Three decades ago, then Chief Judge James Robert Browning mixed legal acumen with political finesse to forge the 9th U.S. Circ...

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

A Jones Day lawyer has joined a Los Angeles public interest firm serving Skid Row.

Foreign Investment: A Chat Across the Pond

Bruce S. Bailey is now leading the city of San Diego’s lawsuit against San Diego Gas & Electric Co. in a case seeking $45 ...

Kevin Johnson is an outspoken advocate and prolific writer on immigration reform and race issues. In July, he became the first...

A federal judge steered the MySpace suicide criminal prosecution closer to a trial on Thursday, in what is believed to be the ...

Web Exclusive - A retired state Supreme Court justice has recused himself from reviewing key doucments in the Los Angeles cler...

As is often the case in the 9th Circuit, the two most recent opinions on loss causation take divergent approaches to the subje...

Orange County sheriff's deputies won't hassle day laborers and the people who hire them on street corners in Lake Forest anymo...

After 20 years on San Mateo County's fast-paced bench, retired Judge Dale Hahn enjoys the extra time he has to resolve cases a...

A federal judge has let proceed most claims of a suit by two court reporters who contend officials illegally halted their Bibl...

What qualifies as an authorized leave of absence under the California Family Leave Act depends in part on whether the employee...

Daily Journal columnists weigh in on the vice-presidential nominees. ...

Web Exclusive - The misconduct trial of Santa Clara County prosecutor Benjamin Field got heated Thursday when the defense lawy...

Web Exclusive - A Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that famed plaintiffs' lawyer Edward Masry had the right to change his estate...

Bankers worried about California's landmark consumer privacy law took a hit Thursday. A federal appellate panel restored an im...

Covington & Burling has added two former Heller Ehrman lawyers to its recently expanded policyholder insurance coverage pr...

The California Supreme Court indicated Wednesday that government law offices shouldn't automatically be disqualified when a co...

Stanislaus County Dependency Court Commissioner Nancy Williamsen brings insights to the bench from the time her own mother...

LOS ANGELES - A shuttle bus service is being offered to downtown Los Angeles professionals who plan on attending the memorial ...

Sixteen months after the U.S. Supreme Court gave trial judges more latitude to invalidate patents they deem “obvious,” the rul...

Big Law has joined the social networking site Facebook with New York-based Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle creating w...

When a client faces similar criminal and civil actions, criminal and civil attorneys must work together to ensure criminal cas...

The Supreme Court's method of interpreting the confrontation clause of the Sixth Amendment is a polar opposite to the its inte...

The Superior Court here tossed out a record 25 cases passing speedy trial deadlines last month in a new surge of dismissals br...

Web Exclusive - A jury has found San Diego Gas & Electric negligent in the deaths of four Marines who were killed when the...

Web Exclusive - Judge George Schiavelli confirmed reports that he plans to step down from the bench at the end of the month. ...

A federal judge has granted Warner Bros. $33 million on summary judgment against one of the nation's largest home karaoke mach...

Santa Cruz County Dependency Court Judge Denine J. Guy treats the children in her courtroom as if they were her own. ...