Industry Watch - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's l...

Dispensing justice over a wide area in Northern California, Commissioner Peter Twede is known for his patience and his clear e...

Former Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn, who has been working in the private sector since leaving public office three years ago...

After a love of Los Angeles brought him across country, Magistrate Judge Frederick F. Mumm enjoyed 20 years in private practic...

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for a homeless paraplegic man found 'dumped' in a Skid Row gutter last February filed a lawsuit Thursd...

SAN FRANCISCO - A memorial service will take place tomorrow for retired U.S. District Judge Spencer M. Williams. Williams di...

A murder defendant who had a dysfunctional relationship with his court-appointed counsel is not guaranteed new legal represent...

RIVERSIDE - A Superior Court judge has tossed out a lawsuit in which two former students of a religious high school claimed ad...

RIVERSIDE - A company that refuels commercial aircraft at March Air Reserve Base near Riverside has agreed to pay $100,000 to ...

Forum Column - By Joe Domanick - A conveyer-belt system of criminal justice in California has led to overcrowded prisons and a...

Employment Column - By D. Gregory Valenza - Paying employee wages with stored-value "pay cards" could be legally viable. ...

Focus Column - By Diane J. Klein - Several trademark dilution issues are at play in a suit filed by the Red Hot Chili Peppers ...

Defections at Heller Ehrman continued this week when attorneys James Olson and Randall Schai relocated to Jones Day's four-yea...

LOS ANGELES - As a young man in the U.S. Navy, Benjamin S. Seigel got his first taste of the law. His job: defend an officer a...

Amy Solomon, the newest president of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles was preparing for life as a world-traveling...

SAN FRANCISCO - In the face of what seems to be inevitable litigation in the wake of a Christmas Day tiger attack, San Francis...

RIVERSIDE - A state appellate court has reversed a Riverside man's murder conviction, asserting that the judge in the trial co...

Michael Villalobos has returned to the West Covina misdemeanor court where he began his career as a prosecutor - but this time...

Susan Partovi, left, Homeless Health Care Los Angeles’ primary physician, and Mark Casanova, the Skid Row clinic’s executive d...

SAN BERNARDINO - Prosecutors in San Bernardino County have dismissed charges against a Murrieta attorney who had been accused ...

First Amendment groups are applauding a decision by a federal magistrate judge to grant Amnesty International the same rights ...

Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - Parents should be allowed to recover if their child is victimized as a result of their sch...

Focus Column - By Peter J. Engstrom and Nancy Chung Allred - For practitioners with clients trying to enforce in California mo...

Forum Column - By Mark Labaton - Words are among the most powerful tools for lawyers. ...

Taking up a high-stakes patent case for the computer industry, the U.S. Supreme Court voiced skepticism Wednesday that a South...

Gregory L. Reyes, the former chief executive officer of Brocade Communications Systems Inc. and first person to be convicted b...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court on Wednesday turned away a request by the U.S. Navy to continue to conduct unfettered ...

Since being sworn in as the U.S. attorney for the nation's largest federal district in October, Thomas P. O'Brien, has taken o...

Years teaching trial advocacy and courtroom skills to law students prepared Los Angeles Judge Darrell S. Mavis for his appoint...

LOS ANGELES - Richard A. Ibanez, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge for two decades, and one of the founders of the Mex...