Many legal immigrants have decades-old convictions that have landed them in federal detention centers facing deportation. Few ...

Earn one hour of MCLE credit with this self-assessment test written by Hon. Alex Ricciardulli. ...

It's essential for trial and appellate bench officers as well as attorneys to know the fundamentals of habeas corpus writs, wr...

Warner Bros. Television has filed a breach-of-contract suit, alleging CBS Broadcasting Inc. reneged on a promise to pay nearly...

In a surprising about-face, a federal judge has ruled in favor of 20th Century Fox over Warner Bros. in the dispute over owner...

Common sense dictates that the Labeling Act was not meant to give cigarette manufacturers immunity from any lawsuit that is ev...

Equality in law does not necessarily mean everyone received the same outcome, only that everyone is given equal chance and opp...

Congress should work to pass legislation that offers support for fathers trying to do the right thing while cracking down on m...

SAN FRANCISCO - As the United States' real estate market tumbles, taking the rest of the world's economy with it, Morrison &am...

SAN DIEGO - Superior Court judges have selected two attorneys to serve as court commissioners in San Diego County. ...

With the enactment of Assembly Bill 159, the Administrative Office of the Courts in 2007 moved forward with plans to convert c...

When President-elect Barack Obama moves into the White House in January, it's likely that his administration's positions on ke...

With his goal of fostering positive self-images, Fred J. Fujioka breaks down barriers in juvenile drug court. ...

They had hung up their robes. Now six retired Riverside County judges are dusting off those robes, putting them back on and ...

For lawyers, knowledge of the law and ability to wield it on behalf of others is one of life’s great and rare privileges, writ...

The recording industry announced that after five years and tens of thousands of lawsuits filed in its anti-piracy battle, it w...

Onstage at a San Francisco music club may seem like an unlikely place to find a lawyer. ...

Daniel Ben-Zvi focuses on relieving litigants' anxieties brought on by their long-running disputes. ...

Defendants in frivolous FEHA actions are now left to wonder: is there any case in which they will be able to recover their fee...

Re-establishing the integrity of the Justice Department, a vipers’ nest of partisanship and shoddy lawyering for the past eigh...

Citing a potential loss of judicial benefits, Superior Court Judge Joseph W. Hilberman said Wednesday he will be leaving the b...

While the State Bar prohibits attorneys from putting prospective liability waivers in contracts with their clients, mediators,...

With aggressive lawyering and a broad view of executive authority, President George W. Bush expanded boundaries of presidentia...

New law firm to form in Los Angeles.

It's not exactly a clandestine Prohibition operation, but tucked away from view in a corner of the garage of Richard Swanson's...

Lateefah Simon caught the activism bug at a young age. Now she's about to become the first nonattorney to lead the Lawyers' Co...

California law firms generated less revenue growth in the first nine months of 2008 than those nationally and may be poised to...

Sandra M. Snyder has been reappointed a U.S. magistrate judge for the state's eastern district. ...

Thanks to some last-minute changes by the Bush administration, the Endangered Species Act is now threatened itself, writes Bri...

New laws in Japan aim to reduce the impact on the environment of electronics products with relatively short lifecycles and pot...