LOS ANGELES - In court, lawyers always make sure to respectfully address the judge as "your honor." But that de rigeur deferen...

Forum Column - By Peter Scheer - A civil lawsuit by the man accused of being responsible for 2001's anthrax scare threatens th...

Retired judge Andrew J. Weisz, a pioneer of innovative courtroom solutions who saw the likes of Johnny Carson and Dean Martin ...

Focus Column - By Joseph M. Barrett - An examination of the standards for restricting a jury's ability to be exposed to certai...

Three years after a judge declared San Francisco's affirmative-action law unconstitutional, the city is still fighting for the...

Letter to the Editor - I am the attorney for the prevailing plaintiffs/appellants in the recent California Supreme Court case ...

When all else fails, unlawful immigrants sometimes turn to federal lawmakers to introduce special bills to save them from bein...

SAN FRANCISCO - The recent furor over lead-tainted Chinese products comes as no surprise to California lawyers who have been p...

SAN JOSE - What started out as a David versus Goliath trademark battle over how Internet search engines sell advertising has n...

SANTA ANA - Frat boys who dream of owning strip clubs but want a classier career objective to offer mom and dad may now tell t...

Colleagues and attorneys say Judge Kyle S. Brodie has already adapted to the jam-packed schedule of San Bernardino's superior ...

A growing number of law firms are taking steps to create more environmentally friendly offices. Among them, Nixon Peabody's Ti...

LOS ANGELES - More than four years after a federal judge barred police officers from searching and detaining Skid Row resident...

SACRAMENTO - California lawmakers brokered a budget deal on Tuesday, ending a 51-day impasse that disrupted payments to a numb...

Forum Column - By Mark Schlosberg and Nicole Ozer - Americans anxious for digital surveillance on every corner should look at...

Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - As back-to-school season begins, parents should be aware of the legal recourses available ...

Focus Column - By Howard N. Madris - It turns out that one of the best ways to make money at a bankruptcy auction is by losing...

LOS ANGELES - Inmates flashing gang signs. Defendants charging at witnesses and attorneys in courtrooms. A man shooting a prob...

Steven Kaufhold, a civil litigator with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, is representing Assembly Republicans in their effo...

LOS ANGELES - Attorney General Jerry Brown announced a deal with San Bernardino County Tuesday that could serve as a model for...

A long career as a lawyer gives Sacramento Judge Alan G. Perkins insight on the perspective from the other side of the bench. ...

Kathleen E. O'Leary, associate justice of the 4th District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana, will receive the 2007 Benjamin Aranda...

After recalling more than one million Chinese-made toys sold in the United States, toy maker giant Mattel faces a class action...

A federal appeals court Monday handed Southern California air regulators a victory in their efforts to clean up large fleets o...

In the wake of the clergy abuse scandal, the legislature created a one-year window for adult victims to sue for childhood sexu...

LOS ANGELES - Patent litigator Mark Scarsi has joined Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy to establish and lead the firm's Wes...

Deals Column - By Jason Song - Andrew Apfelberg was sure his acquisition was falling apart. He had been negotiating for months...

LOS ANGELES - A government special agent conquered her fear of answering questions from the witness stand and testified on Mon...

LOS ANGELES - The Justice Department reopened the public comment period for proposed regulation changes that would give the at...

LOS ANGELES - California cities have been moving quickly to install video-surveillance cameras on public streets and plazas wi...