Beginning this month, victims of the deadly 2008 Chatsworth Metrolink crash will formally ask a judge to give them a slice of ...

Former KB Home CEO Bruce Karatz dodged a prison sentence on three felony fraud convictions after he pledged to help save a str...

An early childhood tragedy engendered the empathy Judge Kimberlee Lagotta draws on in the courtroom.

Lawyers and law firms do not fall under a Federal Trade Commission regulation designed to stymie identity theft known as the r...

After 25 years on state and federal benches, former state Supreme Court Justice Carlos R. Moreno hung up his robes March 1 to ...

His stepfather defended famous criminals, but Judge Patrick Marlette chose the other direction as a prosecutor and bench officer.

In an unusual turn of events, a federal judge appeared to order Mattel Inc. Chief Executive Officer Bob Eckert to be present e...

Sitting in the stillness of one of his mediation rooms, Floyd J. Siegal describes how two epiphanies in his career as a crimin...

During its annual Freedom Fund Scholarship and Awards Banquet, the Riverside branch of the NAACP presented Best Best & Kri...

The Bar Association of San Francisco hosted its mock trial competition last week, where six high San Francisco high schools ar...

Student volunteers from the USC Gould School of Law’s Street Law program hosted 52 students from the James A. Foshay Learning ...

The Aremnian Bar Association honored U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. on Feb. 24 at the Phoenicia restaurant in Glendale. More ...

Former state senators Joe Dunn and Dick Ackerman celebrate a correct answer in a trivia contest fundraiser March 2 for UC Irvi...

A federal grand jury indicted the former mayor of Upland and the mayor's appointee to a municipal board on corruption charges ...

The Target Corp. has been ordered to pay $22.5 million as part of a settlement for improperly handling hazardous wastes and ot...

The U.S. Senate rejected an amendment that would have weakened the proposed patent reform bill by a wide margin Thursday. ...

The Proposition 8 case has been reassigned to Northern District Chief Judge James Ware for any further district court proceedi...

A self-help book that aims to protect clients from legal abuse when one's own attorney becomes the enemy. By Rose Colombo. ...

A looming trial between a video game developer and major game publisher Activision Blizzard involving a dispute over competing...

As the uncertainty continues over offers from Winston & Strawn LLP, the attorneys at Howrey LLP's East Palo Alto office ar...

The separation of powers framework has collapsed in this modern administrative state. By Eric A. Posner of the University of C...

Bullivant Houser Bailey PC has shuttered its Sacramento office, the firm announced Thursday. ...

The 16-lawyer firm in Los Angeles known for its compensation and benefits practice announced a plan to dissolve March 15. Most...

Opponents of Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to abolish redevelopment agencies laid out their likely legal strategy to fight for survi...

Leaving your law firm in search of better prospects can be an expensive proposition. By Edwin B. Reeser. ...

California, with its added layers of workplace regulation, is among the nation's worst for job growth, according to a study re...

The State Bar recently suspended well-known Los Angeles trial attorney Pierce H. O'Donnell's license for 60 days over his 2006...

Responding to a proposal by the State Bar's president to have the Supreme Court appoint all lawyer members of the bar board, l...

The Gomez Law Firm has racked up some $170 million in verdicts and settlements, including $10 million from the Toyota Motor Co...