Jeffrey Carr, Patrick Lamb, Patrick McKenna and Edwin Reeser say fix firm compensation models to fuel value focused legal deli...

The U.S. Supreme Court asked the Obama administration to weigh in on an Arizona law that requires employers to check the immig...

Nathan J. Hochman of Bingham McCutchen provides insight on what it takes to obtain a prosecutorial declination of tax charges.

In a victory for business Monday, the state Supreme Court said there's nothing wrong with paying employees in forfeited stock ...

Stewart Kwoh and Karin Wang of Asian Pacific American Legal Center write on the significance of the Hate Crimes Prevention Act...

The state could save $100 million a year by putting court security contracts out to bid, rather than hiring each county's sher...

Lawyers fighting sanctions for failing to disclose documents in a patent suit against Broadcom Corp. said Monday that client Q...

Christina Kotowski of Fisher & Phillips examines Nein v. HostPro, Inc. and how to ironclad commission plans to pass the test.

Long-simmering tensions between Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley and the head of the prosecutors union has en...

The first full week of William J. Ruehle's stock option backdating trial ended on a searing note, as prosecutors revealed the ...

The Studio City man embezzled $1.4 million from two clients. He was sentenced to three years' probation and eight months' home...

Thomas E. Perez, the new head of the U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division, talks about redistricting, immigration a...

A majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed reluctant Monday to encourage judges to intervene in the fight over excessive...

Several major movie studios have made moves to shore up falling DVD sales - but are they courting antitrust complaints in the ...

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...

A court-appointed receiver for California's prison system isn't immune from lawsuits for failing to pay an outside contractor,...

Richard Kellner and Alfredo Torrijos of Kabateck Brown Kellner peel back the layers of conflict surrounding Proposition 64.

Stewart Levine of Resolution Works portrays how two brothers, caught in a family business dispute, successfully reached an agr...

A former vice president at HBO & Co. left a U.S. courtroom Friday near tears after testifying in a criminal securities fra...

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors is set to consider building a $660 million, 17-story complex to replace the Superior...

The idea of electronic court recorders attracted renewed attention during a legislative watchdog hearing on spending by the st...

The son of a couple murdered in 2006 has asked a Contra Costa County judge to let him tell a jury why his parents' convicted k...

Three former Ralphs managers acquitted of engaging in unlawful hiring practices sued the grocery chain, claiming they were mad...

Despite a bruising year of layoffs and pressure from clients, most firms will pay associates bonuses this year. But how those ...

Selina Bryant's story echoes that of thousands of people who say they were ensared in the recent subprime mortgage mess, but w...

Three months after an attorney complained the state Supreme Court is giving away valuable appellate briefs to for-profit firms...

Fascinated with world religions, Joanne C. Parrilli thought about a career in theology but decided to go into law. A good list...

Peter Fagen and Lyndsy Rutherford of Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost say e-mails not maintained by the educational agency are no...

A federal judge on Thursday threw out yet another lawsuit claiming President Obama was born in Kenya and therefore unqualified...

A federal judge awarded $711 million in damages against notorious "Spam King" Sanford Wallace for tricking Facebook Inc. users...