A federal appellate panel Wednesday rejected a Los Angeles lawyer's argument that his client deserved resentencing by a new ju...

As a new criminal court judge in Sonoma County, and as a service dog trainer, Dana Simonds works to turn lives around. ...

Latham & Watkins has acquired a capital markets specialist for its Hong Kong corporate department.

City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo is once again facing scrutiny over millions of dollars paid to outside law firms representing t...

Dennis Montali is the new chief judge of the 9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. But he didn't get a pay raise. ...

Although amendments to Family Code Section 2337 were intended to afford both parties greater protection, the burden put on the...

A recent state high court decision gives lawyers and clients a significant new choice about how they arbitrate their disputes,...

Although national health care reform is front and center on the political stage, little attention is being paid to an equally ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday accused three former executives of San Francisco software company Embarcadero T...

The combined legal fees of MGA Entertainment and rival Mattel Inc. in the ongoing Bratz doll case have risen to at least $93 m...

New York-based Proskauer Rose is preparing to take Asia by storm. The firm announced Tuesday it's opening an office in Hong Ko...

Environmental groups accused the Bush administration in a lawsuit Tuesday of illegally weakening protections for species in th...

Senators chose not to address allegations of judicial misconduct made against a California nominee to the federal bench at his...

A former Los Angeles County Superior Court judge who made headlines by losing a judicial election to a bagel shop owner will n...

Los Angeles-based Latham & Watkins has landed a Justice Department leader in its Washington, D.C. office.

Stephen J. Connolly began thinking about how to make law enforcement personnel toe the line back when he was still a student i...

San Diego's Coughlin Stoia was lead plaintiffs firm in the case that will net more than $688 million in attorney fees. ...

The severe foreclosure crisis we face reminds us 40 years after passage of the Fair Housing Act, of the continuing discriminat...

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...

Employee-side lawyers deserve to have their say, too ...

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. ...