A U.S. Supreme Court case scheduled for hearing in October puts investment banks, accountants, and lawyers at risk for third-p...

With billions of Web pages to monitor, law enforcement agencies are looking to cyber-citizens to help catch e-criminals. By Su...

With women now constituting about half of all law school graduates, maternity issues are among the most immediate of Gen X and...

Our annual survey of the state's largest law firms compares the numbers—on size, equity and nonequity partners, diversity, and...

Attorneys are going online to use Second Life for meetings and communications, turning this online virtual world into somethin...

A speedy new patent process is useful for those in a hurry—if they have time to do the research. By Steve Seidenberg ...

When it reconvenes next month, the California Supreme Court will be faced with deciding a number of blockbuster cases, from ga...

A recent pet-food scandal may help to reshape pet-death litigation awards. By Susan E. Davis ...

Our resident writing guru takes a crack at simplifying a 228-word statute. (He gets it down to 116.) By Howard Posner ...

Junk-mail management for beginners.

Moving to a new computer and starting the long journey to Windows Vista. By Sandra Rosenzweig

With keyboards, tradition is the better part of valor. Also, a printer with something for everyone.

A new court rule eliminates unnecessary appearances and provides more realistic time standards for many simple collection matt...

Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar reflects on her journey to the Supreme Court. By Kathryn Mickle Werdegar as told to Judi Cohen

Chinese companies—including the corporate parent of proxy advisor Glass, Lewis & Co.—apparently have a lot to learn about ...

With health care premiums continuing to rise, some California employers are banning or considering banning workers' off-duty s...

In contract negotiations, Los Angeles prosecutors would rather go it alone than join their interests with those of public defe...

The Board of Governors weighs a new civility code intended to make counsel mind its manners. By Peter Blumberg ...

Shortly after his election in 2005, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appointed a fellow Angeleno, Thomas Saenz, to the n...

We take a look at some of California's busiest practices this year and areas of the law where the Golden State is at the foref...

A new documentary examines the impact prisons have on the towns that welcome them. By Chuleenan Svetvilas ...

An adverse Texas court ruling has put a drag on plaintiffs suits in California that allege health damage from silica dust. By ...

To many Californians, structured finance means bad bets on interest rates by Orange County and Enron's manipulation of special...

Greed jumps the wall: Journalistic ethics and marketing on the Web. By Sandra Rosenzweig

Three tips for the price of one: How to read error messages; follow your email threads; and ride the Internet Tourbus.

The largest impact of California's multiprong legal response to global warming may be that it has brought the national debate ...