"Slavery by Another Name" takes readers through the tangled web of Southern capitalism and the vicious treatment of African Am...

Mediator R. Elaine Leitner lets parties air their differences to find the roots of their disputes. ...

In 1989, Abraham Nager fathered a child for his lawyer, Renee E. Wilson. Nearly 20 years later, their unusual arrangement cou...

Univision Communications Inc., the largest Spanish language network in the U.S., settled a festering royalties dispute Thursda...

McDermott Will & Emery has moved into new 25,000-square-FOOT digs in new San Diego that can house 40 attorneys.

A spate of "produce the note" suits seek to enjoin the foreclosure process by alleging that the lender didn't have possession ...

Long-standing Beverly Hills business law firm Ervin, Cohen & Jessup has just taken on the largest acquisition of lawyers i...

A bankruptcy judge granted Heller Ehrman's request to reject five of its leases and approved its settlement with its Los Angel...

The mandatory settlement conference process is the only mechanism for bringing all parties together at the same time, and save...

Adding another black mark to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office, a prosecutor has been punished for withholding...

A recent high court ruling proves that neither the governor nor the Parole Board always gets the last word on parole, writes L...

Recent policy reversals by Apple and the Recording Industry Association of America show that the music industry is finally rea...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed in a unanimous decision Wednesday to give judges more discretion to evaluate when law enforcemen...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly probing whether Apple Inc. made timely disclosures to its shareholde...

Television networks and production companies behind some of the biggest names in reality programming - including "The Bachelor...

Lawyers and staff are feeling the pain of layoffs at Cooley Godward Kronish. In a firmwide memo sent out Wednesday, Cooley CEO...

When the 25-year-old Washington, D.C. lawyer arrived in a Mississippi town in 1969 to try its only doctor for segregated waiti...

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith has named a new managing partner in Sacramento.

Irma Poole Asberry, with 27 years of experience in divorce litigation, thought she was well-prepared for her family law judic...

In a moment rich in symbolism, the high-water mark of the civil rights movement was evoked - if not eclipsed - when Barack Oba...

The Daily Journal's annual roundup of 20 top California lawyers under 40 spotlights practitioners working on cutting edge matt...

As supervising judge of Ventura County's family law court, John Smiley is used to presiding over cases that sometimes go on f...

In contrast to the sometimes-unwieldy team of five lawyers Phil Spector had for his first murder trial, Doron Weinberg - along...

As the California Supreme Court struggles with a case pitting gay rights against the will of voters, an academic program this ...

Mad about the flawed process known as the Bowl Championship Series? Blame the Supreme Court, writes Robert D. Brain. - Forum C...

Despite all of the litigation efforts made, America still awaits a clear definition of the Clean Water Act's reference to the ...

In 2008, California's appellate courts issued a number of decisions clarifying insurance coverage issues, writes Kirk A. Pasic...

The Daily Journal's annual roundup of 20 top California lawyers under 40 spotlights practitioners working on cutting edge matt...

Another chunk of the former entertainment practice at the now-defunct Dreier Stein Kahan has found a new home. They are starti...