LOS ANGELES - Ted Vaill calls himself a "conqueror of the useless." During the last 50 years, the Malibu attorney has spent s...

LOS ANGELES - A state Court of Appeal Monday rejected claims by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles that subpoenas o...

Focus Column - Litigation - By Raymond A. Cardozo and James Heffner - A childhood whiz-kid may recall the frustration of turni...

Forum Column - By Robert H. Freilich - In a dramatic 5-4 decision delivered June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the power o...

LOS ANGELES - Services will take place today for retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William R. Clay. Clay, a former pol...

LOS ANGELES - It wasn't the first time the 23rd-floor conference room at Manning & Marder Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez had been ...

LOS ANGELES - Irell & Manella labor and employment partner James Adler, who worked in the Kennedy administration during th...

LOS ANGELES - Graciela L. Freixes is ecstatic. After a quarter-century as a civil litigator, Freixes received word late last ...

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco appellate lawyer Marin Williamson confronted a dilemma: Her tiny clients in a juvenile dependen...

LOS ANGELES - Theodore E. Millard, a former presiding judge of the Orange County Superior Court, was sentenced Monday to 75 d...

Column - By Garry Abrams - Sometimes, fee fights among lawyers are almost as much fun, not to mention as intellectually reward...

SAN JOSE - Santa Clara Superior Court Commissioner Shawna Schwarz sometimes presides over hell, but to a youngster her unders...

SAN DIEGO - As men and women nearing the breaking point shuffle into her courtroom, Commissioner Jeannie Lowe can see the chi...

SAN FRANCISCO - The governor's recent decision to cut $57.5 million from the trial courts' reserves will not affect day-to-da...

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has been named Law Firm of the Year by the Public Law Center in Santa Ana. Gibson Dunn was honored...

BANNING - Rees Lloyd used to be a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union. Now he's a thorn in its side. The t...

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge soon will be asked to approve an unusual Proposition 65 settlement giving a major defen...

INDUSTRIAL POWAY - Moss Point Poway LLC purchased the 112,086-square-foot Napoli Business Park at 12720-12860 Danielson Court...

Letter to the Editor - Tuesday night, President Bush made one of the most important announcements of his presidency: his nomin...

Forum Column - By Julie D. Cromer - When the news first emerged that the Supreme Court decided MGM Studios v. Grokster, 125 S....

Forum Column - By Robert D. Richards - The sound of popping corks across the country has quieted considerably since the U.S. S...

Focus Column - Litigation - By Ilana S. Rubel - The implementation of document retention policies has become a risky business ...

Forum Column - By Mallory Factor - Imagine a world of true telecommunications convergence. You get everything you want - video...

SANTA ANA - The man convicted of killing 5-year-old Samantha Runnion is headed for death row. Alejandro Avila showed no remors...

SAN FRANCISCO - In an effort to boost Kirkland & Ellis' intellectual property prowess, the firm recently relocated partner...

LOS ANGELES - Five attorneys with Brown, Winfield & Canzoneri will leave the firm at the end of the month to open a Los A...

LOS ANGELES - A psychotherapist cannot be held responsible for the violent acts of a client unless that person directly commu...

SAN FRANCISCO - When Jennifer Hernandez's practice evolved from traditional environmental work to real estate and redevelopme...

SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has taken an unusual swipe at the state Supreme Court in the case of an...

LOS ANGELES - A footnote in a recent Court of Appeals decision has caused First Amendment advocates to worry the justices may ...