Gov. Gray Davis announced Monday that he has appointed Patrick Mahoney, chief of litigation in the San Francisco city attorney...

With a nod to history, respondents to the Daily Journal's most recent "L.A. Confidential" Rampart poll issued a strong declara...

SACRAMENTO - The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that courts cannot overrule arbitration awards even if they are legally...

African-American film director Jamaa Fanaka, who for years has quixotically battled the movie industry over its minority hirin...

Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker's partnership decided late last week to integrate most of the 170-attorney New York-based...

THE CLOSER Late entrants offer firms a wealth of real-life experience their younger associates can't match. ...

START-UP As new high-tech companies face a shortage of executive material, recruiters redefine what a CEO should be. ...

The men and women of the L.A. Police Department are committed to serving the people of Los Angeles and their chief of p olice....

SAN FRANCISCO - A case that poses the novel question of who has the legal duty to recognize art survived its first legal chal...

BOTTOM LINE Attorneys face rapid changes in conflict-of-interest laws, particularly with former clients. ...

Recording a map before 1893, when the first subdivision map law was enacted, does not in itself create a legally recognizable ...

^^From the Tower^^ By Ira L. Shafiroff For some people, truth and integrity are more important than fame or fortune. On the ev...

^^Spin Report^^ By John M. Curtis Taking another bite out of free enterprise, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackso...

THE ADVISER A design can't be protected as trade dress unless it has achieved secondary meaning. By Rod S. Berman and Steve Pl...

LAGUNA BEACH - For decades, this south Orange County seaside community of opulent resorts and hotels facing frothy waves on m...

HOLLYWOOD: Wendy Wheaton has big plans for her weekly radio show 'Hollywood Scoop,' going daily May 1. ...

SMALL FIRMS Since 1976, San Francisco's Community Boards have been providing neighborhood mediation services that have turned ...

Sound Wars This year's South by Southwest Music Conference highlighted the collision of artists' rights and commerce when it c...

FORUM The voir diring of criminal jurors is offensive to the Constitution, deceives jurors and leads to the destruction of the...

Recruiting a CEO By Tom Taulli In the high-tech race, having the best technology is not always critical. After all, Apple Comp...

By Marisa Navarro Emerging Staff Writer With the click of a mouse or a push of a key, data moves through cyberspace. But in th...

VENTURE A growing number of property owners have been accepting stock options as part of the lease package for startup compani...

A geriatric rheumatologist and internist who, until a few months ago, held privileges at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for 10 ye...

Last year, Sam Francisco-based financial institution Robertson Stephens completed more than 230 public offerings worth more th...

LARGE FIRMS It's not enough to be a high-quality, full-service law firm anymore. Now it's a matter of marketing, knowing how t...

The Los Angeles Police Department for years has been criticized for perpetuating an "us-vs. -them" mentality toward youths in...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti and challenger Steve Cooley squared off in their first debate Friday, with ...

A federal jury has awarded Allstate Insurance Company $3 million, finding that an independent insurance adjuster and two cons...

Some might consider Darryl Snider, litigation partner with Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe in Los Angeles, a tad overeduca...

Controversy sharpened Friday over the issue of accountability for the Los Angeles Unified School District's troubled Belmont s...