Once the channels of communication have been severed by the filing of a lawsuit, parties begin to make up “what really happene...

Recent laws point to a paradigm shift for chemical regulation whereby chemical risks are analyzed in advance of exposure in an...

A skilled lawyer knows how to transform jurors from passive observers into active advocates who will lobby for his or her side...

As disgraced ex-private investigator Anthony Pellicano faces his sentencing today , significant differences have emerged betwe...

Victor J. Gold had been serving as interim dean since January, when David W. Burcham left the post to become executive vice pr...

Lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in San Francisco filed suit against a Shas...

Life is now dramatically different for Molloy. As a successful probate attorney a decade ago, he lived in a 7,000-square-foot ...

U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real's colleagues have dismissed misconduct charges against him following a lengthy probe into h...

The Orange County Women Lawyers Association named Newport Beach-based attorney Teal W. Anderson to the organization's board of...

Pittsburg city officials Friday broke ground at the site of Contra Costa County Superior Court’s new courthouse at Railroad Av...

Wilfred J. Schneider Jr. says the death of his wife opened his eyes to the importance of family ties. As a judge, he says, he ...

A prosecutor has sued the Association of Deputy District Attorneys, alleging that the bargaining representative for the county...

Javade Chaudhri is general counsel of Sempra Energy, a Fortune 500 energy services company based in San Diego. With revenues o...

Harry L. Powazek, the son of Siberian labor camp survivors, ascended to San Diego County's bench. ...

The faculty at USC's Gould School of Law approved an adjustment to the grading scale on Thursday that will raise the average g...

Citing federal exemption statutes, a judge has denied a Palm Springs airline ground worker's claims that she was deprived of h...

One footnote to the 2008 presidential election will be the contention that neither of the candidates was eligible for the offi...

Michael Ornstil, who started mediation as a gamble, is still willing to go out on a limb. ...

To ensure compliance with a host of 2008 cases, employers should update their forms, policies and practices, writes Mandana Ma...

The Los Angeles County Law library, home to a collection of burnt-orange and sea-foam-green chairs nearly as old as the Dewey ...

Because of conflicting appellate decisions, it will likely fall to the state Supreme Court to decide whether an injured indepe...

The failures of a Nebraska safe haven law illustrate the need for legal options for families in crisis, write H. Thomas Wells,...

The former Los Angeles affiliate firm of jailed New York litigator Marc Dreier insisted Thursday that the firm's finances are ...

Raymond J. Ikola filed class actions as an Orange County business litigator, and he has come to know them even better as a sta...

The nation’s top immigration judge is stepping down. Justice Department officials said Wednesday that David Neal will leave h...

California attorneys from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom advised American Land Lease Inc. on its acquisition by Chic...

David Drummond, Google's top legal beagle, was appointed to the board of directors of RocketLawyer.com, an internet-based lega...

With the nation's three large automakers on the brink of financial collapse, one Los Angeles lawyer is working on a creative a...

Moments before a judge sentenced a former Boeing scientist this week for taking classified documents to Israel, he apologized ...

A California appellate court has held that various Farmers Insurance companies commit a misdemeanor by not disclosing properly...