The parents of 12-year-old Quinn Sullivan, who is hearing-impaired, are of modest means. So when they learned that Costco Com...

SAN DIEGO - When a murder investigation done American-style was served up with French side dishes in a Parisian court, offici...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a boost for trademark holders, a federal appeals court ruled Monday that claims of infringement in Interne...

At a time when the county Department of Children and Family Services is under intense scrutiny because of child deaths in fos...

The Los Angeles County Association of Deputy District Attorneys has voted to retain outside counsel to possibly file a class-...

By Jennifer Byrd The legal profession is more competitive than it was 10 or 15 years ago, and many lawyers are buckling under...

By Jeffrey K. Winikow It is no wonder the public has lost faith with the judicial system when the courts increasingly use the...

SAN FRANCISCO - With seven vacancies on the 28-member 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals - and little chance of many being fil...

Though he represents Internet investing company E*Trade - which recently acquired Net bank Telebanc for $1.8 billion - Steve ...

Lexis Publishing is unveiling the first alternative to headnotes and key numbers, the more than 100-year-old method originate...

CORRECTION The July 6 issue of California Law Business gave an incorrect law school for Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha of Ginsburg,...

Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Lea Purwin D'Agostino, no stranger to controversy, raised some more eyebrows Frid...

For the past three decades, the biggest and richest New York-based firms have made a practice of dispatching small battalions...

Following a three-week trial in Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Peter D. Lichtman has granted the Daily Journal Corporation...

The city of Inglewood has joined a lawsuit filed by the city of Los Angeles against the gun industry that seeks to change the...

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO - Life is about to get easier for people who cannot afford to retain an attorney for legal advice or help...

SAN FRANCISCO - Nearly 10 years ago, the 103-foot-tall cross atop Mount Davidson was a lightning rod for litigation over the ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Amid nervousness over public reaction, the state Judicial Council has voted to provide insurance -- at state ...

After defusing a potentially explosive debate, Chief Justice Ronald M. George and the state Judicial Court have urged all cou...

On a day like any other, 6-year-old Andrew Bridge was walking by himself along Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood. "I re...

Doubling its health-care capacity in one move, Los Angeles' Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker has nabbed six partners fro...

WASHINGTON - Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. - concerned that pending legislation to carve the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appe...

SACRAMENTO - When it comes to moderation, is Democratic Gov. Gray Davis an extremist? That's a question some of his critics a...

By Chris Ford It wasn't long ago that law firm librarians were staring obsolescence in the face, wondering whether the mad ru...

^^Land Use Law^^ Sense of Urgency Interim Ordinance Can't Prohibit Processing Development Applications The power to establish...

Framed portraits of his predecessors adorn the walls outside U.S. Attorney Alejandro N. Mayorkas' office in downtown Los Ange...

By Stacy L. Cohen Thanks to investigations like the one into the relationship between President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, ...

From Tae Bo classes to "Star Wars" screenings, summer associates are seeing a side of law firm life they're not likely to see...

For the fourth straight year, wind power is the fastest-growing energy source in the world. This year alone, wind capacity in...

By Terree Bowers Early one morning in April 1994, I received a surprise telephone call from the Department of Justice. Having...