Forum Column - By Peter K. Stris and Brendan S. Maher - An upcoming decision from the Supreme Court will establish whether mea...

The Daily Journal is accepting nominations for its annual Top 10 Plaintiff Verdicts report, which will be published Jan. 9. ...

A judge ordered the state Thursday to produce all documents needed to evaluate prisoner releases at least 60 days before the i...

LOS ANGELES - Mark Fleischer is a legacy of the entertainment industry. His grandfather, Max Fleischer, was a pioneer in anim...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge denied a motion by Melyvn I. Weiss, the well-known class-action lawyer facing criminal money-lau...

SAN FRANCISCO - Civil rights lawyer Micha Star Liberty could breathe easier Thursday after a federal appellate panel nullified...

Employment Column - By Sinead M. Kelly - New laws aimed at preventing age discrimation in the European Union may have serious ...

Web Exclusive - Joseph P. Russoniello was unanimously confirmed by the full U.S. Senate late Wednesday, a spokesman for Sen. D...

SAN FRANCISCO - One of California's leading DNA experts and an advocate for a controversial type of genetic testing is joining...

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday the state would go to Washington, D.C. to sue the Environmental Prote...

Focus Column - By Kirk Pasich - Insurers can face liability for both bad faith and punitive damges if they ignore their respon...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Thursday threw out civil rights lawyer Stephen G. Yagman's lawsuit against the State Bar of Cali...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Placer County jury has awarded $1.85 million to a woman who lost her job because she did not enroll a child ...

In an effort to combat the consequences of the growing subprime mortgage crisis in California, the Oakland city attorney's off...

LOS ANGELES - Leonard Woods is tired of fighting for his home. Woods has lived at the Alexandria, a Skid Row residency hotel,...

Until now, the strategy in toxic exposure cases has been clear - perform a slew of physical exams and pay a toxicologist to de...

Forum Column - By Matthew N. White - As the holidays approach, the bar asks for more consideration from the bench in 2008. ...

9th Circuit Chief Judge Mary M. Schroeder holds a ceramic banana split during her State of the Circuit speech in July in Hawai...

Lawyers involved in settlement talks take note - insurance companies are not necessarily obligated to pay the amount it takes ...

Forum Column - By Daniel Griswold - Opponents of a NAFTA provision that is intended to allow American and Mexican truckers to ...

Forum Column - By Tom Goldstein - Recent speculation that Bill Clinton could be appointed to the Supreme Court if his wife bec...

LOS ANGELES - Renowned constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky tried to persuade a federal judge Wednesday that civil rights ...

In a suit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District, in San Francisco, the Center for Biological Divers...

A bonus announcement from Los Angeles-based firm O'Melveny & Myers has caused much dismay among associates in the firm's C...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday blocked California's attempts to enforce its own standards for greenhouse g...

LOS ANGELES - In a legal setback for the family of murdered rapper Christopher Wallace, a federal judge ruled this week in fav...

As the Bar Association of San Francisco's new president, James Donato plans to assemble a squad of lawyers to defend the judic...

Los Angeles Judge Peter Espinoza tries to understand the communities of those who come before him so that he can fashion appro...

The appellate court's ruling effectively reinstates Caterpillar Inc. as a defendant in an asbestos case. The company had been ...

Forum Column - By Lynn Duryee - A Christmas list straight from the bench lets lawyers know exactly how to keep their judges ha...