Constitutional Law
A New Court Term, Sossamon v. Texas And the Case That Did Not Bark
By Alexander Phersonn
The Supreme Court is poised to decide some fascinating cases that may well yield closely-divided votes, by John C. Eastman, fo...
Rose Tracy Reinheimer is one of more than 60 homeowners suing the city over accusations it mismanaged its below-market-rate co...
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed more than 700 bills into law, including several aimed at reducing the workload for t...
The stage is set for the final battle between privacy rights and free speech in the military funeral protest case of Snyder...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...
Earlier in September, the Daily Journal hosted two roundtable discussions with leading appellate lawyers - one in Los Angeles ...
Lawyers in the Los Angeles office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan used a tactic that did not exist 10 years ago to de...
Michelle Rosenblatt requested a civil docket after a career as a criminal law judge. She says she needed a challenge. Civil la...
Apple Inc. has settled the last of the lawsuits filed against it over stock options by agreeing to pay $14 million to investor...
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles on Thursday indicted Bruce Fred Friedman, 60, of Sherman Oaks, on criminal charges he perp...
Issuing a sanction and a rare public reprimand, the 9th U.S. Circuit Judicial Council ruled Thursday that Beverly Hills attorn...
One of the most notorious voice mail messages in Silicon Valley history is at the crux of a trade secrets misappropriation tri...
Still smarting from the blows of the recession, law firms are raising their standards for lateral partner candidates by demand...
An Alameda County prosecutor's impassioned closing argument urging jurors to imagine the horrors a murder victim went through ...
A legal battle over the high-profile redevelopment of a former U.S. Navy base is getting messier, with the former project deve...
Hitting big screens today, "The Social Network" combines the portrayal of real-life people with fictionalized events but witho...
Marshall A. Rutter knew when he founded the firm now known as Rutter, Hobbs & Davidoff that he wanted a practice that woul...
Recent legal maneuvering in Albert Brown's impending execution exposes the farcical nature of the death penalty, by Havar Avir...
Hyman Sisman of the Los Angeles County district attorney's office responds to "Third World Countries Must Provide Their Own Ac...
Two of financier David Bergstein's companies now appear headed into Chapter 11 after they failed to oppose creditors' motions ...
The pressing nature and huge implications of Bush v. Gore forced both the arguing attorneys and Supreme Court justices to alte...
Sending an attorney to accident scenes can preserve evidence while protecting the interests of drivers and insurance carriers,...
His first year as a mediator, Herman Papa discovered an effective, if a bit unconventional, tool for calming a dispute: a chai...
Almost 40 years later, the issues and divisions inspired by the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Roe v. Wade remain hot as...
Lawyers appearing before Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker of the Northern District of California on Wednesday had no clue he was a...
Giving new ammunition to sex abuse victims seeking the private files of accused priests, an appellate court held Thursday that...
Can Toyota be forced to pay punitive damages for the pain and suffering plaintiffs allegedly endured in the furious few second...
A lawsuit that put cutting-edge California biotechnology research in limbo has its roots in a debate that goes back long befor...
The judge who struck down California's same-sex marriage ban is stepping down from the bench. ...