Employers shouldn't be heartbroken by the recent gay marriage ruling; indeed, there will be little direct impact on workplace ...

Many counsel seem unaware that most objections that are valid at trial are not sustainable at deposition, writes Richard M. Co...

The 100-year anniversary of Thurgood Marshall's birth provides an opportunity to remember the commitment to civil rights that ...

A former sailor who claimed he contracted chest cancer from asbestos exposure and his wife have been awarded $9.7 million by a...

The summary judgment statute is complicated and there is little flexibility in its procedural imperatives, writes Michael Paul...

In his lifetime, R. William Schoettler has been a construction worker, welder, actor, journal editor, firearms instructor, big...

Cisco GC Mark Chandler sits down with the Daily Journal for a Q & A. ...

Under pressure from Congress, the Justice Department has revealed unprecedented new information about the independent monitors...

The California Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously rejected environmentalists' claims that a logging company's state-approve...

Parties, Counsel Can Adapt to a Market-Based Mediation System

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in Menlo Park nabs a corporate attorney from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo A...

Sheldon Siegel, a senior attorney in the corporate and securities department at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton's San Fr...

A federal appellate panel Wednesday edged close but stopped short of reversing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy f...

Attorneys representing defendants in patent infringement lawsuits have fumed about federal courts in the Eastern District of T...

As days go, Irvine-based securities lawyer Jeanne M. Rowzee had a bad one Tuesday. ...

A key Republican broke with his colleagues to push a bill aimed at provoking Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger into revealing the ide...

A federal judge Wednesday denied Mike Carona's request to move his case out of Orange County, though the judge acknowledged th...

A Santa Clara County judge has granted class action status to a wage-and-hour lawsuit filed by a former Sun Microsystems techn...

Barack Obama needs to demonstrate what side of the eminent domain debate he is really on: that of "ordinary people" or the lat...

Use of the wrong instrument to address the problem of climate change is bad public policy, writes Paul S. Weiland. - Forum Col...

The Alameda County district attorney's office and District Attorney Tom Orloff were cleared Tuesday of gender discrimination c...

According to a recent 9th Circuit case, DNA can be attacked if the prosecutor improperly argues the significances of DNA or if...

Web Exclusive - The California Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider whether to revive a wrongful death claim by the w...

The city of Santa Monica and its downtown management group will pay $6 million to settle the last two suits resulting from a 2...

Early years in an Indonesian village instilled a sense of compassion in Loren M. DiFrank. The trait serves her well as a drug ...

Deposition testimony by Cardinal Roger Mahony led a state appellate panel Wednesday to reverse a trial judge and revive a laws...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe grabs a compensation and benefits attorney from business law firm Gunderson in Menlo Park.

Summer associates this week filed out of their law schools and into firms, commencing 10 to 12 weeks of self-promotion. Firms ...

Though U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer took senior status a decade ago, her docket is filled with the most complex patent...

Sidley Austin topped the list of law-firm appearances before the U.S. Supreme Court during the 2007-08 term, presenting oral a...