On the Move - Scott A. Harshman has joined the Orange County office of Greenberg Traurig as of-counsel in the firm's trusts an...

HOSPITALITY SAN DIEGO - Hotel real estate investment trust Boykin Lodging Co. and Outrigger Lodging Services sold the Hampton...

Forum Column - By Charles S. Doskow - At this time it looks as if the mother of all confirmation hearings may not take place. ...

Focus Column - By Perry J. Viscounty - The once-active home page of Internet file-sharing site Grokster has been replaced by a...

Forum Column - By Patrick Cathcart - A recent newspaper editorial touting the supposed virtues of splitting up the 9th U.S. Ci...

Employment Column - By Brian L. Johnsrud - As a result of increased government contracting, a growing number of California com...

SAN DIEGO - A nearly two-decade career litigating cases and handling business disputes has well prepared Steven H. Kruis, 50, ...

LOS ANGELES - Her human parents had been going at it like cats and dogs. But it was Gigi, a pointer-greyhound mix, who was in ...

LOS ANGELES - A famous film director's divorce suit underscores the muddled state of the law for identifying professional good...

LOS ANGELES - State appellate courts chastised two lawyers this week for unscrupulous litigation tactics. Los Angeles civil at...

VENTURA - The state Commission on Judicial Performance announced Wednesday that it will choose three new special masters to he...

LOS ANGELES - For most of his 39 years, Nahum Neme rarely has felt lucky. He realized he was gay at age 10. A year later, clas...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Howard J. Schwab is hanging up his robe after nearly 22 years on the ben...

LOS ANGELES - On his first day in office, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa fulfilled a campaign promise by banning lobby...

RETAIL SANTA ROSA - Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. acquired 50 percent interest in the 827,000-square-foot Codd...

Focus Column - By Dennis M. P. Ehling and Ashley J. Camron - After Eddy Curry missed the final month of the 2004-2005 season, ...

Forum Column - By William J. Becker Jr. - 'Tis the season to debate the proselytizing effect of Christmas and the harm it alle...

Forum Column - By Clay Calvert - Proclaimed boldly in large letters on a half-wall inside of Larry Claxton Flynt's clean, well...

LOS ANGELES - It's a $3.5 billion worldwide industry that has left attorneys scratching their heads. Ring tones may account fo...

LOS ANGELES - "This is the future, ladies and gentlemen," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced on a recent trade mission to C...

SAN FRANCISCO - Gloria Allred's press comments will be restricted in her dual role of witness attorney and TV commentator in t...

LOS ANGELES - Cisco Systems Inc. announced it would buy cable television set-top box maker Scientific-Atlanta Inc. for $6.9 b...

LOS ANGELES - One public agency cannot meet with lawyers for another public agency in closed session, a state appellate court...

LOS ANGELES - In a slap at Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the Los Angeles City Council refused Tuesday - at least temporarily - ...

WASHINGTON - The indictment of the vice president's chief of staff may be the ultimate "Inside the Beltway" case, but defenda...

SAN FRANCISCO - Larry Ellison, one of the world's richest men, found himself $22 million poorer than he had once hoped as a re...

SAN JOSE - To her supporters, and even some critics of her rulings, Justice Patricia Bamattre-Manoukian is a very intelligent...

SAN FRANCISCO - The United Way of America has responded to criticism from more than 20 San Francisco Bay Area legal advocacy o...

CHURCH APPEAL - A state Court of Appeal Tuesday gave Cardinal Roger Mahony a weeklong reprieve from having to give prosecutors...

RETAIL TEMECULA - Burnham Real Estate/ONCOR International brokered five leases totaling $32.31 million at the under-constructi...