The U.S. Supreme Court held Wednesday that judges, not juries, get to decide whether sentences run consecutively or concurrent...

A Cupertino patent attorney accused of secretly patenting his own inventions without notifying his employer was vindicated by ...

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has chosen a new co-partner in charge of the Los Angeles and Century City offices.

John L. Haller, a patent attorney at Gordon & Rees in San Diego, displays an ironing table from his collect of antique pat...

Seventy-four percent of all federal cases prosecuted in the Southern District of California last year involved immigration vio...

Since Obama's addiction to his Blackberry apparently kept him grounded during a chaotic presidential campaign, why make him gi...

Whether a jury trial is required depends on the whether the issues in the case are characterized as being equitable or legal, ...

A Republican appointee in President Bush's Justice Department broke federal law by using political and ideological considerati...

While no solution can make everyone happy, Obama should strive to bring the war on terrorism squarely within the confines of t...

For years, medical providers in California have relied, sometimes desperately, on hand gestures and Spanglish to communicate w...

On Los Angeles defense lawyer Donald Wager’s Web site there is a testimonial from a former judge describing him as "the lawyer...

Attorney Morse Mehrban has settled thousands of "civil rights" lawsuits lodged by a loyal roster of disabled clients against s...

San Jose-based Hopkins & Carley has elected a new deputy managing shareholder.

Jerrilyn T. Malana, the 2009 president of the San Diego County Bar Association, says lawyers must make community service a par...

New Judge Kim R. Hubbard says her elder law background prepared her well for the emotionally wrenching issues in family law co...

Whether a mining company should be allowed to deposit waste into a pristine Alaskan lake sparked sharp divisions Monday among ...

William W. Vaughn, a top litigator at O’Melveny & Myers who successfully defended CBS and its then-anchor Dan Rather again...

California has a head start on clean technology development because of its ground-breaking 2006 law, AB 32, a comprehensive pr...

The tax issues lawyers face over costs in a contingent fee case are surprisingly complex, writes Robert W. Wood. - Focus Colum...

Most of the provisions in the recently passed Proposition 9 only rehash existing laws, writes Antonio R. Sarabia II. - Forum C...

Until so-called fairness declarations are prohibited, rogue lawyers will continue to have the incentive to pay mediators the b...

On the campaign trail President-elect Barack Obama pledged to shut down what he called a "sad chapter in American history." T...

An agreement to settle a suit filed by the National Rifle Association was filed Monday in federal court. ...

McDonough Holland & Allen's former managing shareholder, Gary F. Loveridge, is coming back to the firm after a 17-year sti...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene Monday in a case touching upon the state of California's ability to claim immunit...

A Satyam Computer Services shareholder filed a federal securities fraud class action in San Jose on Monday, the second in an a...

Bullivant Houser Bailey has taken on three of counsel in the firm's San Francisco office.

After Thelen's disintegration last fall, Howrey picked up more than 40 lawyers from Thelen’s construction practice. In some wa...

Richard Briggs' longtime interest in Japan began in 1966 as a college exchange student. For the past 18 years he has been in h...

In refusing to seat Roland Burris, the Senate is acting on the basis of raw power, not constitutional principle, writes Joerg ...