Litigious clients beware - if you sue your law firm for malpractice and lose, you are more likely to pay for it later. Firms a...
Los Angeles County Judge Christian Gullón says he considers himself a law-and-order type but does not look at life in black an...
In salty, off-the-record sessions Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Keith Schwartz tries to scare younger offenders out of a li...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...
Letter to the Editor
Darrell Forgey argues that the “original intent” of jurisprudence is a myth
By Carla Pinedan
With Justice John Paul Stevens now retired, Justice Stephen G. Breyer looks ready to replace his former colleague as dissenter...
John E. McDermott, a federal magistrate judge in Los Angeles, is a self-professed 'child of the '60s' who believes the law sho...
Google's recent win in Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against its subsidiary YouTube cost it $100 million ...
San Diego-based Verenium Corp. agreed to sell its cellulosic biofuels business to BP Biofuels North America for $98.3 million....
The Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement task force, known as SAFE, on Thursday completed its first large-scale effort to verify ...
New computer technology to track and manage California court dockets has been deployed in the three early adapter counties of ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit Nominee Greeted Warmly
By Lawrence Hurleyn
Mary H. Murguia, nominated by President Barack Obama to serve on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, met with a warm recept...
Despite allegations of a conspiracy to withhold information about a conflict of interest, an arbitrator and his employer are i...
Lauren Teukolsky, a former federal court clerk who spent eight years as an associate at the public interest firm Hadsell Storm...
David Crenshaw has been named chief counsel at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Lowey, the largest boutique business immigration...
Ruling that attorneys suing Dole Food Co. "deliberately and unabashedly tampered with witnesses," a state court justice Thursd...
The U.S. Supreme Court has regrettably turned an ordinary case into a ruling that could close the doors to justice for victims...
A federal court has held for the first time that state transportation departments can be responsible for pollution caused by h...
The practice of attacking pro bono attorneys for their unpopular clients - be it immigrants or Guanánamo detainees - is gettin...
California Supreme Court
California Legal Circles React to Chief Justice's Surprise Retirement
By John Roemer
Former Chief Justice Malcolm M. Lucas said Thursday his first thought when hearing his successor plans to retire is that the s...
Defense attorneys, prosecutors and bench officers can browse through over 140 motions that Laurie Levenson and Alex Ricciardul...
The opinions of 33 doctors and scientists regarding the safety of Avandia could help plaintiffs resolve thousands of claims ag...
California Supreme Court
Big Shoes: Who Is Next At The Helm of the State Supreme Court?
By Laura Ernden
Speculation begins over who will replace Chief Justice Ronald M. George. ...
Trial lawyers may be close to winning a long-sought tax break allowing them to write off the cost of contingency litigation, p...
Letter to the Editor
Consumer advocates call out for intellectual honesty
By Carla Pinedan
Ronald M. George will be remembered as much for what he accomplished behind the scenes in managing the nation's largest judici...
A Sherman Oaks defense attorney pleaded no contest Wednesday to attempting to dissuade a witness from testifying in court and ...
A real estate investment firm that once touted itself online as a "real estate Costco" is being sued by 20 investors who claim...