A Los Angeles County jury unanimously found in favor of man who was fired after being injured in attempting to stop a robbery ...

Complex conflicts issues and even perjury in this case don't overcome the criminal defendant's right to chose his attorney, U....

After 17 years on federal bench in the Central District, U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Morrow will step down from full-time ...

An insurance company seeking to deny coverage under the terms of a cyberinsurance policy will have to take its complaint throu...

A state appellate court has affirmed the conviction of a juvenile on two counts of possessing firearms that were based on a ph...

Lawyers in states with as much international business and travel as California have a greater need for cultural competence, or...

Lamar W. Baker, one of Gov. Jerry Brown's picks for a seat on the Los Angeles-based 2nd District Court of Appeals, has been ra...

Disqualifying an applicant for using a different Social Security number in the past violates Latinos' civil rights, U.S. Distr...

Comprising 27 sports, spanning nine days and hosting more than 7,000 athletes from 177 countries, an event like the Special Ol...

General Counsel Colocation America Inc. Beverly Hills ...

At a recent ABA meeting, the Treasury Department announced it will attempt to restrict or eliminate the valuation discount for...

A Los Angeles lawyer got nowhere on Monday at the state Supreme Court with a parade of pleas that events beyond his control we...

A civil war within the Los Angeles Archdiocese over who controls the sale of a Los Feliz convent will start playing out July 3...

In a sign of beefed-up efforts to tackle the ongoing drought, the State Water Resources Control Board on Monday proposed its l...

Alexander MacKinnon has been appointed a Magistrate Judge to the U.S. Central District, in the court's Western Division and sw...

Judge Brian S. McCarville issued sanctions against Chafee High School district after damning documents proved employees knew t...

Despite recent success at the U.S. Supreme Court, numerous challenges to LGBT equality exist. Specifically, the state and fede...

Plaintiffs' attorney Joseph R. Saveri trimmed his firm's attorney fee request by more than $7 million in a bid to win approval...

In an unexplained move that appears to end the appeal of a $185 million pregnancy discrimination verdict, the plaintiff and Au...

Superior Court Judge Kern County (Bakersfield) ...

A judge in San Diego recently granted mandamus nullifying UC San Diego's finding that one of its female students had been sexu...

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.

Rainmaker Kirk Pasich is leaving Dickstein Shapiro LLP for Liner LLP and taking nine other insurance attorneys with him, sourc...

Attorneys who appear before the Court of Appeal are often very differential, respectful, polite and professional. Some attorne...

It would mean an end to the constant political turmoil that distracts and enervates the public protection mission of the disci...

Earlier this month, a federal appellate court took the first step in answering the age-old question: What is an intern? By Dan...

For years, the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act has been a source of frustration for companies in virtually every ind...

Illumina Inc. successfully struck down three gene sequencing patents held by Columbia University after the U.S. Court of Appea...

A former Ballard Spahr LLP attorney is going back to his small-firm roots by opening a new boutique that will take on the incr...

Arguments that the state Department of Conservation was allowing gas and oil companies to illegally pollute aquifers did not s...