In the Daily Journal's 2008 Rainmaking supplement, top lawyers talk about how to adjust to slowed economy.

With two weeks until Election Day, an appellate attorney has stepped in to challenge Sacramento County Judge Peter J. McBrien ...

He was a passionate jack-of-all trades litigator who represented clients in this city for half a century. ...

A San Francisco-based judge on Monday denied as moot a motion to recuse every judge in the Central District of California from...

A wave of health care facility bankruptcies is providing opportunities for potential buyers to capture unrealized value and tu...

Insulating the federal judges from election has resulted in a bench that, over the years, has had an enviable reputation for p...

After each execution Pastor Carroll Pickett experienced during 15 years as a Texas death house chaplain, he made an audio-reco...

To redefine marriage into something it is not contradicts nature and ignores history, writes Frank J. Coughlin. ...

Jack Tenner, a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court judge and civil rights activist, has died. ...

Presiding Judge-elect Charles McCoy has tapped Elihu Berle to serve as the Central District's next civil courts supervisor whe...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review whether a California prosecutor should have been kicked off a high-profile mu...

Civil rights advocates presented a report Monday to police officials they said proved the long-held belief among many African ...

A federal judge has ruled that a Silicon Valley plaintiffs' firm is entitled to fees - as much as $800,000 - for representing ...

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr has brought on a former Securities and Exchange Commission branch chief as of counsel.

A class of more than 2,000 retired professional football players goes to trial Monday over licensing revenues. Their lawyer, R...

Linda Quinn likes to try out new ideas in her San Diego courtroom, whether it's allowing jurors to ask questions or organizing...

You can't send a substitute to do a real job. That oversimplified statement could be the Orange County Register's key defense...

By tapping the vast reservoir of private capital available in the U.S. and abroad, a considerable portion of the funds needed ...

Due to factors more intrinsic and unchangeable than policy differences, Obama's election would do more to heal our country's r...

While the 2006 Trademark Dilution Revision Act was expected to make things easier for the owners of famous marks, recent cases...

Dozens of associates in dissolving Heller Ehrman's offices across the nation were laid off Friday. Many are still trying to fi...

The world's largest pharmaceutical company announced Friday it would pay $894 million to settle litigation involving two of it...

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

Oxnard-based Arnold, Bleuel, LaRochelle, Matthews & Zirbel has hired the Ventura County Bar Association president to serve...

Federal Judge Dana Makoto Sabraw says he draws lessons from the samurai ...

Judicial advocates and county officials say an appellate court ruling that struck down $46,000 a year in extra benefits for lo...

"I make sure that the relationship partner knows who the 'grind out' attorneys are and I want them on my matters," said Simon ...

Six Heller Ehrman partners have landed at Sidley Austin in the wake of their firm’s decision to dissolve last month, along wit...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has taken new action in response to a sharp increase in claims of discrimination a...

A federal judge has rejected a move to bar from the upcoming corruption trial of former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona evid...