Deals Column - By Jason Song - When Paul Allen agreed to sell 10 million of his shares in DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. last w...

Message to prosecutors: Don't be late filing paperwork for keeping dangerous offenders in the state mental hospital. ...

Focus Column - By Dan Lawton - What's the best way to reintroduce lawyers to ethical behavior? How about starting by destroyin...

Forum Column - By Robert DeKoven - From Virginia Tech to a Michigan university where a murder went unreported for two months, ...

William H. Neukom is the new president of the American Bar Association. The former general counsel of Microsoft Corp. says he ...

LOS ANGELES - Qualcomm's general counsel, Lou Lupin, resigned Monday, one week after the San Diego-based cell-phone chip maker...

SAN FRANCISCO - When it comes to practicing law, senior partners should be judged on their ability, not their age - at least i...

A San Diego immigration judge's asylum denial to an Iraqi Christian couple was "arbitrary and irrational," a divided federal a...

A self-described 'ponderer,' Orange County Superior Court Judge Sheila B. Fell says she doesn't mind taking her time making ...

Proskauer Rose lawyer Anthony Pacheco, elected president of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners last week, regularly...

SANTA ANA - An unusual Orange County divorce case, only just launched on appeal, is already being cited in the closely watched...

Something was distinctly un-American about Elise Groulx-Diggs. It wasn't just her French-Canadian accent or her stylish dark h...

Web Exclusive - A federal bankruptcy judge said late Friday she is considering tossing out the Diocese of San Diego's bankrupt...

Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - Longtime Oakland law firms Aiken, Kramer & Cummings and Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean...

Focus Column - By David A. Gerber - A man who had his image used on Taster's Choice coffee labels and ads without his permissi...

Industry Watch - By William-Arthur Haynes - Peter V. Allen, a former administrative law judge at the Public Utilities Commissi...

Industry Watch - By Linda Rapattoni - Bill Callaham will jump off a 60-floor building just to prove he can and you can't. Or w...

Suspensions, Probations and Public Reprovals ...

Forum Column - By Cindy Cohn - The Bush administration's push to strengthen the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act flies in...

Forum Column - By Robert C. Fellmeth - The new rules being considered by the State Bar, which would mandate that lawyers discl...

California lawyers say workers' compensation reform has caused them to switch to other practice areas. Linda Atcherley is pres...

LOS ANGELES - In the clash between producers and distributors over residual payments, one entertainment lawyer is contending a...

MODESTO - In a case that could affect local elections throughout California, the city of Modesto is asking the U.S. Supreme Co...

On the Move

San Francisco Judge Ernest H. Goldsmith is understanding and respectful of trial lawyers - he was one for more than 20 years. ...

From her oceanfront courtroom, Los Angeles Judge Ramona G. See hears cases brought by everyone from angry surfers to disgruntl...

Troy Garren is suing Maric College because he spent three years training to be a radiological technician, only to find out the...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge disqualified Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy from defending Deutsche Bank in a case brought ...

Forum Column - By David V. Dilenschneider - A $5 million wrongful death case in Florida had to be retried when it was discover...

A buyer of a small business, using funds borrowed from a relative, finds the business is failing shortly after purchase. He cl...