LOS ANGELES - Of the 7,511 prospective lawyers who took the July State Bar Exam this year, slightly more than 50 percent breat...

SAN FRANCISCO - The judge overseeing the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. bankruptcy Monday rejected an attempt by the utility to ...

LOS ANGELES - Law graduates with a fire in the belly to help the poor, for whom the American dream is a distant fantasy, will ...

LOS ANGELES - Actor Robert Blake may get a new legal team today to defend him against charges he murdered his wife, Bonny Lee ...

SAN FRANCISCO - It wasn't your typical contract, said Philip Feldman, who prepares wills and trusts for wealthy San Franciscan...

SAN FRANCISCO - The judge overseeing the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. bankruptcy Monday rejected an attempt by the utility to ...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael E. Pastor is known as knowledgeable, efficient and always prepared - wh...

LOS ANGELES - Jewish Defense League West Coast Director Earl Krugel lost another bid Monday to be released on bail, this time ...

Column - By Michael Cypers - The legal profession can be exciting and stimulating. It also can be intimidating and challenging...

Column - By Garry Abrams - Mooney said he was acting out of an abundance of caution, noting that homicides are frequently in t...

SAN JOSE - Now that the Immigration and Naturalization Service finally has agreed to allow two key witnesses to attend the pro...

LOS ANGELES - Compton attorney Maxcy Filer knows very well the anticipation of waiting for one's State Bar Exam results. "I ca...

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco jury has absolved United Airlines for booting a Pakistani man off a cross-country flight in th...

Column - By Robert James Skousen - A lawyer's time and judgment are his or her stock in trade. There are two components to thi...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles attorney Robert Dennis Pryce Jr., who was indicted last week on money-laundering and other charges r...

SAN FRANCISCO - Just because it's the World Wide Web doesn't mean cybersuits can be filed anywhere someone takes offense. In a...

FORUM The Bush administration used unscrupulous tactics to persuade the U.N. Security Council to sign on to Resolution 1441.

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles attorney Robert Dennis Pryce Jr., who was indicted last week on money-laundering and other charges r...

Experts who cram three years of law-school study into intense bar-review courses for graduates offer sample answers to six que...

Focus Column - Law Practice - By Daniel Zohar - In starting your own practice, you will confront virtually nothing that others...

Forum Column - By Liliana M. Garces and Jayashri Srikantiah - The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether mandatory detention...

It was one small step in the mire of patent infringement litigation worldwide - but a victory all the same. Manufacturer TDK S...

Litigation Column - By Julie Campanini - As employment cases continue to flourish across the country, counsel is constantly tr...

Last week was moving week for Thelen Reid & Priest, the 425-lawyer firm that had the unfortunate task of moving its New Yo...

Nol Nino joined San Francisco's TMC Development as its lone general counsel Nov. 4. Until the hiring of Nino, TMC outsourced ...

The most sought-after neutrals in California sure have a lot of friends. Hundreds of attorneys from a variety of legal markets...

Calling all soccer-playing lawyers. Those lifelong dreams of slicing a perfect shot into the corner of the goal or drilling a...

Microchip technology meant macro dollars for Intergraph Corp. Intergraph, a Huntsville, Ala.-based computer services company, ...

Harry Low took a two-year break from his work as a highly paid neutral at JAMS. But it wasn't a peaceful rest. Gov. Gray Davis...

A Los Angeles judge is expected to give preliminary approval Dec. 6 to a settlement of a nationwide class action that accused ...