John Brockland, an East Palo Alto-based partner with Dewey & LeBoeuf, is a member of a team of the firm's lawyers represen...

A transgender woman filed suit against the Ladies Professional Golf Association on Tuesday claiming the organization's policy ...

A fee fight between two law firms over the $12.5 million spoils of an employee class action remains unresolved even after reac...

Bet Tzedek Legal Services named a former in-house lawyer and long-time member of the Los Angeles nonprofit's board to be its n...

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Tuesday to examine under what circumstances child abuse investigators can go to a school and in...

Two teams headed by California lawyers have helped ink a deal announced Tuesday that is expected to create the world's largest...

In another sign that U.S. businesses are taking the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act seriously, CB Richard Ellis has disclosed to...

San Diego County is set next month to launch the new statewide Reentry Court system, intended to ease the burden on California...

Amy Semmel writes in response to "Naughty Managers, How Bad Can It Get?" ...

New law imposing tougher penalties on sex offenders who abuse children promotes sense of security among citizens. By Wendy L. ...

A case empowering government agencies to retain private counsel in civil actions raises ethical issues. By Thomas Gede and Nim...

Now that the belated budget has been released, health care lawyers are weighing the winners and losers, as well as the possibl...

The U.S. Supreme Court took aim at the California Supreme Court Tuesday, focusing on whether summary denials of habeas corpus ...

Los Angeles County (Los Angeles) Superior Court Judge ...

In the political blame game over her hiring of an undocumented immigrant as a housekeeper, legal experts said Meg Whitman and ...

Senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Gen-Probe Inc. San Diego ...

State officials Monday approved real estate partnership California First, LLC, as buyer for 11 state office properties in a $2...

A San Luis Obispo family is suing the California Coastal Commission, accusing the agency of trying to illegally grab its land ...

Earlier this summer, risk-consulting firm Altegrity Risk International gobbled up Kroll, its biggest competitor, for $1.13 bil...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has filed an unusual motion for protective order seeking to shield L...

His father's murder a decade ago in a small Iowa town helped new State Bar President William N. Hebert see the legal system fr...

A program run by the Los Angeles County Bar Association has taught school teachers, administrators and students in middle scho...

Slammed with the largest jury verdict ever in an employment discrimination case, what Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. did wrong...

A lament about the distressing decline in proper grammar in both written and spoken English. By Paul Von Blum of Loyola Law Sc...

Female employees still earn less than their male counterparts, but the pay gap continues to get smaller each year. By English ...

Bain Capital Partners further drove the upward trend in private equity-backed acquisitions when it announced plans Monday to b...

Two death row inmates whose executions were put on hold by a federal judge have renewed a challenge to the state's lethal inje...

Larry S. Watanabe responds to article, "Law Firms Wary of Lateral Hires." ...

When voting for a new attorney general, factor in the candidate's business, not just criminal, policies. By John H. Sullivan o...

Demystifying the transition from private practice to academia. By Briana Rosenbaum of Stanford Law School. ...