Anthony P. Capozzi explains why a statewide court closure plan was the only rational option. ...

Yuri Mikulka heads the litigation practice at Zuber & Taillieu. She said as companies shrink their numbers of outside coun...

In its continuing efforts to protect the identity of those who bankrolled the campaign to pass Proposition 8, lawyers for The ...

Rick Frenkel, the former in-house Cisco Systems Inc. attorney who wrote an anonymous blog in 2007 accusing two Texas attorneys...

As practiced today, the taking of privately owned land to revitalize cities remains an unlearned lesson, writes Gideon Kanner...

Do citizen journalists have the same obligations and protections as traditional media outlets, wonder David Wotherspoon and Ch...

Two West Hollywood film executives are facing prison time after being convicted of bribing a Thai official, in what may be the...

Accelerated examination deserves a second look, writes David H. Chan. ...

A major insurance company was wrong to end a southern California man's medical disability insurance after he became ill, the 9...

Thorough preparation is required to successfully move players towards case resolution in construction defect cases, writes Ann...

San Francisco County Superior Court's presiding judge on Monday laid out the problems anyone who uses or works for the court c...

Prominent lawyers are launching a nonprofit news Web site to closely monitor government in Orange County. ...

Judges around the state, angered by cost-cutting measures being imposed on California courts, on Friday formed a new alliance ...

California Chief Justice Ronald M. George gave his annual State of the Judiciary speech to the convention of the State Bar in ...

Henry "Hank" Walker West Jr. 1925-2009 ...

U.S. District Judge Stephen G. Larson, who has presided over a string of high-profile, complex cases including the Bratz doll ...

The State Bar has launched an investigation into who leaked a confidential judicial candidate rating of former California sena...

Robert Vanderet is a self-described '60s liberal' who campaigned for Robert Kennedy and Barack Obama. Now he presides over a c...

Judge Sandra Ikuta began her professional life as a journalist for martial arts publications. She turned to a different kind o...

Gilead Sciences’ Brett Pletcher oversees efforts to sell medicine where it is needed the most. ...

A federal appeals court has tossed out a $358 million damage award against Microsoft Corp., remanding the patent infringement ...

As the debate over a national health care plan dominates the political discussion in Washington, D.C., the state Assembly Thur...

Insurance companies treat reproductive health care as a luxury and charge accordingly, writes Willie J. Parker. ...

All but five of Orange County's 111 Superior Court judges have agreed to contribute a portion of their salaries to the court f...

In their chapter of "Bright Ideas, Insights from Legal Luminaries Worldwide," Jolene Overbeck and Mary K. Young emphasize the ...

Lawyers at elite Hollywood boutique Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown say Nancy Boxwell's friendly, low-key style and ability to b...

The USC Gould School of Law is set to announce a graduate program in tax law today, making it the only top 20 law school on th...

Most practitioners (and even some judges) have had little exposure to the Carmack Amendment and are unaware of its vast pre-em...

Although popular scapegoats, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the Glass-Steagal Act did not cause this economic crisis, writes K...

On Friday, President Barack Obama named Jeffrey L. Bleich, who has served as a legal advisor to the president since March, U.S...