A longtime employment litigator will join Burke, Williams & Sorensen next month as a partner.

A high school football star in tiny Mariposa, Judge F. Dana Walton thought he'd left for good. But the magnetic pull of the ol...

Giorgi Chaladze, a native of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, has appealed to his former classmates at Pepperdine's Stra...

Judge Bonnie Sabraw of Alameda County Superior Court stepped down last week after two decades of bench service. ...

After the final two witnesses testified Friday, all sides rested in the wiretapping conspiracy trial of attorney Terry N. Chri...

When contempt issues do arise, the law is often poorly understood, writes Albert J. Menaster. - Focus Column ...

Mediators hoping to get paid for their work on the Los Angeles County Superior Court's mediator panel have been dealt a setbac...

A federal court jury deliberated a second day in the Bratz doll brouhaha Friday without making a decision. ...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton isn't the first law firm to zero in on the growing video game industry, but it may be th...

When the law is uncertain and the terrain dangerous, there are generally two paths for attorneys to follow: abide by the statu...

Immigration activists on both sides of the issue descended on the federal building in San Diego Friday, marking an emotional f...

Leeann Berry, 37, was an accidential bigamist because she failed to complete the paperwork for her divorce. The San Francisco ...

Deputy District Attorney Benjamin Field admitted at his State Bar trial Friday that he made some mistakes, but said he never i...

Web Exclusive - Is U.S. District Judge George P. Schiavelli leaving the bench to work as a mediator? A criminal defense attorn...

A federal judge said Friday he would delay imposing regulatory penalties on the former chief executive of Brocade Communicatio...

As the son of a civil rights giant, Juvenile Court Commissioner John C. Lawson II learned the values that guide his work wit...

Self-Assessment Test by Hon. Alex Ricciardulli

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

A year into his appointment as a San Bernardino County Superior Court judge, Elia V. Pirozzi is earning praise from lawyers an...

Thousands of prisoners serving life terms will get a new shot at being released after a close California Supreme Court decisio...

Tyler Wall joined Brocade Communications Systems Inc. in 2005, in what was perhaps the company's darkest hour. ...

SAN DIEGO - Earlier this month, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders announced that the city will receive $15.5 million in new grant ...

As a juvenile court referee in Van Nuys and a published author, Leora Krygier often finds that wayward youth need a good writi...

Heller Ehrman’s 54 incoming fall associates won’t start work on Oct. 13 anymore. The firm said it called its new hires Wednesd...

Federal court jurors went through their first day of deliberations in the damages phase of the Bratz doll fight Thursday witho...

Private eye Anthony Pellicano challenged the prosecution's conclusion Thursday that a list of sometimes bizarre phrases laced ...

Employee manuals must be consistent and harmonized with any other documentation that may possibly govern the employer-employee...

In an anxiety-inducing move in Santa Ana’s federal building, criminal defense lawyers for embattled billionaire Henry Nicholas...

Four California women who claimed they were being systematically passed over in favor of men for business opportunities at the...

China's largest bank shunted millions of dollars to Middle East terrorist groups, Israeli victims of terrorist attacks claimed...