1st District Justice Peter J. Siggins said his new job has given him a greater appreciation and respect for the role of the Le...

Web Exclusive - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's la...

Atlanta-based King & Spalding will set up shop in San Francisco in March, marking the second time in as many months that i...

After a career as a prosecutor, Ventura Judge Donald D. Coleman made a smooth transition to the bench, where he focuses on reh...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday overturned the murder conviction of a Shasta County man who confessed after te...

Industry Watch - By Tom Risen - Laura J. Maechtlen, an associate in the labor and employment department at Seyfarth Shaw, is t...

SACRAMENTO - The Internet's role in potentially tainting juries is sparking requests for subpoenas that First Amendment lawyer...

Industry Watch - By Alexa Hyland - Jeffrey D. Goldman, an entertainment litigator whose clients include Universal Music Group,...

Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - Family law attorneys have to help emotionally crippled clients maintain real-world sensibi...

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - A turbulent eight years after departing the now-defunct Lyon & Lyon, patent litigator...

Industry Watch - By Pat Broderick - On Wednesday, a dozen attorneys and technical specialists from Chicago-based Bell, Boyd &a...

SAN FRANCISCO - The cavalry will be quite a bit slower in getting to California's trial courts, thanks to the state's budget w...

Focus Column - By Jay Folberg - Becoming a savvy and professional negotiator requires establishing rapport with other parties ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a high-stakes energy case today that will determine whether California gets ...

Norbert Ehrenfreund, a retired San Diego County Superior Court judge, has written an eyewitness account of the Nuremberg trial...

In what the lead plaintiffs' lawyer is calling "only the tip of the iceberg," two British airlines will hand over $200 million...

Sometimes, Justice William W. Bedsworth has trouble being taken seriously. That's despite the fact that Bedsworth is widely co...

Forum Column - By Richard Brent Reed - Establishing a separate court system for Muslim family law disputes - a proposal being ...

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...

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

Retirements, promotions? Check out our listing of lawyers and judges who have gained recognition for their work.

Those who have worked for years with Los Angeles Supervising Judge Brian Gasdia are familiar with the sound of the bass emanat...

Bingham McCutchen attorneys Joshua Safran and Nadia Costa in Walnut Creek are working to acquit Deborah Peagler under a law al...

LOS ANGELES - One night in early 2006, a worried mother rushed through the sliding glass doors of the Sherman Oaks Hospital em...

Employment Column - By D. Gregory Valenza - Medical-marijuana users might be able to legally use the drug, but employers aren'...

Forum Column - By Janice Kamenir-Reznik - Lawyers’ involvement in helping Darfur reflects positively on the profession. ...

Focus Column - By Jim Martin and Zareh Jaltorossian - A recent 9th Circuit case examined the procedure for challenging evidenc...

SAN FRANCISCO - There's a little more breathing room in the race for Santa Clara County's sole open judicial seat. This week,...

LOS ANGELES - Immigration and civil rights attorneys are mounting legal challenges to last week's raid of a Van Nuys company t...

LOS ANGELES - Sitting in his Century City office, Gerald F. Phillips flips through a black binder filled with articles detaili...