Out-of-state attorneys are pushing for rule changes that would let them practice law more freely in California. ...

Despite the ongoing recession, the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles' Legal Division raised a record-breaking $1.4 mill...

The art of rainmaking, maintaining and retaining clients remain a mystery to many lawyers at all levels, writes Melissa Ertek....

The authors of the so-called torture memos made careful and reasoned arguments under the law and facts presented to them, writ...

A new state Senate bill includes broad authority for local agencies to use the design-build delivery method for courts, correc...

The commercial real estate market in San Francisco is reeling from the effects of the recession. The legal sector, a San Franc...

President Barack Obama has asked U.S. senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer for recommendations for new U.S. attorneys i...

Now that the opportunity to make an early U.S. Supreme Court appointment has fallen into President Barack Obama's lap, the big...

Whether it's writing articles, speaking or positioning yourself as the "go to" expert in your practice area, your strategy for...

A former prosecutor, Judge Timothy Roberts is perceived by some as never leaving his DA roots, but others say the judge simply...

Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, left, and state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner review confiscated jewel...

A Democratic plan to empower bankruptcy judges to modify troubled home mortgages died on the Senate floor Thursday, apparently...

If job-seeking lawyers were expecting encouragement when they turned up en masse at the Los Angeles County Bar Association on ...

Fernando Ramirez, an undocumented worker from Mexico, was left brain damaged from a beating he took from fellow inmates. The s...

Lawyers have notorious reputations - and much of the time, they're well-earned, write Katherine A. Helm and Joel Cohen. ...

Courts have differed on the doctrine of "exhaustion of administrative remedies," writes Michael Paul Thomas. ...

Ever since his days as a VISTA volunteer, mediator and arbitrator Alan Penkower knew his talents lay in helping people solve p...

A recent protest and counter-protest in Orange County were a textbook example of the First Amendment at work and the triumph o...

Although the Senate Judiciary Committee resolved longtime issues in a patent reform bill it passed early last month, the paral...

An Orange County biotech executive was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday but was not required to repay as much as $15...

The Court of Appeal recently decided the second significant case in the past 12 months involving employee releases, writes Ste...

With budgets being trimmed up and down the state, some district attorneys say their agencies may be forced to just let some mi...

A former Citigroup Inc. investment banker and seven others have been charged with insider trading yielding more than $6 millio...

A federal judge in San Jose last week issued a tentative order requiring a real estate developer to pay $14 million in damages...

Karen Korematsu-Haigh, right, founded a civil rights institute in honor of her father Fred Korematsu, who was convicted of def...

Judge James Pierce used to have a reputation as ill-tempered, but lawyers say he's softened considerably lately, though he rem...

As the economy continues to lag, an increasing number of law firms have moved to eliminate the long-standing lockstep promoti...

Antitrust experts say the government inquiry raises the new and unwelcome prospect of a thorough investigation of Google's set...

The ability to litigate your environmental case at your own pace is critical, writes Murray M Sinclair. ...