ROSENFELD MEYER SECURES ENTERTAINMENT LAW EXPERT Beverly Hills' Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman hired Konrad L. Trope as a part...

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THE CLOSER Changes in city charters offer lawyers new opportunities to help with land-use issues. By Gail Gordon and Gordon F...

Stradling Yocca HIGH-PROFILE LITIGATORS LEAVE ORRICK L.A. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has lost two of its senior partn...

Live from the Powerhouse Theatre in Santa Monica, it's Saturday night improv with litigator Ginger Heyman . Spending her spar...

By John M. Curtis Falling on his sword, John McCain's bid for the Republican nomination hit the skids in Virginia by lining up...

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FRANCHISE LAW GROUP ADDS NEW LITIGATION SUPERVISOR Joel D. Siegel recently joined the Los Angeles office of Dallas-based Jenk...

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Wilson Sonsini CENTILLIUM COMMUNICATES THROUGH $82M IPO FILING Centillium Communications is issuing an initial public offerin...

SANTA CRUZ -- Former District Attorney Peter Chang pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor violation of a court order Friday in order ...

Loyola Law School's new dean, David Burcham, already has a reputation for being No. 1 at the school. He graduated with the hig...

Just one day after the U.S. Senate voted to amend an 80-year-old maritime law that limits awards of monetary damages to famili...

SACRAMENTO - When voters soundly rejected a plan to expand bad-faith lawsuits against insurers, they may have administered mor...

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DICTA On 'Family Law,' a humane result requires law-defying actions. ...

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FORUM Family law attorneys and judges should receive training regarding how to craft safe custody and visitation orders. ...

FORUM Teaching about the Bible as history and literature is possible without violating the First Amendment. Page 6. By Martha ...

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A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against Rite Aid that claimed some employees were not getting their paychecks. Cour...