Six years of litigation involving claims of discrimination and harassment at the South Gate Police Department came to an end T...

A San Jose attorney who won a dispute with the contractor who built his house can't get compensated for the $664,000 he and hi...

A federal statute that bans the depiction of animal cruelty appears to be hanging by a thread after the U.S. Supreme Court hea...

After years of trying to overturn an attempted murder conviction, Rafael Madrigal has been released from state prison in Chino...

K.C. Victor of Victor Legal Solutions says when the economy is down, legal recruiters can save time and money by finding the r...

Criminal defense attorneys Gail Shifman and Vicki Young say it's time to decriminalize drugs and expand abuse therapy outside ...

Senator Tom Harman says the California Supreme Court's decision in the In re Tobacco II Cases is disconnected from the state's...

A new wave of mortgage victimization is quickly gaining steam, with many of the same abusers from the subprime market now taki...

A Virginia federal judge wants to know why a patent holding company should not have to pay for its now-dropped lawsuit against...

It's not popular review site Yelp, but it comes pretty close in the lawyer world. In-house counsel will soon rate outside law ...

FRESNO - Federal officials have settled a legal battle with environmental groups by agreeing to stop commercial development in...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the Obama administration's views on the legality of San Francisco's plan for universal ...

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was the most forceful defender of the attorney-client privilege in a case before the U.S. Su...

Elizabeth Lake and Shannon Little of Holland & Knight say the new general storm water permit sets strict compliance and mo...

Stephen Smerek and Nicolas Jampol of Winston & Strawn say the law governing a retailer's request for personal information ...

Judge Robert J. Perry of the Los Angeles Superior Court advises on how to ask clear questions during trial. ...

A U.S. judge seems poised to toss out another lawsuit attacking Barak Obama's right to be president on the claim that he was b...

Daniel Garrie and Jean-Luc Chatelain say electronic archiving infrastructures, while complex and costly, are needed to protect...

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An independent prosecutor has recommended a punishment for Thomas V. Girardi and Walter J. Lack over forged documents. ...

Judge Benny C. Osorio moved from New York to Los Angeles for the balmy weather, and as a county prosecutor was known for being...

With a two-person legal department, Larry Foust, general counsel at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, struggles with how to acc...

In September, the Daily Journal hosted two roundtable discussions with leading appellate lawyers - one in Los Angeles and one ...

Emily Camastra of Fisher & Phillips says a review of Justice Sotomayor's past employment decisions show an even-handed app...

Michael Lebowich and Brian Rauch of Proskauer Rose address how worker protection laws clash with the collective bargaining pro...

Marc S. Ehrlich of Best Best & Krieger says City of Claremont v. Kruse clarifies which city regulations are not pre-empted...

Mark Scarsi of Milbank Tweed says Sotomayor's ease with intangible property rights may sway Justices away from Federal Circuit...

Nothing is more sacrosanct to lawyers than the ability to give candid advice to clients. But the faith they have invested in t...

The number of job losses in the legal sector jumped sharply in September to 2,000, after slowing to almost a trickle the month...

Here are some of the major cases the U.S. Supreme Court will hear in the 2009-2010 term. ...