Longtime district attorney Robert J. Lemkau hit the books to prepare for his new role: presiding over civil commitment cases...

The difficult nature of trying cases in what some view as the Wild West of Internet advertising became apparent in a dispute b...

Focus Column - By Leonard S. Levy - Preparing clients before entering into mediation is key to a successful outcome. ...

Sidestepping an explosive health care issue, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up a case that asked whether ter...

LOS ANGELES - A prominent Encino lawyer recently joined the city's Board of Water and Power Commissioners, which oversees the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an important employment-law case involving Wal-Mart after the company and the plain...

The Supreme Court expressed little sympathy for "Judge Alex" Ferrer in a fee dispute between the television jurist and his for...

SANTA ANA - Indicted Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona stepped down Monday primarily to keep mega-firm Jones Day on his defens...

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

Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - Robert C. Bonner, former commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection under President...

LOS ANGELES - After eight years at the helm of Loyola Law School, Dean David W. Burcham has accepted a promotion to provost of...

LOS ANGELES - University of Southern California law professor and Fox News commentator Susan Estrich joined litigation powerho...

Forum Column - By Timothy J. Dowling - Congress should move forward with plans to prohibit judges from accepting ethically que...

SAN FRANCISCO - The state-court system is losing a key lobbyist at the same time it is bracing for big budget cuts in Sacramen...

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe snagged Mark P. Wine, the former co-chair of McDermott...

Forum Column - By Kurt Melchior - Allowing outside capital investment in law firms is a bad idea. ...

Focus Column - By Andy Gillin and Ralph L. Jacobson - Anyone considering filing a wrongful-death claim should be aware of the ...

New intrusive background checks of NASA scientists' sex lives and other intimate issues have gotten three thumbs down from a 9...

Industry Watch - By Anat Rubin - Longtime public interest attorney Paula Pearlman has been named executive director of the Lo...

LOS ANGELES - In the months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a small Van Nuys telemarketing company run by two Saudi Ara...

The U.S. Supreme Court added three other new cases to its docket on Friday, dealing with these issues: Campaign finance, Emplo...

Industry Watch - By Devan McClaine - Squire, Sanders & Dempsey announced the addition of Wenzhao "Connie" Wang as a corpor...

As school officials seek ways to protect themselves from liability over the growing problem of cyberbullying, JAMS mediator Ga...

In a dramatic policy shift, the Department of Homeland Security has agreed it will no longer forcibly drug immigrants to facil...

WASHINGTON - Criminal defendants have a Sixth Amendment right to confront their accusers in court, but is that right forfeited...

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...

SAN FRANCISCO - A state appeals court has chopped down a Humboldt County prosecutor's attempt to prove that Pacific Lumber Co....

After years in the sexual-assault and officer-involved units of the district attorney's office, Orange County Judge Sheila F. ...

San Francisco Commissioner Marjorie A. Slabach combines her skills from teaching with her love of family law. ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced a 10 percent cut for the courts Thursday as part of his $141 billion state budget proposa...