Like billboards, trial graphics have limited space and a short timespan in which to grab jurors' attention, writes G. Christop...

California's first black congresswoman announced Tuesday she will become a mediator, now that her recent tenure as a county su...

If you are developing a particularly close relationship with your client - close enough to consider going into business togeth...

After much ado, Heller Ehrman's dissolution committee is nearing a deal with the firm's largest unsecured creditor, its San Fr...

With emergency rooms filled, reimbursements sagging and dozens of hospitals nearing bankruptcy across the state, ER doctors ha...

Jurors agreed a utility's failure to light a tower near a Marine base caused a nighttime crash that killed four. ...

A data-analyzing organization, claiming that pillmaker Pfizer sought to rig its research, persuades a jury to award damages. ...

Chicago-based Playboy Enterprises, Inc. promoted attorney Jim Dietle to senior vice president, business & legal affairs in...

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

Former Los Angeles County District Attorney John Van de Kamp can claim absolute immunity in a civil rights lawsuit for claims ...

Eric Garner grew up playing alongside a creek that meandered through his family's backyard in North Carolina. This month, the ...

An Irvine lawyer on Monday withdrew as counsel from a class action in which he served as the lead plaintiff's lawyer after he ...

Intel Corp., defending a costly and long-running antitrust complaint by competitor Advanced Micro Devices Inc., has sued one o...

Ron Rosen is one of those lucky lawyers who's been able to weave together his work and his passion. Now he's written a book th...

President Barack Obama Monday all but guaranteed California will be able to enact a long-stalled law aimed at combating climat...

Taco Bell is fully responsible for breaching a contract with creators of the precursor to the famous "Yo Quiero Taco Bell" Chi...

If Proposition 8 is ultimately upheld, blame our too-supportive attorney general, writes Peter Scheer. - Forum Column ...

The state’s gay workers shouldn’t have to promise to defend a document that excludes them, writes M. Katherine Baird Darmer. -...

A recent appellate court case dealt with the issue of insurance "stacking" — treating multiple policies that apply to a single...

The County Board of Supervisors will vote today on a pioneering plan to inject nearly $45 million of public funds into private...

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided Monday that anti-retaliation laws protect employees who speak out about discriminat...

Many in the legal profession approach divorce as they do client disputes — burying negative emotions and grief to focus on a f...

A ruling Monday by the California Supreme Court will restrict clients from taking their attorneys to court over legal fee disp...

Silicon Valley legal stalwart Wilson Sonsini Monday laid off 45 attorneys and 68 staff across its eight offices. The firm's Pa...

Commissioner Joseph K. Allen's experience on the beat enhances his bench skills, lawyers say. ...

Home from duties in Kuwait and Iraq, James E. McFetridge exchanges his National Guard uniform for a judge's robe. ...

Seyfarth Shaw rounded up a squad of former Thelen lawyers to join the firm's Los Angeles office.

An injury sidelined former player Barry L. Plotkin, but it put him on a path to the bench. ...

The managing partner of the firm now known as Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis helped the firm survive through d...