Forum Column - By David Steinberg - In naming John G. Roberts Jr. and Harriet E. Miers as his first two Supreme Court appointm...
Forum Column - By Clay Calvert - Fall is the season of football on college campuses in California and across the United States...
SAN FRANCISCO - Litigation intended to force health warnings on a popular lunchtime staple, and which also raises fundamental ...
SAN FRANCISCO -The trustee for the bankrupt Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison wants to dispose of the mountains of documents the...
LOS ANGELES -Despite a continued push to cut down in-house and outside legal costs, most corporations remain reluctant to alt...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar Will Meet to Help Lawyers Displaced by Hurricanes
By Draeger Martinez
LOS ANGELES - The State Bar has scheduled an emergency meeting today to urge the state Supreme Court to allow lawyers displac...
WASHINGTON - Harriet E. Miers' active role in the organized bar in Texas and in the American Bar Association shows her to be ...
Entertainment & Sports
New California Toxins: Plague of Deadly Spuds, Poisonous Paparazzi
By Garry Abrams
Column - By Garry Abrams - Pity the poor average citizen who is munching on a French fry when he or she is hit and killed by a...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court seemed sympathetic Wednesday to tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds' complaint that a $1...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared closely divided on whether the Bush administration has the authority to ...
MULTIFAMILY LOS ANGELES - A partnership led by Montgomery Partners purchased a portfolio of six properties in Hollywood and K...
Forum Column - By Jordan Susman - When an international organization affiliated with the United Nations condemns Israel, it is...
Intellectual Property
Crucial Strategies to Protect Intellectual Property in China
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Allan K. A. Marson and Joseph Helmers - As a consequence of joining the World Trade Organization and becomin...
LOS ANGELES - When Latham & Watkins corporate partner Charles Hoyng hears Botox, he thinks of Hollywood. But this could ch...
LOS ANGELES - Computing giant Hewlett-Packard has agreed to pay $425 million to acquire information technology software compa...
Real Estate/Development
Developer Jailed for Contempt In Bankruptcy Wins Release
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - Millionaire real estate mogul John Kontrabecki, who made a name building business parks in Silicon Valley and ...
SAN FRANCISCO - In the 1950s, a work crew removed insulation from the pipes and machinery at the Unocal refinery in Wilmingto...
Criminal
First New Crop of L.A. Deputy DAs in Five Years Undergoes Training
By Drew Combs
LOS ANGELES -Jennifer Bainbridge first applied to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office in the fall of 2002, a few...
WASHINGTON - With some observers questioning whether Harriet E. Miers' resume reflects someone who is Supreme Court material, ...
MIXED USE NORTHRIDGE - A 76,119-square-foot retail/office plaza at 19450 Rinaldi St. sold for more than $16 million. Ron Feder...
Forum Column - By Barry A. Currier - There's a lot to discuss these days at the intersection of the legal profession and legal...
Entertainment & Sports
Beyond Music, Sports World Benefits From 'Grokster,' Too
By Columnist
Focus Column - Entertainment Law - By Dennis M. P. Ehling and Robyn Callahan - The National Football League, National Basketba...
Forum Column - By Earl Ofari Hutchinson - Last March, Atlanta hostage Ashley Smith got a rousing cheer from public officials, ...
Appellate Practice
High Court Clears the Decks for Action: Denies 1,700 Appeals
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court, without the input of newly confirmed Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., on Monday denied about...
LOS ANGELES - When Yale law student Deborah Rhode went to interview at New York's Cravath, Swaine & Moore in the 1970s, s...
Column - By Garry Abrams - For once, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., have something in common besides being entertainment ca...
Judges and Judiciary
Los Angeles Judge Makes Sure To Do His Research Thoroughly
By Ryan Oliver
LOS ANGELES - George H. Wu learned one of his biggest lessons early in his career. Wu was researching a Nevada case as a clerk...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Contra Costa County woman accused of murdering her psychologist husband wants the jury in her trial to se...
WASHINGTON - Amid the buzz over President Bush's second Supreme Court nomination, the John G. Roberts Jr. era at the high cou...
SAN FRANCISCO - Alameda County Superior Court Commissioner Rhonda Burgess has a look of utter sadness on her face as she read...