Michael Diamond is a hard-nosed litigator who regularly faces down his legal adversaries in the courtroom, but the tough, take...

Employment litigator Tyler Paetkau is all too familiar with sticky situations involving an executive ditching one shop for ano...

SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney Jon B. Eisenberg carried out an incapacitated cousin's end-of-life wishes eight years ago. The painfu...

When Ellis Horvitz began his clerkship with the state Supreme Court in 1951, the court's seven justices considered 15 petition...

Toys "R" Us Inc., a powerhouse among toy sellers, has agreed to sell its entire worldwide operations to a team of two private ...

Real estate investment trust Maguire Properties has agreed to purchase a $1.5 billion 10-building portfolio that includes a 52...

The moment was captured perfectly by an Associated Press photograph. Attorney Bobbie J. Wilson is shown kissing co-counsel The...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe transactional associate Justin Cooper says his practice rarely affords him the chance to af...

When San Diego city officials approved construction of a highway in the 1930s through a scenic area a few miles up the coast, ...

Column - Law Firm Management - By Timothy O'Brien - If I were to ask you, "What is the word or phrase you'd like people to thi...

Spending 25 years on the 1st District Court of Appeal has given the dean of the court, Justice J. Anthony Kline, a unique pers...

The Antioch Police Department can keep its officer promotions system, thanks to Liebert Cassidy Whitmore partner Cynthia O'Nei...

The Paso Robles City Council will hold a public hearing and issue a final vote Tuesday on a resolution to impose an added tax ...

Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. completed layoffs of its in-house counsel in late March and will contract their caseload to priva...

INDUSTRIAL PICO RIVERA - Sequoia Pure Water Inc. signed a 10-year, $5.1 million lease to occupy 98,000 square feet of industr...

Commercial real estate attorney Louis Raymond spent seven years as an executive counsel at Walt Disney Inc. before he decided ...

Forum Column - By David Cameron Carr - The unprecedented intervention by the President and Congress in the Terri Schiavo matte...

Focus Column - Cyberlaw - By Rod S. Berman and Amy Lerner Hill - "[T]he existence of an accurate and publicly accessible tool ...

Letter to the Editor - Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley's shameful remarks regarding the Blake jurors were, and rema...

Letter to the Editor - While the Beverly Hills Bar Association recognizes everyone's right to disagree with a jury verdict or ...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has asked the lawyers who argued a recent defamation case involving Johnnie Cochran for their v...

EXTRA Feature - Unlike the state Supreme Court, California’s Court of Appeal has no discretion over the cases that cross its b...

SAN DIEGO - A federal appeals court on Friday solidified Mayor Dick Murphy's grasp on the post he has held four years. A three...

LOS ANGELES - State and local law enforcement officials used April Fool's Day to send a message to the public: Don't get hood...

SAN FRANCISCO - A well-known Beverly Hills yoga instructor and a group of rival teachers will have to sweat out their spat in ...

SAN FRANCISCO - It's OK to be different - at least when it comes to calculating the value of employee stock options, and at le...

LOS ANGELES - A punitive-damages award against cigarette maker Philip Morris that once stood at $3 billion was cut to $50 mill...

LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court handed yet another defeat to renegade strip-club owner Badi "Bill" Gammoh on Friday, ref...

INDUSTRIAL FREMONT - Intermatix Corp. signed a lease for 21,000 square feet of industrial space at 46410 Fremont Blvd. from Ca...

SAN DIEGO - In Ed Obayashi's office is a framed commendation from his days with the San Diego Police Department. It praises h...