On one fact, attorneys on both sides of a high-profile murder case agree: The 2nd District Court of Appeal's order that the st...

Cities Will Appeal Latest ATM Ruling SAN FRANCISCO - City attorneys for San Francisco and Santa Monica have vowed to appeal a...

More than a year has passed since a prominent foster mother, a strong ally of former county Department of Children and Family...

A city council member has the right to appeal the decision of a city commission and later vote on that appeal, the state appe...

The Los Angeles Police Department has two new helicopters that could come to the aid of the First Amendment, believe it or no...

San Diego-based Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps has acquired West Los Angeles-based Matthias & Berg, a five-attorney ...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's blockbuster 1999-2000 term produced a greater solidarity among the conservative justices, a ...

Until as recently as 1990, federal law barred homosexuals from immigrating to the United States, along with felons, drug addi...

Like all other "Prosecutor of the Year" award winners since 1977, 52-year-old Rick Yenovkian was recognized this week by the ...

Unlike the dozens of tainted convictions it has had vacated in the course of its investigation of the Rampart scandal, the di...

The Practitioner: Commercial Law By Mark L. Eisenhut While California's Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Reform ...

LARGE FIRMS: The high-tech industry was flush with triumph last month, when the House of Representatives approved a bill to gr...

Firm Watch: By Tamara Scott Chicago-based Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal added eight attorneys - three partners, two of-cou...

THE ADVISER: Tax Law By Menasche M. Nass and Andrew Bernknopf Promoters of the latest generation of tax shelters, newly named ...

Forum: By Alison Regan The essence of democracy is recognizing that every viewpoint is entitled to a forum. The risk in airing...

BOTTOM LINE: By Richard S. Rosenberg and Stephen M. MacPhail Since 1991, law firms have been required to prepare and maintain...

Firm Watch: By Tamara Scott Tax and corporate attorney Lawrence E. Irell , co-founder of Los Angeles' Irell & Manella , di...

News: San Francisco-based Townsend and Townsend and Crew has added three new associates: Kenneth R. Backus and Eric J. Baude h...

One of Joe De Briyn's most memorable fly-fishing experiences occurred last year, when he was fishing the Madison River in Mont...

News: Litigator Linda C. Miller Savitt has joined employment law boutique Ballard, Rosenberg & Golper, effective July 1. S...

Forum: Spin Report By John M. Curtis "Where were the police?" asked Stephen E. Auth, president of Kaiser Bros. Oldsmobile, one...

News: Beverly Hills' Jacobson White Diamond & Bordy has elevated Andrew S. Levey to partner, effective June 14. Levey, who...

On the Move: Prominent Los Angeles litigator Deborah David, who has tried about 30 cases to completion and settled thousands o...

News: Insurance litigation firm Quisenberry & Barbanel, which is located in Century City and employs 22 attorneys, has cha...

News: Real estate and commercial finance attorney Joseph L. Coleman has joined the Irvine office of Phoenix-based Snell & ...

News: San Francisco's Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass has recruited four new associates: Matthew Dickstein, Jennifer S. Goro...

PUBLIC INTEREST: By Susan McRae Fed up waiting for the traditional wheels of justice to make their rounds, private practitione...

High-profile litigator Pamela J. Naughton is joining the San Diego office of Los Angeles-based Sheppard Mullin Richter & ...

Women Lawyers Set Casino Night Women Lawyers of Long Beach will host Casino Night from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., July 10. The fund-ra...