Web Exclusive - The lawyer for accused distributor of obscenity Ira Isaacs filed a motion Friday to dismiss his client's case ...

The lawyer for MGA Entertainment asked a judge Friday to declare a mistrial in the Bratz doll federal court custody fight, cla...

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

Chicago-based Hinshaw & Culbertson promoted 15 attorneys to partner, including Wendy Chang of the firm's Los Angeles office.

Three decades after her stay-at-home-mom plan disintegrated, Lesley C. Green sits on the Los Angeles County Superior Court be...

At 8, Helena R. Gweon came from Korea to California. She adapted, graduated from Harvard Law and now sits on the Sacramento ...

James M. Cooper has a goal that is likely to delight some young law students - and possibly cause some head-shaking among old-...

As general counsel of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. since 1984, John A. Schulman has seen his share of upheaval in the enter...

Alex Kozinski, beset by an investigation into racy photos on his Web site, has scratched his public appearances at the 9th U.S...

Defense lawyers officially have a new weapon in their arsenal to get their clients' convictions overturned on appeal. ...

Farm workers and health and environmental advocates sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday to ban a pesticide ...

The Court of Appeal's opinion in Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court (Hohnbaum), 2008 DJDAR 11267, addresses sev...

Lawyers for "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis, who is facing federal tax evasion charges, Thursday filed a civil complaint...

Read Ambler loved being a judge. But with college costs looming for several of his children, he retired in 2000 and took a job...

In certain cases, referring clients to other lawyers is the best way to boost one's own business, writes K.C. Victor. - Forum ...

Special assessments that are applied evenly to all parcels within a district now run a high risk of being viewed as special ta...

With little progress made this year on an ambitious intellectual property agenda, leading senators introduced a new enforcemen...

A federal jury finally heard parts of the recorded conversations between attorney Terry N. Christensen and private eye Anthony...

Successful mediators should be skilled at shifting styles to meet the needs of the case or the individuals involved, writes Al...

The time may be coming for corporate lawyers to put their golf clubs away. ...

Former California Senate Majority Leader John Burton has settled a lawsuit brought by a woman who accused him of sexual harass...

A federal grand jury retuned a felony indictment against attorney Pierce O'Donnell late Thursday, charging the prominent plain...

Web Exclusive - Criminal defendants do not have a right to speak during sentencing hearings unless they are under oath and a p...

An attorney for a defendant in the corruption case of former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona asked a judge Thursday to remov...

The State Bar Board of Governors has signed on a partner in the San Francisco office of Farella Braun + Martel to its committe...

U.S. Magistrate Judge Art Nakazato declined to grant prosecutors their detention request in the Henry Nicholas fraud case, a d...

“I’ve drunk the Kool-Aid,” says U.S. District Court Judge Otis D. Wright II, who is launching one of the first federal drug co...

E-mails between Bank of America executives, obtained by the FBI, prove an elaborate kickback scheme existed between banks that...

Jurors today will begin hearing the recorded conversations between attorney Terry N. Christensen and private eye Anthony Pelli...

A new Health Department proposal would subvert sensible state laws regulating birth control, writes Cristina Page. - Forum Col...