LOS ANGELES - The migration of labor and employment partners from large national firms to boutiques continues, with Brent M. G...

FORUM- The California workers' compensation system was started around the turn of the 20th century to take care of workers inj...

FORUM- Lately, my workers' compensation practitioner colleagues have been left scratching their heads, consulting their magic ...

SANTA ANA - A well-known criminal defense lawyer has escaped an unusual lawsuit brought against him by the young victim of a r...

FORUM- With the anniversary of 9/11, I contemplated whether and how victims of terrorism should be compensated. ...

LOS ANGELES - Attorney Jonathan Solish announced that he and the six other attorneys that form the core of Jenkens & Gilch...

FOCUS- Despite the immense body of law regarding sexual and other harassment, California employers and employees continue to s...

LOS ANGELES - Rarely do lawyers succeed in getting a federal judge removed for alleged bias, either before trial or during the...

LOS ANGELES - Arnold & Porter beefed up its Asia practice with the acquisition of partner Thomas McLain, who joined the fi...

SACRAMENTO - The state's top prosecutor may be stretching the limits of the criminal statutes he plans to use to prosecute tho...

LOS ANGELES - In a move that could further complicate his relationship with other district attorneys across the state, Steve C...

LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for Cardinal Roger Mahony and alleged victims of priest sexual abuse would like a former California Supr...

In a rare about-face, the chief judge of the highest court in the West now says U.S. Marshals can shackle pretrial defendants ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Visa International Services Association, a global purchase-facilitating company, has announced the changing of...

LOS ANGELES - A 48-year-old grocery store clerk has become the first individual indicted in connection with Ralphs Grocery Co....

Last year, a Sacramento County judge spared a 14-year-old girl the shame of testifying in open court about being molested by h...

Commissioner Douglas G. Carnahan started out as an engineer, but followed his love of reading, writing and the law to the Los ...

Ventura County Superior Court Judge Tari Lynn Cody takes her job presiding over a juvenile dependency court in Oxnard very se...

Paul Schmidhauser has joined Rutan & Tucker's Orange County office as senior counsel. Schmidhauser, who joined the firm's...

Los Angeles County Superior Court Commissioner Joel Wallenstein has seen enough in his courtroom and his favorite movies, to b...

EMPLOYMENT-- By now, most employment lawyers have heard the drumbeat of optimism resulting from the Aug. 22, 2006, decision of...

FORUM--In asserting that "discretion is not whim," and to ensure that the exercise of discretion harmonizes with the "basic pr...

SAN JOSE - Even after doing it for years, Darrel W. Lewis still gets a lot of satisfaction out of settling legal disputes, an ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Among the megafirms that push and pull to be atop today's legal landscape, a shingle in China is perhaps the m...

FOCUS-- It is not every day that an appellate court strikes down on constitutional grounds one of Congress' laws that has been...

How did a defense attorney screw up his client's capital murder case 20 years ago? ...

FORUM-- Many law schools across the country have experienced considerable growth in their LL.M. programs. ...

WASHINGTON - The new-look U.S. Supreme Court is making its proceedings more transparent and accessible to the public. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - An Alameda County judge seemed unwilling Thursday to dismiss a challenge to a new law that toughens the provis...

SAN FRANCISCO - Voter rights activists lost their bid to persuade a San Francisco judge Thursday to halt the use of electronic...