U.S. patent law includes a safe harbor from patent infringement for preparing information for submission to the U.S. Food and ...

A federal judge Monday tentatively rejected a trucking industry group's challenge to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach a...

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was the speaker at Pepperdine law school's second annual William French Smith Memorial L...

A federal judge is considering whether to dismiss a case brought against the California Labor Commission by a talent manager w...

Chuck Michel opened a practice in 1993, focused on firearms law. Now he's the NRA's pointman in California. His latest case is...

With a new president soon to take office, the U.S. Sentencing Commission is preparing for renewed focus on controversial refor...

U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney said Monday the felony plea deal prosecutors struck with Broadcom co-founder Henry Samueli c...

A former Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher lawyer jumps to an Encino firm as a senior associate.

Steven Glick, general counsel of the Americas' division of Thomson SA, helps the French company navigate an international sea ...

SAN DIEGO - The National Institutes of Health awarded a total of $178 million in grants to two research centers, according to ...

James Browning's advancing years and declining health underscore a challenge facing the aging federal judiciary. ...

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Landlords may now be liable for accidents that occur on the premises of property rented to tenants if there has been an entry ...

Unless the quality of city life improves, don’t expect an exodus from the suburbs, writes Gideon Kanner. - Forum Column ...

The current decisions on restitution greatly favor the victims and make it difficult for defendants come out from the shadows,...

In what amounts to a compromise, O'Melveny & Myers' policy-making body has selected A.B. Culvahouse for a third term as fi...

Apple Inc. and its current and former officers and directors have agreed to a settlement with plaintiffs' attorneys that will ...

Casting aside her college dreams of international law, Marguerite Downing rose through the ranks of the public defender's offi...

As a prosecutor before and as a judge now, Kathleen M. Lewis has become known for her competitive nature and sense of fair pla...

Three decades ago, then Chief Judge James Robert Browning mixed legal acumen with political finesse to forge the 9th U.S. Circ...

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

A Jones Day lawyer has joined a Los Angeles public interest firm serving Skid Row.

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Bruce S. Bailey is now leading the city of San Diego’s lawsuit against San Diego Gas & Electric Co. in a case seeking $45 ...

Kevin Johnson is an outspoken advocate and prolific writer on immigration reform and race issues. In July, he became the first...

A federal judge steered the MySpace suicide criminal prosecution closer to a trial on Thursday, in what is believed to be the ...

Web Exclusive - A retired state Supreme Court justice has recused himself from reviewing key doucments in the Los Angeles cler...

As is often the case in the 9th Circuit, the two most recent opinions on loss causation take divergent approaches to the subje...

Orange County sheriff's deputies won't hassle day laborers and the people who hire them on street corners in Lake Forest anymo...