LOS ANGELES - When top Hollywood talent attorney Barry L. Hirsch left the firm he helped found, he took a few partners and man...

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EMPLOYMENT COLUMN - By Scott N. Yamaguchi - If a settlement agreement isn't written correctly, the case may never go away. An ...

FORUM COLUMN - By Thomas A. Mesereau Jr. - Who doesn't want to be famous? A lawyer who's looking out for the client, that's wh...

Mobile-home tenants got slapped with taxes Thursday after the California Supreme Court unanimously held that mobile-home park ...

FOCUS COLUMN - By Lara Giese and David Perrott - Voir dire is far more than just a chat with potential jurors. Two trial consu...

LOS ANGELES - Janet Rubin Fields leans across the table. She is a woman in the grip of strong emotion. ...

WASHINGTON - Democratic senators are crying foul over what they claim is a Bush administration tactic to circumvent Senate con...

WASHINGTON - When Congress passed the Class Action Fairness Act two years ago, tort reformers were quick to declare a thumping...

SAN FRANCISCO - Catholic Healthcare West agreed Thursday to a $423 million class-action settlement over pricing and collection...

Attorneys say San Francisco Superior Court Commissioner Abby Abinanti gives troubled children a fair shake while attempting to...

LOS ANGELES - For Internet-based video-game fans, it was the thwack heard round the virtual world, a bizarre cyberassault that...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a victory for plaintiffs, a federal judge Thursday granted class status to a lawsuit charging retail giant ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger found room in his proposed 2007 budget Wednesday to hire 50 new trial-court judges on top of the 50...

LOS ANGELES - Noted media lawyer Gary Bostwick is leaving Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton to strike out on his own. ...

JOSHUA TREE - A 66-year-old paralegal who authorities allege tried to kill Joshua Tree criminal defense lawyer Bill J. Weir Jr...

LOS ANGELES - Two attorneys and employees from a dozen law offices are among 101 defendants indicted in what L.A. County Distr...

FORUM COLUMN - By Karen J. Mathis - At salaries matched by many first-year associates, federal judges are getting squeezed, sa...

FORUM COLUMN - By James A. Andersen and William G. Essig - Two CPAs explain why hiring a financial expert in litigation is not...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday sounded skeptical about allowing juvenile probation officers broad l...

FOCUS COLUMN - By Paul D. Fogel and Mani Sheik - The new year rings in a bewildering reorganization of state appellate rules. ...

FORUM COLUMN - By Robert F. Bauer - The movement to require voters to meet heightened identification standards got a big boost...

A private investigator who allegedly used a newspaper reporter's Social Security number to obtain telephone records as part of...

SAN FRANCISCO - A medically needy prisoner has touched off a legal spat between a judge and the sheriff over where he should b...

LOS ANGELES - Lieff Cabraser's Richard Heimann wants to sue Broadcom Corp. for handing out improper stock options. But he want...

SACRAMENTO - California's rapidly growing DNA database could be wrongly identifying people who commit serious crimes such as r...

A 58-year-old criminal defense attorney was in critical condition Tuesday after being shot at his Joshua Tree law office in th...

WASHINGTON - A potentially important U.S. Supreme Court case on criminal sentencing fizzled out Tuesday as the justices announ...

FORUM COLUMN - By Nora Quinn - Lawyer Nora Quinn has about had it with Los Angeles traffic. She's ready to file lawsuits and t...

SAN FRANCISCO - A legal secretary is accusing Nixon Peabody and one of the firm's senior partners of sexual harassment and ret...