Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - In the middle of a major transition on the Supreme Court caused by Justice Sandra Day O'Co...

LOS ANGELES - Latino activists are accusing Catholic Healthcare West of charging uninsured patients steeper rates than those ...

LOS ANGELES - John A. Toker, a pioneer of appellate mediation programs, will be honored Friday at a conference in San Francis...

Letter to the Editor - In "What Country Needs More of Isn't Activist Judges But Activist Citizens" (Sept. 27 Daily Journal) au...

LOS ANGELES - Moments after Darren Meeka pulled the trigger and fired the fatal shot, he knew he would need the help of his fa...

Column - By Garry Abrams - President Bush's nominations of John G. Roberts Jr. and Harriet Miers for seats on the U.S. Supreme...

SACRAMENTO - In a flurry of last-minute bill signings and vetoes, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger extended anti-discrimination pro...

WASHINGTON - With a week to reflect on President Bush's decision to nominate Harriet E. Miers to the Supreme Court, interest ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Veteran intellectual property litigator Robert Kramer is leaving Morrison & Foerster for Howrey Simon's S...

LAND MOORPARK - A partnership led by developer Mike Ossola paid $26 million for 33 acres at 1000 Patriot Drive, where it plans...

SAN FRANCISCO - Western law firms first looked to China to take advantage of white-hot opportunities for cross-border trade an...

Forum Column - By Matthew Belloni - Finally, Arnold hit them where it hurts. The governor has armed Hollywood's creative commu...

Forum Column - By Robert D. Richards - What's in a name? The answer is plenty, if you grow grapes or make wine in the Napa Val...

Focus Column - By Michael Paul Thomas - Motions in limine are commonly used tools of trial advocacy. Indeed, such motions are ...

LOS ANGELES - Civil rights attorney Nancy Ramirez, a staff lawyer for the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice, has been na...

LOS ANGELES - John "Mitch" Mitchell, a former partner with Katten Muchin Rosenman in Los Angeles and Palo Alto, has joined Je...

LOS ANGELES - Responding to the three-count indictment of Joseph G. Cavallo for allegedly taking part in a bail bonds referral...

WASHINGTON - A local employment dispute at the Los Angeles County district attorney's office could have national free-speech i...

OFFICE YORBA LINDA - VIASYS committed to a 130,000-square-foot, 10-year relocation/renewal and a 30,000-square-foot expansion...

Focus Column - By Sunny Brenner - The Supreme Court's recent vacancies have stirred speculation about the potential willingnes...

Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - As someone who argued four cases in front of varying compositions of the U.S. Supreme Co...

LOS ANGELES - Mediation comes naturally to Kim Deck. "I've always been interested in helping people solve problems, even when ...

LOS ANGELES - A recent appellate opinion "pretty much ignored about 150 years of California case law dealing with wrongful de...

LOS ANGELES - A Court of Appeal panel on Thursday upheld a home-invasion robbery, burglary, murder and arson conviction, even...

LOS ANGELES -A San Luis Obispo County obstetrician claimed a local newspaper article that referred to his alleged "sexual imp...

LOS ANGELES -The State Bar has launched an investigation of two prominent former federal prosecutors in connection with their ...

SAN FRANCISCO - An East Bay legal consulting firm is taking shots at a new Florida law, dubbed "Stand Your Ground" by supporte...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has dealt a damaging and possibly fatal blow to a civil lawsuit accusing a public defender of...

SAN FRANCISCO - Online tobacco buyers beware: State tax officials are now forcing delivery companies to provide customers' nam...

MULTIFAMILY CLAREMONT - Claremont Palms, Spring Hill Garden and Southridge Apartments sold for a total of $29.4 million. GMAC...