First in a two-part series. A Daily Journal investigation finds that disabled workers are denied the disability coverage their...

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...

Entrepreneurs are starting to see encouraging signs in the market for venture capital funding, but the fierce competition for ...

Two recent cases illustrate a growing dispute in the exploding multi-billion dollar videogame entertainment industry: the righ...

Andrea Bryan's courtroom seems to attract high-profile cases, which she handles with aplomb and professionalism.

Dole Food Co. is withdrawing a defamation suit against a filmmaker who made a documentary about alleged harms to Nicaraguan pl...

Philip Morris USA on Thursday bowed out from the war against San Francisco's ban on cigarettes in drug stores, leaving Walgree...

Kathleen Kuhn of HouseMaster guides first-time home buyers trying to meet the federal government's Nov. 20 tax credit deadline...

A group of pharmacies that sued to prevent Pfizer's $68 billion acquisition of Wyeth suffered two quick knock-out punches when...

In one fell reversing swoop, a state appellate panel managed to criticize simultaneously a mainstay of civil procedure - the s...

In marked contrast to the rest of the country, a majority of California companies expect their litigation caseload to decline ...

O'Melveny & Myers Settles in SONICblue Bankruptcy Case ...

Elda Yazmin Ellis of E.Y.E. Legal Language Solutions simplifies the updated ethics code required for California court interpre...

President Barack Obama's first four California judicial nominees cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, although one...

John A. Sturgeon of White & Case examines the evidentiary standards for class certification. ...

Appellate law specialist Sarvenaz Bahar explains why it's time to set guidelines for use of certified reporter's transcripts o...

William A. Polkinghorn Jr.'s sheer doggedness serves him well in helping persuade clients to settle cases. ...

Prominent Los Angeles litigator Walter J. Lack seemed to dig himself a deeper hole Thursday before a 9th U.S. Circuit Court o...

Metrolink has agreed to pay $30 million to settle 90 percent of lawsuits arising from the 2005 Glendale crash, victims' attorn...

The cinematographer suffered two broken legs when he was struck by an 800-pound model airplane while shooting a 20th Century F...

Bankruptcy lawyer Suzzanne Uhland on Tuesday defended her conduct while representing the estate of technology company Sonicblu...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says Jay S. Bybee's role in the Bush administration's "torture memos" occurred before he...

Robert Coldren and Mark Alpert of Hart, King & Coldren consider the impact of Guggenheim v. City of Goleta on Penn Central...

O'Melveny & Myers Settles in SONICblue Bankruptcy Case ...

Democrats have opened up another front against the health insurance industry by seeking to eliminate longstanding exemptions f...

Justice Albie Sachs of the first Constitution Court of South Africa shares his experience as his 15-year term comes to an end....

Public interest lawyers want the high court to allow enhanced attorneys' fees when clients receive especially high-quality leg...

K. Eric ("Rick") Friess and Bradford Kuhn of Nossaman says Guggenheim v. City of Goleta gives regulatory takings litigation so...

Supermarket titan George Torres says a trial on the law firm's claim he hasn't paid his legal bills would jeopardize a re-tria...