When Nedra and Fred Fox died six years ago, their son Brian Fox hired Hemet attorney Kevin Andrew Speir to handle proceeds of ...

Sixty percent of managing partners at U.S. and UK law firms anticipate a "rough road ahead" as they consider how the global ec...

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O'Melveny & Myers' new managing partner Carla Christofferson is also co-owner of the Los Angeles Sparks. She's an ace bow ...

The U.S. Supreme Court in recent years has strengthened a defendant's right to confront his accusers at trial, but the court's...

Glenn Warner, 1924 - 2008, was instrumental in securing a successful outcome for his clients in a landmark asbestos case. ...

Focus Column - By Laurie L. Levenson - Evidence in criminal cases cannot be viewed in the abstract; it must be evaluated in li...

Forum Column - By Robert A. Steinberg - The best way to evaluate your case is the vaunted "decision tree" - a systematic exami...

Three lawyers, including a pair from the law firm Greenberg Glusker, testified Tuesday about private investigator Anthony Pell...

The Inter-Pacific Bar Association, an international organization of 1,600 business and commercial attorneys who focus their pr...

F. Douglas McDaniel, 1920-2008, was one of the last of the "pen and paper guys," one of his colleagues recalled. ...

Forum Column - By Joerg W. Knipprath - The Supreme Court should find that, like access to contraception and abortion, the pers...

On Tuesday, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo balked at the proposed budget from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, which calls for his ...

A Los Angeles law firm filed claims against Internet search giant Google Inc. Tuesday in federal court in San Jose, hoping a j...

A criminal defense lawyer has surrendered his law license after the State Bar accused him of letting a client sit in jail for ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies used tear gas to quell a riot that broke out Tuesday afternoon at a Lancaster immigratio...

Rambus Inc. Tuesday won its second major legal victory in a month when a federal appellate court overturned a Federal Trade Co...

Richard Reinis delivers talks about what he’s learned from the rise and fall of the Krispy Kreme franchise to groups of busine...

Broadcom Corp. agreed Tuesday to pay $12 million to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission that the company ...

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For the rare chance to argue in the Supreme Court spotlight, Thomas Goldstein and his firm, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld...

Ending the roller-coaster ride for a closely watched tax case, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court's ruli...

Forum Column - By Gillian K. Hadfield - Settlements for victims of tragedies ignore all of the non-monetary reasons for pursui...

Mike Halloran, a longtime California attorney currently serving as a senior official at the Securities and Exchange Commission...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday added two cases to its docket, dealing with Antidumping and Armed Career Criminal Act. ...

Focus Column - By Kit James Gardner - A recent appellate court decision makes one thing clear: You must know your case well - ...

Forum Column - By Elaine Elinson - A series of lawsuits has slowly drawn back the veil of secrecy around death penalty executi...

Lawmakers intend to introduce a measure today that aims to protect businesses from frivolous lawsuits when they have certified...

Steven Schatz of Wilson Sonsini, a Hillary Clinton fundraiser, has competition at his firm for Democratic dollars - lawyers ha...

In a case watched intently by privacy advocates and airline travelers, a federal appellate panel Monday gave customs officials...