Some San Diego Ford owners could see their damages awards multiply after a state appellate court's decision that car sales con...
Film financier David Bergstein and construction magnate Ronald Tutor have blocked access to crucial financial information rela...
Lawyers around the state are either preparing for trial or trying to mediate cases related to wildfires dating back to 2006. ...
Until there is a more definitive test for whether drivers are impaired while under the influence of medical marijuana, these t...
While the U.S. Navy enjoys immunity from suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act, this does not operate as a shield for injurie...
Now playing at the Geffen Playhouse, "Thurgood" brings Chief Justice Thurgood Marshall back to life. Alan Friedenthal o...
Jonathan Shapiro of USC Gould School of Law recommends Terry Friedman to carry on the best of Chief Justice Ronald George's le...
Businesses have the power to stop unions from picketing on their property, a state appellate court ruled Monday in a first-of-...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Townsend Merger Talks Called Off Over Conflicts
By Jill Redhage
Merger talks between Townsend and Townsend and Crew and Atlanta-based Kilpatrick Stockton are off due to potential conflicts b...
Judge Richard King may have been a mediocre student in school, but his hard work and determination allowed him to succeed.
Letter to the Editor
Executive Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary for THQ Inc.Agoura Hills ...
The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board is moving ahead with a long-delayed plan to clean up contaminated sediments...
The state attorney general's office announced it has reached settlements with two artificial turf companies to drastically cut...
Toyota Motor Corp. could face a new wave of cases seeking damages for alleged sudden unintended acceleration that had previous...
More than 200,000 state workers will get to keep the full wages they've been paid, a Superior Court Judge ordered Friday. ...
A Dewey & LeBoeuf mergers and acquisitions team in East Palo Alto served as U.S. legal counsel to SANYO Electric as it spu...
The alleged drunken driver accused of killing a young Angels pitcher in an April 2009 car crash will go to trial in Orange Cou...
Shares of 3-D technology company RealD's initial public offering jumped 22 percent above its offer price during its first day ...
Munger Tolles & Olson, a firm known for its buttoned-down culture, is representing renowned bachelor Hugh Hefner in a bid ...
An attempt by environmentalists to block regional air regulators from issuing air pollution permits has been rebuffed by a Los...
A former Navy major testified Friday that he was "completely devastated" when his commanding officer stripped him of his dutie...
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger could give himself two California Supreme Court appointments before he leaves office this year, but...
The Department of Labor has altered the definition of “son or daughter” under the Family and Medical Leave Act to better refle...
The idea of "open-sourcing" legal documents is gaining renewed interest among startup company lawyers pursuing the elusive goa...
Stephen Rohde of the ACLU of Southern California reviews the history behind the "Great Writ" and why its remedies should exten...
Class trials are hardly discussed in practice guides because they are so rare, but James Donato of Shearman & Stearling ra...
Making punitive damages non-tax deductible for defendants would raise immediate revenue for Washington but its long-term impli...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Court Must Hear Convict's Claims
By John Roemer
A Los Angeles Deputy DA may have failed to disclose to the defense in a murder trial that law enforcement officials paid cash ...
Litigious clients beware - if you sue your law firm for malpractice and lose, you are more likely to pay for it later. Firms a...