The verdict is out on whether the Obama administration is bringing a real cure to immigration woes or just applying band-aids ...

Property owners leasing to BigLaw firm tenants better step up supervision of the risk parameters of their lease deals, writes ...

What will inevitable technological advances mean for the practice of law, asks Vance Woodward. ...

Before you attempt to implement any marketing plan, you must understand the intricacies of the law firm itself, writes Jennife...

The economic downturn won't sting quite so badly for San Joaquin County Superior Court. The Judicial Council voted unanimously...

With a new ruling by the 4th District of Court of Appeal, drafting certain estate planning documents has become more complicat...

In yet another lesson about the perils of going to trial, a federal jury has decided that Los Angeles County must pay more tha...

It's been nine years since Miguel Martinez and four others picked strawberries for a central California grower who went belly ...

Attorneys in the California offices of Reed Smith and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati were behind Santa Ana-based hard dr...

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

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 recent spate of breach-of-contract lawsuits filed by law firms against former clients illustrates what some legal observers ...

Cesar Brandon Urena drowned during swim class at La Quinta High School in La Quinta in 2007, when he was 14. His parents have ...

A coalition of judges from throughout the state has been discussing, largely through emails, forming a new group aimed at forc...

The three-judge panel overseeing California prisons litigation made a difficult decision at a difficult time, writes Hadar Avi...

A recent 9th Circuit decision is a reminder to managers that they may not be entirely immune to claims for unpaid wages, write...

The California Supreme Court has refused to hear a high-profile case that trial lawyers rallied behind, hoping to overturn sta...

Judith M. Ryan loved practicing law, and she loved being a judge. But she found the ideal work/life balance when she became a ...

When U.S. District Judge George H. Wu issues a decision, you can be assured he has thought about it for a while - sometimes, a...

Routine real estate and land use deals have become more complicated as bankruptcy filings increase. ...

A former priest convicted of sexually abusing children is being held in federal custody as a material witness in connection wi...

Readers weigh in on the validity of claims defending the MICRA cap.

Attorneys Steven A. Nichols, left, and Rob Marcereau, of Rutan & Tucker in Costa Mesa, have won a string of legal victorie...

Commissioner William Hochman treats the cases that come before him in small-claims court with respect, issuing opinions that e...

In an unusual conclusion to an oral argument session over military veterans' pleas for help with suicide and other issues, Chi...

Before there were victims of Sept. 11, shop owners in the area were victims of eminent domain to make way for the Twin Towers'...

A conservative nonprofit that lost last year's same-sex marriage case at the California Supreme Court was back in court Wednes...

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law legislation last week that limits when public entities can recover attorney fee...

Steven Bochner seems to have gone through his entire 28-year career at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati without making ene...

A federal court jury has convicted two and acquitted one in a high end mortgage fraud scheme. ...