By Liz Valsamis Jerome Coben pulled together the 50 members of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom's corporate department...

By Eron Ben-Yehuda Contestants on the television game show "Wheel of Fortune" are expected to express enthusiasm. But watch o...

BY OLIVIA LOY CREJ Staff Writer It has taken 20 years, but two San Francisco developers finally have made a breakthrough - so...

By Eron Ben-Yehuda A nasty divorce battle in family court is turning even more bitter with a subsequent civil action. The dis...

Column Media Relations By Richard S. Levick Law firms historically have resisted any proactive relationship with the media. T...

Column Technology By John B. Marcin Trial lawyers often juggle dozens of cases simultaneously. Even small litigation firms so...

By Eron Ben-Yehuda Betty Boop is an enduring animated character with legions of fans. Mark Fleischer, who's grandfather Max F...

By Stefanie Knapp An 88-year-old man who has lived in his apartment for 47 years faced eviction, but on Oct. 14 the Legal Aid...

BY LINDA RAPATTONI Special to CREJ The last measure in a package of four bills giving residents in common-interest developmen...

Forum Column By John C. Eastman and Timothy Sandefur Since his election three years ago, President George W. Bush has faced s...

Focus Column Litigation By Andrew M. Gilford and Scott J. Leipzig Code of Civil Procedure Section 998 can be an effective too...

Focus Column Alternative Dispute Resolution By Richard E. Best Recent years have seen a strong trend toward private judging a...

SAN FRANCISCO - Critics have found plenty in California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown's rulings and speeches to b...

SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court has upheld a $7 million judgment against Merced County's social services agency for n...

LOS ANGELES - Colleagues of attorney Gerald Curry, who was shot Friday outside the Van Nuys Courthouse by a man who was appar...

SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County prosecutor argued that Deputy Public Defender Charlie Gillan created a conflict of interest b...

LOS ANGELES - An appellate panel has revived a community activist's suit against LA Focus magazine, reversing a grant of summ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Dan Addario, San Francisco District Attorney Terence Hallinan's chief investigator, has agreed to resign afte...

LOS ANGELES - When Superior Court Commissioner Phyllis A. Shibata was faced with a defendant who could not read or write, she...

LOS ANGELES - Renowned litigator Larry Feldman is leaving Santa Monica boutique Fogel, Feldman, Ostrov, Ringler & Klevens...

LOS ANGELES - Presiding Justice Candace D. Cooper had a homecoming Thursday as she returned to her alma mater, Dorsey High Sc...

A decade after a travel junket scandal rocked the California Supreme Court, the public doesn't always know where judges go on...

LOS ANGELES - Vincent, Eusi and Jose waited with other members of Strike Team 1177 for orders that would take them to the fir...

Focus Column Bankruptcy Law By Bruce Givner On February 4, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Los Angeles law...

Employment Column By Barry Kellman Terminating employees is an unpleasant but necessary part of running a successful law firm...

Forum Column By John A. Kronstadt In 1873, Mark Twain observed in a 4th of July speech that "[w]e have a criminal jury system...

LOS ANGELES - The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday postponed a vote on the nomination of state Supreme Court Justice Ja...

RIVERSIDE - A state appellate court let stand a $14 million fine against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. on Thursday, holding that ...

LOS ANGELES - Alex Valdez knows his rights as a citizen with a disability. The blind Brea resident flies around the country t...

RIVERSIDE - A Superior Court judge on Thursday sentenced a Mead Valley woman to 15 years to life in prison for the murder of ...