SAN FRANCISCO - If opening arguments are a preview of the latest trial of an outspoken medical-marijuana activist, prosecutors...

A lawyer who helped smooth the way for integration of Riverside's schools is recognized with the prestigious Defender of the C...

Forum Column – By Peter Scheer – In a stunning display of chutzpah, S.F. Bay Area newspaper publishers and a local businessma...

In the Internet age, Web site operators have largely been shielded from lawsuits based on the content they publish in cyberspace.

LOS ANGELES - The city attorney's office is expected to announce a settlement today with Kaiser Permanente over civil and crim...

LOS ANGELES - A judge on Monday declined to toss out the 1994 murder conviction of a woman, despite testimony by her three chi...

Deals Column - By Jason Song - David C. Eisman ranks his latest transaction among his favorites, on par with work he has done ...

Forum Column – By Matthew McReynolds – Despite the competing choruses of exaltation and excoriation, the Supreme Court’s new a...

WASHINGTON - A deeply divided U.S. Supreme Court reversed the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a death...

Sometimes even 1,000 lawyers aren't enough, Los Angeles heavyweight O'Melveny & Myers learned Monday.

Testimony began Monday at Pepperdine University in a rare arbitration hearing that could determine whether reigning Tour de Fr...

Focus Column – By Gregory Bergman and Ken Moscaret – Reasonable attorney fees are truly in the eye of the beholder. There can ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ordered a San Diego appellate court to take a second look at a ruling that would...

Imagine the late-night TV commercial: ‘Have you or someone you love been injured in a … helicopter accident?’ Plaintiffs’ firm...

After working at seven law firms, Orange County Commissioner Richard E. Pacheco has returned to his old neighborhood to presid...

Suspensions and Probations

SACRAMENTO - A judge has thrown out a key workers' compensation reform that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the business commun...

Letters to the Editor - A significant factor in the demise of jury trials is the unfortunate judicial culture of delay reduction.

Industry Watch - By Anne Marie Ruff - LOS ANGELES - Health care attorney Kenneth J. Yood has joined Fulbright & Jaworski's...

Forum Column - By Elwood Lui and Peter Davids - The California Supreme Court has rejected the notion that the mandate to const...

Focus Column - Steven B. Katz and Brian M. Hom - Many a counsel has been snared by the siren call of the Biljac decisio...

Forum Column - By Linda F. Atcherley and Susan R. Borg - It’s high time the Legislature and the governor took a serious look a...

SAN FRANCISCO - A controversial proposal to tighten a State Bar program for disciplined attorneys with substance-abuse or ment...

Unfortunately for a 29-year-old paralegal from Los Angeles, both the new-media staffers at the Barack Obama campaign chose to ...

Industry Watch - By Alexa Hyland - LOS ANGELES - Insurance-recovery partner Keith Meyer moved into the Los Angeles office of H...

A Los Angeles judge’s ruling may force a profound shift in California's legal landscape, making it harder for property owners ...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge today will hear a motion to dismiss money-laundering and tax-fraud charges against Seymour Laza...

SAN FRANCISCO - A flurry of legal and bureaucratic activity in recent days means that vital water pumps serving millions of Ca...

On the Move

Industry Watch - By Drew Combs - LOS ANGELES - Allan Gabriel, a partner at Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner, has depart...