LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Damon M. Ribakoff, an attorney specializing in workers' compensation insurance pre...

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to review a $10.5 million judgment against 20th Century Insurance Co. (now ...

Ronald Rus and other lawyers from the Irvine firm of Rus, Miliband & Smith represent the trustee overseeing the Chapter 7 ...

ADR Column - By Max Factor III - Don't let your mediation opponent strong-arm you into a settlement. These proven tips can inc...

Eighteen days and counting. That's how long the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has to make good on its promise to decid...

SAN FRANCISCO - The latest plaintiffs to sue the nation's leading bar review course provider claiming there isn't enough compe...

SAN FRANCISCO - In its biggest legal ethics ruling of the year, the California Supreme Court on Thursday cemented what were al...

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

SAN FRANCISCO - Just a few weeks after suits over a massive San Francisco Bay oil spill hit the courts, attorneys for two grou...

Focus Column - By Michael J. Thomas and Matthew G. Massari - A new state law makes developments in federal copyright standards...

LOS ANGELES - Powerhouse Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker made its German debut through its combination with the Frankfur...

LOS ANGELES - John Pennington, a career-long Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton business trial attorney with a biting sense...

Forum Column - By John D. Echeverria - Suggestions that a recent 9th Circuit ruling will allow aggrieved property owners to ch...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge told the Bush administration Wednesday it needs to come forward with more information regardin...

Forum Column - By Tanya Tull and Maria Foscarinis - The United States' commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Right...

About 6.6 million Californians are without health insurance, according to the California Healthcare Foundation, a nonprofit ad...

Randall Sinnott is among a handful of lawyers who, after being called to active military duty, left their legal practices to s...

WASHINGTON - Members of Congress are pushing for a detailed study of the accreditation process for the nation's law schools, c...

As the judge in an isolated desert town, Sarah A. Christian has learned to deal with the awkward encounters occurring when she...

Focus Column - By Chunfai Lui, Bing Ho and Shahla Ali - China's new anti-monopoly law is going to lead to unprecedented change...

Letters to the Editor - Writers offer a withering response to a recent call for reforming California's class-action system and...

LOS ANGELES - Mia Baker, a longtime administrator for the Los Angeles district attorney's office, died of lung cancer on Dec. ...

Forum Column - By Charles S. Doskow - A recent case involving a group of Muslims that was stopped at the Canadian border illus...

Members of San Francisco's dependency and delinquency panels - and attorneys who want to join - acted out a mock-trial scenari...

LOS ANGELES - A 25-year-old plan to reduce racial divisions in Los Angeles public schools does not violate California's consti...

WASHINGTON - Thousands of prison inmates around the nation are eligible for relief after the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted ...

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

Many environmental groups oppose Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Attorney General Jerry Brown's plan to expaned the Port of Los...

U.S. District Judge Robert J. Timlin recently announced he has made himself available to try any cases in the district that hi...

In two significant victories for criminal defendants, the U.S. Supreme Court emphasized Monday that federal trial judges have ...