Forum Column - By Kyla Christofferson - Ambiguous rulings on the limits of tort damages have led to a dismal business climate ...

Focus Column - By Joseph A. Krock and Stevan Porter - Understanding how to approach statistical sampling can be key to develop...

Industry Watch - By Fiona Smith - John Carson, an attorney specializing in intellectual property, joined Foley & Lardner's...

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - Los Angeles-based Musick, Peeler & Garrett nabbed a Latin America practice team from ...

WASHINGTON - Stanford Law School's Supreme Court Litigation Clinic landed one of its most important cases ever on Friday when ...

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Dzintra I. Janavs has announced she will retire in March. When she lost a re-election ...

SANTA ANA - This is a cautionary tale, and here is the moral: A minute can cost a million. ...

Once a passionate prosecutor, Orange County Supervising Judge Kimberly Menninger now garners praise for being firm and fair in...

Industry Watch - By Devan McClaine - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goin...

After 13 years in private practice and four on the bench, San Joaquin Judge Linda L. Lofthus still finds the system to be 'an ...

After a three-week trial in San Diego Superior Court, a jury deliberated for just one day before awarding $26.5 million to a b...

LOS ANGELES - To Jack Daniels, mediation is a lot like poker. "There are tells in this game, too," Daniels said, tapping busi...

SAN JOSE - A tentative settlement of a lawsuit filed against former officers and directors of McAfee Inc. does not include thr...

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge denied a motion to disqualify high-profile litigator Patricia Glaser from defending ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati partner David Saul has moved to Ropes & Gray's Palo Alto office, wher...

Leo J. Severino is not just the lawyer on "Bella." The former Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher associate is the co-writer, de facto...

A one-time motorcycle gang member who killed a man in a Sierra Madre bar should be paroled despite rulings by a former governo...

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Thursday he had reappointed Michael Hersek state public defender, a position...

LOS ANGELES - Balancing the needs of the U.S. Navy and the concerns of environmental groups, a federal judge Wednesday created...

Forum Column - By K.C. Victor - What considerations should lawyers factor in when choosing between life as in-house counsel an...

Employment Column - By Mandana Massoumi and Sarah Maier - New laws regarding wage-and-hour regulations, employee benefits and ...

Focus Column - By Cecily T. Talbert, Joshua Safran, and Cecilia A. De Robertis - A bevy of environmental and developmental iss...

Just days before he must report to federal prison, embattled Los Angeles civil rights lawyer Stephen Yagman is taking a final ...

Mark Beck and Anthony De Corso moved into Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's Los Angeles office as partners Wednesday, compl...

As promised, California has fired back at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for blocking the state's attempts to regula...

The Daily Journal is accepting nominations for its annual Top 10 Defense Verdicts report, which will be published Feb. 8.

Forum Column - By Edward J. Loya Jr. - A Supreme Court case coming out of Virginia's highest court will determine whether stat...

Forum Column - By Thomas A. Mesereau, Jr. - A 1980s Texas case billed as the "civil trial of the century" provides a powerful ...

LOS ANGELES - In a move that could radically alter his case, notorious private eye Anthony Pellicano has moved to dismiss his ...

Jason Nazar took his joint law degree and master's degree in business from Pepperdine University to launch Docstoc.com, a free...