A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.

Judge Christina Hill isn't fazed by troubled teens in Los Angeles County's juvenile mental health court.

The introduction of a dot-law domain extension reserved specifically for the legal industry may be an appealing opportunity fo...

On a recent trip overseas, it dawned on me that tour guides and mediators share common skills. By Cynthia Pasternak ...

The numbers are shocking: Although suicide is the 10th leading cause of death among all Americans, it is the third leading cau...

Preliminary settlement approval was granted Thursday in a suit over allegedly illegal telephone utility taxes collected betwe...

U.S. District Judge William Alsup is well known for encouraging big firms to give courtroom experience to junior attorneys, bu...

Haynes and Boone LLP announced Thursday that it has acquired Mavrakakis Law Group LLP, an intellectual property boutique firm ...

With years of experience handling family law disputes, Glenn Oleon is highly regarded for his ability to resolve tough dispute...

A state appellate court panel restored a $6.5 million verdict against Takeda Pharmaceuticals America Inc. after ruling a Los A...

What do a water buffalo, a lighthouse, and a barn silo all have in common? They're all actually disguised cell phone towers, m...

An Eastern District judge said the underwriters exercise too much independent discretion and therefore are exempt from overtim...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ordered a Department of Justice attorney to show cause why sanctions should ...

The city of Los Angeles could face liability for wrongful death due to a median of large magnolia trees even though a motorist...

Companies will only be seen as more woman-friendly if workers feel comfortable taking the leave, attorneys said. ...

General Counsel Pepperdine University Malibu ...

Almost 80 years after John Steinbeck published "Of Mice and Men" his heirs are still fighting over who holds the rights to his...

Campus crime has increased dramatically in the past two decades - mostly in the areas of sexual assault and drug crimes. Here'...

A man who was released from prison due to an apparent error during resentencing - and then rearrested - will have to serve a s...

DFEH suit charges financier with considering women a greater risk to default on subprime loans based purely on gender. ...

Cooley LLP is advising Mountain View-based Pure Storage Inc. on a $300 million public offering filed with the Securities and E...

Copyright cases targeting users of file sharing services are back in vogue, according to legal analytics company Lex Machina. ...

A technical dispute over what constitutes filing one's taxes led the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday to reverse th...

Northern District U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag says she loves her job, and denies suggestions that future revelations concerning...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law this week which allows judges to rule only on the evidentiary objections he or she deems materia...

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

After years of gradual decline, several sudden spikes in homicides, violent crimes and property crimes up and down the state h...

When calculating the level of funding of our courts as a percentage of the state's general fund, California trails the nationa...

Does the First Amendment protect the release of these videos even though they were obtained under false pretenses and without ...

Courts provide robust protection for the ability to post anonymously. However, when remarks turn into defamation, this protect...