Law firms are banking on failing banks. With financial institutions still struggling with deteriorating loans, some firms hav...

China's focus is turning away from exports and inwards towards it own consumer markets, writes James Wong of Chinney Capital. ...

The California Supreme Court has made yet another exception for permitting judicial review of employment arbitration decisions...

Is it possible that the Supreme Court might finally adopt a variable standard for violence as it pertains to minors? Ashley Li...

Jordan Gimbel of Jones Day discusses two draft bills that aim to radically redefine the rules of what remains private in a gro...

For technology licensors, the cost of determining whether the software, or some business method, infringes any issued patents ...

Dondi Van Horn is trying to hold someone accountable for the death of her newborn son, who died of an infection because Van Ho...

The alliance led by San Francisco's Elizabeth J. Cabraser and Newport Beach's Mark P. Robinson Jr. was the big winner in the r...

The Daily Journal honored California's leading women litigators at a reception Wednesday night in Beverly Hills. The newspaper...

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...

Nora Manella, a high-profile veteran of Los Angeles' legal community, pulls no punches in discussing her path to the state app...

Beneath the prestige and life-saving treatments, a no-holds barred power struggle has rattled City of Hope - and the feud coul...

Newport Beach Judge Derek G. Johnson's background as high school and college athlete informs his judicial style.

Both asbestos plaintiffs' and defense lawyers Thursday argued against a San Francisco Superior Court judge's proposal to requi...

Los Angeles Unified School District must stop teacher layoffs at three middle schools serving mostly low-income students, a Lo...

Debt-burdened movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announced Thursday that its creditors have agreed to extend a forbearance perio...

Six months after an appellate court overturned his second-degree murder conviction, Riverside prosecutors said Wednesday they ...

A federal appeals court has ruled that Apple Inc. and several other companies must defend an infringement lawsuit in the plain...

Ever wonder how likely you are to get cancer? Or perhaps you are worried about passing on heart disease to your children? This...

Two lawyers who played key roles in Haim Saban's purchase of the "Power Rangers" franchise back from the Walt Disney Co. weren...

When Michelle Reinglass' name comes up, one word stands out in the minds of lawyers who've used her mediation services: chamel...

The fierce intellectual property tug-of-war over the Bratz dolls is heating up once again, with doll manufacturer, MGA Enterta...

California courts officials today will learn the answer to the $393 million question over the budget when Gov. Arnold Schwarze...

A widow can't sue Philip Morris for the wrongful death of her cigarette-smoking husband because she had abandoned a similar la...

Plaintiffs' and defense lawyers tried to convince a federal judge Thursday to increase the number of lawyers that will steer t...

Jay McCauley of the American Arbitration Association and PMA examines the issues that arise when a party alleges that the arbi...

Speaking against his corrupt Kandak commander, Sgt. Maj. Usman later died in an ambush. As part of the investigative team, Tom...

The Supreme Court has effectively shut the door on consumer class actions before arbitration associations, write Richard Kelln...

Kagan's dogged refusal to commit to anything is reminiscent of another successful Harvard graduate: Obama himself, writes Davi...

"The Furax Connection" by Stephen Kanne conveys an important message: that those in the service are a close-knit family...