A Redwood City-based pharmaceutical company developing a product to prevent chemotherapy-induced nausea has hired its first ge...

Former Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Rex Heeseman has stepped down from the bench to work as a neutral. Heeseman, ap...

The limitation on the international reach of Dodd-Frank's whistleblower protection comes on the heels of the expansion of Sarb...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's latest move - a lawsuit against a high-volume debt collection firm - has spurred ch...

A federal judge refused to bless a settlement between Hewlett-Packard Co. and its shareholders Monday over the acquisition of ...

Many years ago, Judge Arthur Garcia rode his father's trash truck to court to be sworn in.

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Michael Acker unfairly attacks Judge Michael Levanas in his article, "Sterling ruling a blow to free speech" (Aug. 14). By Arn...

A large slate of proposed reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act failed to get out of the state Legislature last ...

A lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity alleges that the EPA's permit for an industrial biomass energy facility...

The new plan, which recently concluded its public comment period, will allow the branch to seek special state funds dedicated ...

Hunt, who played a central role in steering the merger between McCutchen, Doyle, Brown and Enersen LLP and Bingham Dana LLP, ...

Honorees and their friends, colleagues and families gathered alongside judicial administrators and leaders at the Milton Marks...

The state Legislature has unanimously adopted Senate Bill 1135, addressing a California scandal of massive proportions: the st...

The effort to aid immigrants in court got a boost last week as law professors at the University of San Francisco and Stanford ...

Attorneys say LA Judge Michael M. Johnson is unflappable in the midst of high-stakes chaos.

The number of cases involving the California Environmental Quality Act has tripled at the state high court in the past decade....

Since launching early last year, San Diego County's Mandatory Supervision Court has seen lower rates of recividism for its off...

General Counsel Zodiak Americas Santa Monica ...

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Los Angeles judge Michael Kellogg's career - from the NFL to the courtroom - defies convention.

Judge Donna Geck considers herself an 'accidental lawyer,' having begun her career as a TV news anchor.

In innovation-minded Silicon Valley, many lawyers are making the switch from their traditional seated workstations to standing...

After years of criticism fired at U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag for focusing on marijuana dispensaries and gun cases rather than ...

Civil attorneys are accustomed to controlling all aspects of their settlement. But the reverse is true when it comes to class ...

Competitors of all kinds know home court advantage helps them win. In litigation, jockeying over home court occurs in a battle...

Law firms have few revenue generating assets, so managing "potential" receivables (aka work in process) is important, but not ...

A bill to strengthen requirements for arbitration companies to report data about the cases they handle, including outcomes, pa...

After a storied career as one of L.A.'s premiere entertainment lawyers, Gail Migdal Title now finds herself refereeing the ty...

Weaver Schlenger Mazel LLP has carved out a position as a premier business immigration boutique for startup technology compani...