In a ruling that could have serious logistical consequences for prosecutors in California and across the nation, the U.S. Supr...

The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday issued decisions in two school-related cases coming out of Arizona. In one, the court affirmed...

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors made drastic cuts to the county's public defender and district attorney offices Thursd...

Those advocating for laws against bullying in the workplace are ignoring the measures that are already in place to protect emp...

The old adage that says you must spend money to make money might cause eyes to roll in this tough economy. But some law firms ...

The stimulus bill provides some changes to how health information is protected and regulated, writes Callan Carter.

Attorney General Jerry Brown joined a lawsuit against the city of Pleasanton Wednesday arguing that the Bay Area suburb is ref...

A former manager at the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles steered nearly $800,000 meant to help disabled low income...

Many of the Supreme Court's most recent environmental cases were tailored very narrowly, writes Norman A. Dupont.

A federal appeals court said the judge should have taken testimony from a transsexual who says she was raped and abused by the...

The U.S. Supreme Court resolved the term's environmental caseload this week the same way the court started it - by ruling agai...

Neither Obama nor Santa should be giving out gifts to corporations - by definition, a gift requires no return consideration, w...

A critical juncture in stormwater regulation has arrived, write Paul N. Singarella and Shirin Zandpour.

Morrison & Foerster senior partner James Brosnahan has been in the business for five successful decades and he's not stopp...

In the Supreme Court's recent ruling on DNA evidence, procedure trumps vindication of the innocent, writes Charles S. Doskow.

Alameda County court workers and public defenders rallied Tuesday in a final attempt to save their departments from deep cuts ...

For many of Southern California's top bankruptcy firms these days, it's pretty much business as usual. Just a whole lot more o...

In the last decade, the phenomenal success of reality television has not only changed the face of entertainment, but also spun...

The recent economic collapse brought a cluster of festering fraud schemes into plain view. Now, firms are banking that their b...

John Quinn, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, Age: 58, Years as Managing Partner: 23, Practice Area: Litigation

Bruce Jeffer, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, Age: 67, Years as Managing Partner: 28, Practice Area: Business, speciali...

Greg Nitzkowski, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Age: 52, Years as Managing Partner: 10, Practice Area: Real esta...

Kenneth M. Doran, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Age: 54, Years as Managing Partner: 7, Practice Area: Corporate

There was little movement within the top half of the Daily Journal's list of Southern California's largest firms this year. Th...

The economic downturn has served as a catalyst for changes to the structure of the law firm and the legal business as a whole....

In our latest annual survey of Southern California's top law firms, the rankings largely held firm from the previous year, in ...

Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Peter McBrien was disciplined - but not as harshly as had been recommended - for walkin...

Obama's efforts to ramp up antitrust enforcement could have major effects on California-based companies, write Thad Davis and ...

Compassion in the courts can only be achieved when jurists are unafraid to defend the Bill of Rights against the arrogance of ...

It costs more to defend patent troll claims than it does to buy them off, writes David Bohrer.