SAN FRANCISCO - A judge has found United Way of the Bay Area liable for $4.7 million in compensation, agreeing with a lawsuit ...

SAN BERNARDINO - Downtown San Bernardino's criminal, civil and juvenile courts and executive court offices, which closed early...

Blumberg's Column - Last year's Jones v. Los Angeles was for homeless people almost as big as criminal suspects winning...

Focus Column - By Matthew L. Ahart - A group of new cases is making it more difficult to enforce patents against companies acc...

Forum Column - By David B. Newdorf - The medical industry dodged a bullet, thanks to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent veto ...

Employment Column - By Jonathan Fraser Light - The difference between an adverse judgment in court and a dismissal may be as s...

Forum Column - By Philip Seymour - Though pro-growth advocates usually consider themselves strict constructionists, their inte...

These days, when respected trial attorney Steven J. Rottman bends over a defendant, blasting pointed questions to the unsuspec...

An Orange County jury took little more than an hour to decide that Marie Callender Pie Shops had not violated disability laws ...

BEVERLY HILLS - The Beverly Hills Bar Association, which has been at the forefront of promoting conflict resolution as an effi...

Two California Supreme Court justices complained Thursday that the court has gutted part of the state's anti-gang law, damagin...

Kenneth Clayman, the longest-serving public defender in the state, is retiring after 23 years on the job. ...

WASHINGTON - Immigration reform could be making an unexpected comeback in Washington. Most commentators predicted no chance of...

In response to legislation enacted this summer, the Judicial Council will appoint a task force next year to evaluate criminal-...

For the past decade, law firms have relied on a vibrant lateral market to build their stable of rainmakers and mentoring to cr...

Top real estate lawyers know that when the market is cloudy, clients will look to them for silver linings. But for the most am...

In any given week, while lounging in his downtown Los Angeles office, real estate attorney Allan Mutchnik may field calls from...

It should come as no surprise that, despite the great strides women have made in the partnership ranks of California's leading...

Women can bring to the cultivation of legal business many insights that often elude men. Among them: Being kind to business as...

"At the end of the day, it's all about selling sneakers," said Lawrence M. Braun, a corporate law partner at Sheppard Mullin R...

For all of the sophisticated theories of rainmaking out there, some simple truths abide. The most important of them may be tha...

Legislation that would let phone companies off the hook for helping with the Bush administration’s secret wiretapping program ...

Large law firms are predicting a modest rise in revenue and profits in the third quarter while growing more concerned about th...

VICTORVILLE - A Berkeley attorney is suing an Apple Valley sect of the Jehovah's Witnesses, claiming the church turned a blind...

SAN BERNARDINO - Choking smoke from mountain wildfires led officials to close downtown San Bernardino's trial and juvenile cou...

Forum Column - By Patrick Mattimore - Focusing on the racial "achievement gap" in education virtually ensures a future of medi...

Forum Column - By Charles S. Doskow - A forthcoming decision from the Supreme Court will settle the question of whether the pr...

Advocates for the poor and homeless hope to boost legal assistance in Skid Row through an all-day educational program for lawy...

SAN JOSE - During the past week and a half, Viacom Inc. and Google Inc. have made public announcements that legal observers sa...

If any Internet companies weren’t thinking about how to better protect copyrights, they’re thinking about it now. A series of ...