If the explosive expansion of pro bono legal help by law firms was the story of the 1990s and 2000s, then pro bono participati...

Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively put an end to the era of business method patents that followed a 1998 U....

Many practitioners on both sides of the bar appear to either be ignorant of the financial elder abuse statute or think they ca...

In the developed world, many peoples' wages have declined or remained stagnant this century in the face of low yet persistent ...

The nation's largest ADR provider will allow clients to use the facility for arbitration, mock trials and other legal proceedi...

A senior prosecutor in Attorney General Kamala D. Harris' office has been promoted to chief of the criminal division, the offi...

Financially struggling Thomas Jefferson School of Law will sell its $100 million-plus building to creditors and lease it back ...

Though law firms continue to lose market share to growing corporate legal departments, spending on outside counsel is up. ...

A Los Angeles judge dismissed Monday the lawsuit brought by former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega who claimed his appearan...

Wells Fargo Bank NA misled customers by posting debit card transactions in high-to-low order instead of chronologically as pro...

Placing the modern hospital on a pedestal can be a dangerous move if we fail to recognize that the institution can be just as ...

Los Angeles County Superior Court said Wednesday the vast majority of its courthouses are getting new phone numbers as part of...

A federal judge Wednesday said she was prepared to give the nod to a $260 million settlement resolving a shareholder lawsuit a...

As polls show public support for Prop. 47, the ballot initiative seeking to redefine many nonviolent felonies as misdemeanors,...

Judges and lawyers must deliver vast amounts of information fast and clearly. Headings are an important tool in this but often...

With several circuit courts opposing a previous NLRB decision, though, legal observers say they expect the issue to be resolve...

A new state law designed to aid unaccompanied juvenile immigrants is only a month old but is already having an impact, lawyers...

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

On the heels of historic legislation to control groundwater pumping, officials are looking at ways to improve lengthy and expe...

While dramatic to watch, high-speed pursuits frequently end in death and serious injuries to bystanders. Many believe police o...

It should surprise no one that on Oct. 2, the U.S. tax court ruled that renowned studio artist and art professor Susan Crile w...

The charitable remainder trust is one of the most effective vehicles to balance philanthropic objectives with financial and es...

Cash-strapped startups are always focused on the corporate structure and investor documents, but rarely on the need to protect...

But one judge wrote separately to implore big box stores to "recognize their moral obligation" to maintain defibrillators on s...

A state budget requirement that forced courts to spend almost all of their savings by this summer continues to pose a challeng...

Santa Maria attorney Janice Bellucci filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Los Angeles County alleging that its sex offender ordinan...

Consumers sued automotive parts manufacturer Takata Corp. and several car manufacturers on Monday regarding potentially defec...

In opening statements Tuesday, a prosecutor and a defense lawyer sparred over whether Shokrollah Baravarian helped U.S. citize...

The attorney general's new report points to two retailers for the major increase last year. ...