SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge appeared sympathetic Tuesday to the argument that California's 1996 medical marijuana law cre...
LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court ruled Monday that makers of Arrowhead spring water can be sued for allegedly exceeding th...
LOS ANGELES - Ventura attorney William Q. Liebmann and prosecutor Bruce A. Youth have been chosen as Ventura County Superior C...
SAN FRANCISCO - Kirkland & Ellis, a Chicago firm that opened its doors Monday in San Francisco, is another happy benefici...
SAN FRANCISCO - Having tightened the screws on corporate offices, the Securities Exchange Commission is turning its attention...
Forum Column - By James Sturdevant - Historically, corporate interests have proclaimed disclosure regulations as the panacea f...
LOS ANGELES - In an attempt to toss out the largest punitive damages verdict in U.S. history, attorneys for Philip Morris Inc....
Entertainment & Sports
If Reporter's Suit Survives, It May Shed Light on Disney Pooh Doings
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles-based journalist Nikki Finke has now scored legal wins against the media em...
SAN FRANCISO - The Sarbanes-Oxley Act on corporate responsibility is forcing lawyers to wade into waters normally inhabited b...
Judges and Judiciary
L.A. Bar Wants To Ban Judges As Scout Chiefs
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Bar Association wants the state Supreme Court to ban judges from being Boy Scout leaders ...
SAN DIEGO - Superior Court Judge Bonnie M. Dumanis, who will take office as district attorney Jan. 6, on Monday named another ...
LOS ANGELES - In the first capital murder trial in the state to weigh a defendant's claim that he is ineligible for the death ...
SAN FRANCISCO - That's why they call it kidnapping. A teen-age girl who stole a friend's baby is guilty of kidnapping even th...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that the governor has broad authority to deny parole to murderers, ...
WASHINGTON - Dealing a blow to a California land developer, an equally divided Supreme Court on Monday affirmed a federal appe...
SAN DIEGO - Attorneys for David A. Westerfield, convicted of kidnapping and murdering 7-year-old Danielle van Dam, on Monday a...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles jury rejected claims Monday that Isuzu Motors manufactured a defective sport utility vehicle that ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Andrew Zacks has clearly won his battle with the city over a local housing ordinance that would have limited ...
Focus Column - Bankruptcy Law - By John T. Hansen - On Nov. 18, a trial began in the courtroom of San Francisco Bankruptcy Jud...
LOS ANGELES - A Long Beach man once accused of being the "Belmont Shore Rapist" can keep a $1.75 million judgment against the ...
Labor/Employment
2002 Saw Enactment of Many New State and Federal Employment Laws
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By John P. LeCrone - This year has been a busy one for state and federal lawmakers, particular...
Focus Column - By Amir H. Raubvogel - A reissue application allows a patentee to seek broader claims for a patent that already...
WASHINGTON - The anticipated re-nomination of Charles W. Pickering to the federal appellate court could be in deep trouble. Th...
IBM Corp. has agreed to buy a Silicon Valley software company for $2.1 billion in cash. The target company, Rational Software ...
Robin Wofford has ended a 16-year stint at San Diego's Duckor, Spradling & Metzger to join Wilson, Petty, Kosmo & Turn...
At a time when many nonprofits are complaining about slumping membership rolls and donations, the California Minority Counsel ...
Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May has lost two more partners, this time as a direct result of its planned merger with Pittsburgh...
Bruce S. Ross will be the new executive partner of Tampa-based Holland & Knight's Los Angeles office at the beginning of t...
Public Counsel, the largest pro bono law firm in the country, honored 13 attorneys and nine others at its annual volunteer awa...
Endless articles have been written about how to get to arbitration and what to do after you arrive to present a persuasive and...