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 ...

The case against Barry Bonds had hardly begun before federal prosecutors signaled they would be taking aim at at least some me...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday that it will take up an important employment law case involving Wal-Mart,...

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 la...

Industry Watch - Retirements, promotions? Check out our listing of lawyers and judges who have gained recognition for their ...

Lawyers say Judge Andrew P. Banks is funny but tough and pays close attention to every detail. ...

9th Circuit Judge Harry Pregerson ripped a Los Angeles lawyer and a prominent immigration judge Thursday in a published opinio...

A group of Santa Monica lawyers won't have to pay a psychologist who helped them get a $1.5 million settlement on behalf of wo...

Forum Column - By Curt Rich - As Congress takes up an energy bill for the coming year, the potential of biofuels to deliver cl...

Focus Column - By Sergio Garcia - A recent Supreme Court decision altering the balance between patent holders and their licens...

LOS ANGELES - A woman who claimed two security guards sexually leered at her and had her falsely arrested for theft at a Walgr...

LOS ANGELES - The California Newspaper Publishers Association is honoring District Attorney Steve Cooley with its Freedom of I...

Employment Column - By D. Gregory Valenza - Can a rifle-wielding drunk be protected from employer discipline because her alcoh...

A mother's video depicting the life of a 19-year-old Los Angeles murder victim did not sway jurors to send the teenager's kill...

As a neutral at JAMS since 1999, Judge Diane L. Wayne has built a reputation among many lawyers as the go-to person to handl...

Forum Column - By G. Christopher Ritter - Attorneys looking to make the maximum rhetorical impact on juries should remember th...

When Ramon Aguilera shot and killed Marcos Gonzalez, he also set in motion a complex force of litigation that began as an atte...