Navy Reserve Officer Thomas Johnston has returned from a tour of duty in Iraq to a less dangerous life as a plaitiffs' lawyer ...

Five years after his retirement, a Sacramento prosecutor is himself facing charges, accused of withholding evidence that could...

A public memorial for U.S. District Judge Edward Rafeedie, who died March 25, is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Thursday at St. Moni...

Rather than simply going along with the recommendations of the Department of Social Services, Alameda Judge Stephen M. Pulido ...

Focus Column - By Louise A. LaMothe - Arbitrators should familiarize themselves with the various ways of handling electronical...

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Plaintiffs' attorney David A. Lowe's work as lead counsel for baristas won them $105 million in damages. ...

Bullivant Houser Bailey, a midsize West Coast firm based in Portland, Ore., acquired five-attorney San Francisco law firm Jaco...

In a tentative ruling Thursday, San Diego County Superior Court Judge Ronald L. Styn found that eligibility rules for the coun...

State Attorney General Jerry Brown will present Justice Arthur Gilbert with the Beacon of Justice Award on Wednesday in recogn...

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - Philip N. Feder, leader of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker's highly regarded real e...

Actor Keith Carradine testified Friday that he was harassed during the time his former wife had Anthony Pellicano investigate ...

Focus Column - By Judy Holzer Hersher - Setting the number of peremptory challenges in all but the most basic two-party civil ...

Pepperdine University School of Law this week will bring together a range of legal thinkers to discuss free speech law in the ...

Forum Column - By Sujatha Ganesan - The Recording Industry Association of America’s strategy of suing file-sharers only create...

Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - George T. Caplan, chair of Kaye Scholer's Los Angeles litigation department, left the firm ...

The state Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice met Friday for its final hearing on the death penalty. ...

Six Latino judges who were running for re-election without opposition have become the targets of a mysterious write-in campaig...

Forum Column - By Peter Scheer - A federal shield law would serve the public’s interest in learning about the actions of gover...

The one-sentence Alien Tort Statute is becoming a mighty tool of plaintiffs' attorneys trying to hold American-based companies...

Renewable projects are hitting a logjam that is causing long delays and financial uncertainty for their proponents, according ...

When Sheppard Mullin attorney Kelly L. Hensley wrote a confidential 22-page letter to Costco Wholesale Corp.'s corporate couns...

Presiding Superior Court Judge James F. Reilley has a habit of roaming the halls of the sprawling Butte County courts, singing...

Industry Watch - By Jill Redhage - Aulana L. Peters, former partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Los Angeles, and Hadi M...

Industry Watch - By Jill Redhage - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings...

Roger A. Denning is second-chairing a case featuring two titans of golf equipment, who are swinging away at each other in a pa...

After San Francisco firm Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner announced the dismissal of 26 associates and 85 staff firmwid...

Focus Column - By George Berger - All sides involved in a construction project should craft detailed contract procedures in ad...

Employment Column - By Regina A. Petty, Michael S. Kalt and Theresa Osterman Stevenson - A recent state Supreme Court case det...