A Delaware federal judge found Friday that Rambus Inc. destroyed evidence in a patent case, casting a large shadow over the me...

Citing an "utterly unmanageable" caseload, California Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation Friday to create a...

For a mild-mannered man from humble east Los Angeles roots, U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez has endured a trial by fir...

Perkins Coie has elected two Los Angeles attorneys to partnership.

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

As a middle child, Monique Langhorne-Johnson learned to solve problems. The skill serves her well on Napa County's bench, she...

Imaginative and cheerful U.S. Magistrate Judge Louisa S. Porter has a knack for getting parties to settle their disputes. ...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton successfully concluded its 10-year courtship of white-collar litigator Bryan Daly, when ...

In a ruling that guarantees big changes in the billing practices of hospitals and physicians, the California Supreme Court Thu...

Non-judge Claudia M. Viera launched her mediation career by attending classes and sitting on panels. ...

A case before the state high court could significantly impact the scope of attorney-client communications, write Michael A. Sa...

In a painful sign of the continuing slowdown of legal work in the down economy, real estate specialty law firm Cox Castle &...

Employers faced with making layoffs may wish to engage in careful, strategic, WARN Act planning, write Stephen Harris and Etha...

Tangible legislation that will make California a more attractive place to do business is bound to result in more jobs sooner, ...

In an excerpt of her book "Exporting American Dreams," Mary L. Dudziak describes Thurgood Marshall's journeys in Kenya. - Book...

Ron Rosen's "Music and Copyright" is a helpful treatise that explains the rocky seas of music copyright infringement cases, wr...

Though most professionals are loath to express regret, doing so can signal humility and a willingnress to learn, writes Dan La...

"Turnaround" is a magic word for movie producers. It's that Lazarus moment when a dead Hollywood project is given new life at ...

A U.S. district judge in Los Angeles on Thursday dashed Metrolink's hopes of transferring lawsuits stemming from September's d...

Almost 40 years after officials discovered that the toxic liquid they had been dumping in a Riverside County canyon was seepin...

In an 11th hour decision, U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey has issued a new rule that finds defendants in immigration cas...

As Congress works to draft an economic stimulus plan that could cost more than $700 billion, senators on the Judiciary Committ...

A lawyer from San Diego's Casey Gerry has been reappointed to the 11-member San Diego Small Business Advisory Board.

A group of vets filed suit in federal court in San Francisco against the Defense Dept, CIA and the U.S. Army, claiming that th...

Duane T. Neary moves on to family law court after tackling traffic disputes, misdemeanor trials and drug cases during his ni...

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed in no mood to adopt a strict new disqualification rule that would bar attorne...

Daily Journal columnist Martin Berg writes an appreciation of the art of Camilo Cruz. By day, Cruz is a community relations ad...

Seyfarth Shaw has acquired the Irvine-based immigration law firm of Angelo A. Paparelli, a prominent lawyer in U.S. business i...

San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Teri Jackson Wednesday disqualified Robert Amparan from defending alleged MS-13 gang...

All parties in litigation should be well-informed of their rights — then do what they think is right regardless of them, write...