The California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today on how far appellate courts should go when trying to detect racial...

A federal judge has decided to let a jury determine whether an artist sketched the concept for the popular Bratz dolls while w...

The state will argue before an appellate court today that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger legally was empowered to order the trans...

Judge Paul P. Burdick continues to draw high-profile cases, from aerial spraying of the apple moth to a custody case that ende...

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

Self-Assessment Test by Hon. Alex Ricciardulli

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom selected Eric J. Friedman as the firm's new executive partner.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ruth A. Kwan puts in long hours, pays attention to detail, exercises her listening ski...

When the World Trade Center towers fell, David Geoffrey Brown, a third-generation Marine, re-enlisted. The San Diego County Su...

Jose Luis Nazario Jr. finished his military career as a Marine sergeant three years ago after serving in Iraq. ...

Last month, dozens of surgery centers across the state began receiving some surprising bad news: The state would not be renewi...

Current and former workers of four Los Angeles carwash establishments accused their employers of rampant wage and hour violati...

California lawmakers were blowing smoke when they limited medical marijuana users to eight ounces of the drug, a Los Angeles a...

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...