LOS ANGELES - A 25-year-old plan to reduce racial divisions in Los Angeles public schools does not violate California's consti...

WASHINGTON - Thousands of prison inmates around the nation are eligible for relief after the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted ...

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

Many environmental groups oppose Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Attorney General Jerry Brown's plan to expaned the Port of Los...

U.S. District Judge Robert J. Timlin recently announced he has made himself available to try any cases in the district that hi...

In two significant victories for criminal defendants, the U.S. Supreme Court emphasized Monday that federal trial judges have ...

SAN FRANCISCO - With climate change an increasingly hot topic with lawmakers in Sacramento, the market for environmental lawye...

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal has added three new partners to its corporate department in San Francisco, the firm announce...

Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - For foster children who have special needs, determining who has the right to make decision...

Lawyers for Gregory Reyes, the first person criminally convicted in the options backdating scandal, have requested a new trial...

Dudley W. Gray, a prominent South Bay attorney with a 58-year career, died of natural causes at a Palm Springs hospital Friday...

Forum Column - By Robert A. Philipson - The controversy over Ford's attempt to prove the safety of the Explorer continues with...

Judges aren't involved enough in settling cases. They delay too many hearings. And their scheduling system is so ineffective t...

Focus Column - By Reid Steinfeld and Richard Boggan - For years, providers treating workers' compensation patients have been u...

Willing to talk about almost anything, U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford is silent about his most high-profile case. ...

The owners and operators of the ship that spilled 58,000 gallons of fuel into the San Francisco Bay should pay for the city's ...

A mining company agreed to pay California $42.2 million to settle a complaint that it stole more than 2 million cubic yards of...

LOS ANGELES - In a case that may serve as a bellwether for how courts will treat credit-crisis litigation, a federal judge in ...

He's a professional-wrestler-turned-lawyer, a hulking courtroom presence with a deep voice and flair for storytelling that's h...

LOS ANGELES - In the summer of 2006, Securities and Exchange Commission staff lawyers spotted a series of offshore stock trade...

Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - Attorneys David M. Halbreich and Douglas C. Rawles have joined Reed Smith's Los Angeles off...

Industry Watch - By Alexa Hyland - Miles J. Feldman with Browne Woods & George, joined the Los Angeles office of Liner Yan...

Focus Column - By Robert Harrison - Attorneys who don't take small-claims court seriously are missing out on one of the fastes...

Corte Madera attorney Mattaniah Eytan practiced law for nearly 50 years without getting into trouble. But his spotless record...

Industry Watch - By Evan George - Buchalter Nemer has added transactional specialist Mary Rose as a partner in the small but g...

Forum Column - By Donald Kilmer - The Supreme Court's upcoming case on Washington, D.C.'s gun ban isn't a matter of public pol...

Industry Watch - By Adam Gorlick - The city's Chamber of Commerce is getting a new top lawyer to replace Steve Farrand, who h...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday that it will decide whether states can adopt different legal standards fo...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider the Bush administration's appeal of a lower-court ruling that in...

The judge overseeing the allocation of the settlement in the San Diego Diocese molestation case said Friday that the abuse by ...