LOS ANGELES - When the major studios and Writer's Guild of America, West come back to the negotiations over their collective b...

An appellate-court ruling will allow Mexican trucks to start using American highways, but legal issues will be tried next year...

SAN JOSE - For the past four years, companies upset with Google Inc. over its practice of selling trademarks for use in keywor...

Santa Cruz Traffic Commissioner Kim E. Baskett takes whatever her busy court throws at her, and still makes time for an occa...

Lauren Thomasson set her sights beyond the racism, and her hardscrabble upbringing, working her way west and onto the bench i...

David M. Ring represents three former Explorer Scouts who say they were sexually molested by David J. Kalish, once the highest...

SAN BERNARDINO - Driving to work one morning two years ago, Deputy District Attorney Jennifer L. Brooks took a shortcut along ...

Forum Column - By K.C. Victor - Determining what information to give and when can make the difference between a succesful chan...

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - Real estate attorney David Sampson, former managing partner of Baker Hostetler's now-clo...

Focus Column - By Mitchell Zimmerman - A string of recent lawsuits by a publisher of online adult photographs may end up defin...

Industry Watch - By William-Arthur Haynes - After 17 years lobbying and litigating on behalf of cable television operators, pr...

Deals Column - By Jason Song - Last week's most significant deal, Taiwanese PC maker Acer's $710 million acquisition of Gatewa...

Industry Watch - By Robert Iafolla - The litigation boutique Caldwell Leslie & Proctor continued the expansion of its whit...

Forum Column - By Josie Gonzalez - ICE's recent decision to crack down on "no-match" letters from the Social Security Administ...

Industry Watch - By Tim Hay - More women are finding their way into the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies. But too few of th...

A few years ago, Darl McBride may have been the most hated man in cyberspace. SCO, McBride's Utah-based company, announced sud...

As the murder trial of music producer Phil Spector comes to a close, Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson is earn...

WASHINGTON - In a closely watched securities-fraud case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, aggrieved shareholders will arg...

Though his schedule as the courthouse 'floater' can be hectic, Los Angeles Commissioner Paul T. Suzuki maintains calm with an ...

On the Move

Judge Francisco F. Firmat is a healing hand at an Orange County juvenile court, which is known as the "House of Pain" for its ...

Although a move to mandate continuing education for trial-court judges was shut down last year, it could become reality soon f...

Fair warning to golfers: Play the links at your own risk. The California Supreme Court ruled 6-1 Thursday that all sports - e...

LOS ANGELES - Plea negotiations in class-action lawyer William S. Lerach's case have been complicated by his insistence on a b...

Employment Column - By Craig J. Ackermann - Employers that don't adequately ensure meal breaks for their employees are beginni...

An heiress fading into her mid-30s. Another heiress, young and on top of the world. A nightclub fight between the two that led...

Forum Column - By Jon Coupal - Hand-wringing is accompanying the governor's cuts to social spending in the most recent state b...

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw's Los Angeles corporate practice partner Kenneth E. Kohler, who left his longtime firm for Morris...

SANTA ANA - While liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has a dour view of the U.S. health care system, a panel of Orang...

Forum Column - By Corynne McSherry - A ruling out of California's Central District has burdened digital technologies with more...