal aid name to make a profit. ...

Retired judge Kevin W. Midlam, a mediator and arbitrator at JAMS in San Diego, thought he'd seen it all when it came to constr...

Santa Clara-based Advantest Corp. announced an unsolicited $735 million offer to acquire Verigy Ltd., a semiconductor test sys...

A transgender woman has filed a claim against the California Department of Motor Vehicles, alleging that one of its employees ...

If Manatt, Phelps & Phillips didn't adequately represent a class of retired National Football League players in a case aga...

The American Civil Liberties Union announced a settlement Thursday with state officials that gives parents and students the po...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's legal affairs secretary may have put politics before the law in her advice about parole, two crim...

It's usually the most satisfying part of litigation for a plaintiffs' attorney - the day the settlement check arrives. But, ac...

Calling it a matter of public safety, a federal judge declined to dismiss 40 federal lawsuits against the Toyota Motor Corp. t...

Approximately 200 attorneys gathered at a private club in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday for the 29th annual Institute for ...

Businesses must meticulously fill out their Forms 1099 or face increasing penalties. ...

Rather than actively trying to prove your innocence, perhaps it is best to keep your mouth shut. By Los Angeles attorney Hirbo...

A state appellate case serves as a warning against pursuing meritless patent suits. By Martin H. Nguyen of Keller and Heckman....

Plans to burn a private residence in San Diego County highlights the unfairness of the "emergency exception" in eminent domain...

David V. Myers of Cleveland and his nephew, Brett A. Cohen of Baltimore, pled guilty on Wednesday to insider trading of stock ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made another judicial appointment Wednesday in a series of appointments he began making last week. ...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe established an alliance Wednesday with LVN & Associates, a small law firm launched this...

For a decade, Intellectual Ventures has acquired and licensed patents without ever filing a lawsuit. That changed Wednesday, w...