The rise in death sentences in Los Angeles County couldn't come at a worse time, write Natasha Minsker and Ramona Ripston of t...

If you're worried that a large refund check will increase audit exposure, Robert Wood of Wood & Porter discusses situation...

A battery of dismissals of subprime and credit-crisis related shareholder class actions is sending a wave of fear through the ...

There's another side of CPA types, a human side, filled with wit, intrigue, heroics and, yes, even a sense of humor, that ofte...

If Elena Kagan replaces Justice John Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court, as many expect, she would join a select group of ...

The children of a legendary comic book artist hit a roadblock Wednesday in their efforts to reclaim partial ownership of sever...

The proposed class action claims same-sex couples' exclusion from a tax-shielded long-term care insurance program is unconstit...

Elizabeth Wagner, legal administrator of Kegel, Tobin & Truce, and a cancer survivor, was presented with the Volunteer of ...

Are the special taxes residents pay to finance debt issues for new public services and infrastructure, known as Mello-Roos bon...

Attorneys this week began the process of appealing a judge's recent decision to toss eight national class-action lawsuits pinn...

Vijay "Jay" Chand Gandhi became the first Indian-American federal judge in the U.S. District Court's Central District Monday. ...

Intellectual property litigator Mary Therese Huser left her senior legal position at eBay Inc. this week to rejoin her former ...

If anybody is in need of help to obtain "access to justice," it's all the judicially mistreated American property owners, writ...

John Squires of Chadbourne & Parke says the Senate Compromise bill is a step backwards from the current status quo governe...

When it comes to disclosing contact information of putative class members, Jessica Perry and Julia Riechert of Orrick say Cali...

Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Edward J. Davila, according to sources, is being vetted by the American Bar Associatio...

Roderick Walston of Best Best & Krieger examines the incongruent rules governing states' rights to regulate different kind...

After nearly two years bouncing between prisons and halfway houses, the dishonored former plaintiffs' lawyer William S. Lerach...

Edwin K. Prather, former Clarence & Dyer partner and a prominent supporter of diversifying the federal bench, has struck o...

As companies rely increasingly on technology, they become more vulnerable to cyber-criminals and technical mishaps, write Jerr...

Today a bankruptcy judge in New York is set to hear a key motion that could significantly stall or cripple local contractors i...

An interest in civil rights got Carla M. Woehrle into the law. Lawyers say that has made her an ideal arbiter of disputes.

U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real of Los Angeles got an upbraiding but no penalty from the federal courts' top judicial disci...

Whether providing jury instructions or considering trial delays, Los Angeles County Judge Martin Herscovitz emphasizes respect...

The Daily Journal hosted a reception honoring California’s leading intellectual property litigators on Monday. Judge Jeremy Fo...

Sitting in the chambers of Judge Alfred Margolis during a pre-trial conference, Jim Nichols noticed a photo of Margolis in hea...

In a new book, Philip Kearney details the transformation he underwent as a third-generation San Franciscan who left a 17-year ...

Sidney R. Thomas, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge with chambers in Billings, Mont., is on an expanded list of U.S. S...

The Commission on Judicial Performance has publicly admonished Trinity County Superior Court Judge Anthony C. Edwards for allo...

After a secretive 48-hour negotiation process last week, Conan O'Brien surprised the entertainment world with his announcement...