The makers of one of the state's premier providers of legal system software have accused a former employee of stealing trade ...

By Jeremy M. Miller The William Rehnquist court has been characterized by its predilection to states' rights (and a concomita...

VICTORVILLE - Is John E. Newman a man who gambled with the lives of two young girls when he knowingly drove home drunk from a...

SAN FRANCISCO - It's not enough to be mad about the pending bankruptcy reform legislation that would make it tougher for peop...

^^The Bookshelf^^ Novel Breathes New Life Into Tired Legal Genre A Cinderella Affidavit By Michael Fredrickson FORGE, $25.95,...

COSTA MESA - Robert E. Willard, publisher of numerous legal articles and a name partner in Newport Beach firm Davis, Punelli,...

Robert Clifton, a retired judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court and the last surviving founder of the American Judges Assoc...

By Christopher Meatto U.S. attorneys as a group have failed to effectively use the Internet for advertising and promotion. Bu...

An Ohio judge Thursday enjoined legal publisher West Group from using its competitor's trademark as a means for directing cus...

A Century City attorney has sued the county of Los Angeles and other governmental agencies for negligence, claiming the failu...

SAN DIEGO - Five members of a family that ran a painting and sandblasting company that contracted with government agencies we...

SAN FRANCISCO - Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and Venture Law Group have entered into what appears to be a one-of-a-kind ...

SEATTLE - It's becoming a habit with high-tech lawyers: Lend a client an ear today - lead the company tomorrow. At Seattle's ...

SACRAMENTO - Unofficially, its called the Puppy Privacy Act. The proposal provides civil and criminal penalties for the unaut...

SAN FRANCISCO - Reeling from major defeats at the hands of tort reformers, the world's largest plaintiffs' bar opens its nati...

By Kirk A. Pasich Most liability insurance policies, including comprehensive or commercial general liability policies, impose...

By Reilly Atkinson and Nikolai Tehin In the last few years, California appellate courts have examined the circumstances under...

^^Management Matters^^ By Marcia Watson Wainess Today's young associates want more than money. They want time. With the press...

By Paul O'Brien John Grisham's first flop will be the true tale of the workaday lives of public-sector lawyers. A couple of e...

Only a handful of California lawyers are running for a seat on the Board of Governors of the troubled State Bar next year. Se...

WASHINGTON - President Clinton on Wednesday nominated Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Florence-Marie Cooper to serve on the ...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Los Angeles police lieutenant who claimed his civil rights were violated w...

California has violated federal law by earmarking for general fund coffers the leftover money from its share of last year's n...

ANAHEIM - Anaheim city officials, calling a recent 4th District Court of Appeal opinion "factually inaccurate," petitioned th...

SAN FRANCISCO - Invoking a little-used statute, a gay sergeant for the California Highway Patrol prevailed Wednesday in his $...

Attorneys at the Los Angeles firm Perona, Langer, Beck & Lallande forced a client to settle an inverse condemnation case ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The local district attorney's race began taking on a familiar cast Tuesday as former prosecutor Bill Fazio ma...

Rejecting the state's contention it was a no-bail case but finding that the crime was especially heinous, a Los Angeles judge...

SACRAMENTO - A bill aimed at raising the noneconomic damages cap in medical malpractice actions continues to advance in the C...

George Gonzalez Lomeli got his introduction to the law at age 18, when he was arrested. It seems Lomeli was out cruising one ...