ANAHEIM - More money for judgeships and court facilities made 2006 a good year, but the courts need the legal community's help...

Focus Column - By David J. Ozeran - -"Willful misconduct" is an increasingly complex cause of action, but its evolving jurispr...

LOS ANGELES - It was a mother's worst nightmare. Her son Victor had died of AIDS in a federal immigration detention center af...

Linda F. Rice, one of the state’s top medical-malpractice plaintiffs’ attorneys, is the latest to leave the practice. ...

SACRAMENTO - Ford Motor Co. and lawyers for 414,000 California owners of Explorers announced Monday that they have reached a t...

In his four years on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Jay Bybee has become known as one of its brightest and most freeth...

SACRAMENO - The two lobbyists for the State Bar have announced they will step down before the end of the year to pursue career...

ANAHEIM - Bar association activists from around California endorsed ending the death penalty, legalizing prostitution and home...

Judge Kenneth K. So is the new presiding judge of San Diego County Superior Court. So, who has served as assistant presiding j...

A San Francisco rabbi is determined to restore his reputation after a Jewish community leader likened him to "the Fuhrer." Th...

A San Diego judge has upheld a $24 million arbitration award on behalf of Bavaria International Aircraft Leasing against Mexic...

Forum Column - By David Grenardo and Joshua Briones - Passion and street smarts are among the outside-the-box skill sets that ...

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - Steptoe & Johnson nabbed Jeffrey Weiner, formerly DLA Piper's senior corporate attorn...

Forum Column - By David Blair-Loy - A recent case in San Diego County illustrates that openness and accountability in governme...

Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - After learning that Stoel Rives was drastically downsizing its San Francisco office to conc...

Industry Watch - By D. Heimpel - An estimated 125 of Los Angeles' top entertainment attorneys will spend Saturday discussing h...

Industry Watch - By D. Heimpel - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has expanded its media practice with the hiring of Lucas...

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - Chicago-based McDermott Will & Emery continued its Silicon Valley growth spurt with t...

Focus Column - By Ken Moscaret - The best attorney for a job is not always the cheapest one, but proving that in court require...

Ten years ago, hiring an appellate specialist before a trial was over was almost unheard of. But as the field has evolved, app...

After a bruising last term that saw the justices clash on abortion, race and a host of other issues, the high court kicks off ...

At three of California's largest and most prominent technology companies, it is suddenly tough to tell the general counsel wit...

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After a first career as an educator, Judge Raima H. Ballinger makes sure to keep jurors, and herself, well-informed. ...

The newest president of the California Judges Association is no big-city jurist. He's Ira Kaufman of Plumas County, which has ...

ANAHEIM - A controversial proposal to require California lawyers to disclose whether they have malpractice insurance stalled w...

Employment Column - By John Weiss - Breaking the conventional rules of negotiation, attendance and briefing in employment medi...

The Public-education entities agreed to fund the creation of a special-needs day class at the California School for the Deaf a...

Forum Column - By Michael Willemsen - A ballot initiative that would award California's electoral votes proportionately has on...