Industry Watch - By William-Arthur Haynes - SAN FRANCISCO - Environmental attorney David R. Goodman had teamed on cases with R...

Industry Watch - By Andrew Harmon - LOS ANGELES - Loeb & Loeb has added three more lawyers to its expanding Century City o...

Despite multiple setbacks, the federal government is not relenting in its prosecution of a Northern California medical-marijua...

Focus Column - By Jeff Kichaven - When both sides are invested in choosing a mediator, the chances for a good result go up. ...

Industry Watch - By Emma Dewald - Intellectual-property lawyer Vera M. Elson joined McDermott Will & Emery in 2001 from Wi...

Industry Watch - By Emma Dewald - LOS ANGELES - Boston-based Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo has continued its e...

Low-income and disabled California residents facing state tax appeals can get help from law students at Golden Gate University...

LOS ANGELES - At only 14, Antonio Nunez was involved in a kidnapping that ended in a high-speed chase and shootout with Santa ...

WASHINGTON - A year before the Justice Department fired two of California's U.S. attorneys, a senior official touted three exp...

On the Move

Riverside Judge Douglas E. Weathers came to his first assignment with little experience in criminal law, but after a year and ...

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert J. Schuit has earned a solid reputation for maintaining order - and his patienc...

"Koreans are argumentative, hot-tempered, prideful," said Hannah Kim, left, who co-founded, with Damon Lee, Korean American Ar...

A state appeals court on Thursday threw out a $42 million verdict awarded to the 500 members of the Los Angeles County Police ...

Focus Column - By Michael D. Marcus - Don't be fooled by the mellow surroundings and free cookies. Mediation is a litigation; ...

LOS ANGELES - The family of a boy who suffered a seizure at school and became paralyzed has received $7.6 million from the Los...

LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court has upheld a lower court's decision to throw out a $33 million jury verdict against the ...

Forum Column - By Peter J. Engstrom - An international lawyer discusses a court's ability to transfer a case for forum non con...

SAN FRANCISCO - State water officials and system managers want an Alameda County Superior Court judge to drop his threat to sh...

Employment Column - By Nicole Kamm - Workers have some expectation of privacy regarding their computers, but not much. And emp...

SAN JOSE - Fenwick & West's litigation group scored a victory last week when a San Francisco federal jury awarded its clie...

When the Justice Department set out to plug a media leak in its high-profile investigation of steroid use by athletes, prosecu...

LOS ANGELES - Though chairman of the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games, Barry Sanders readily concedes he's...

Vulgar, perhaps, but the classic elementary-school line turned out to be true for a Brentwood carpet store that complained to ...

LOS ANGELES - As might be expected, James M. McKanna relies heavily on years spent as a litigator when mediating disputes. But...

Sound archivists working to preserve early musical recordings -- some dating back to the late 19th century -- are seeking clar...

A federal jury in San Diego has awarded $21 million to a local manufacturer against a former employee who apparently stole doz...

Trial judges don't have to rely on an average IQ score to decide whether a defendant is ineligible for the death penalty becau...

LOS ANGELES - BH Properties LLC announced April 11 the formation of a new company, Excess Property Acquisitions LLC. ...

Redlands attorney Richard D. McCune Jr., right, is representing Joshua Endres in his lawsuit against Wells Fargo to stop the b...