Robert Chavez, 1961-2008, a prominent plaintiffs' lawyer and former professional beach volleyball player, died Thursday at his...

A school district that was sued by one of its trustees is no longer a defendant in the complaint. A Riverside Superior Court c...

A prosecution witness called to further discredit one of Anthony Pellicano's co-defendants regarding a fraudulent bankruptcy i...

Web Exclusive - By Jason W. Armstrong - A judge Friday found in favor of Barbie maker Mattel Inc. on most of the issues he rev...

Web Exclusive - By Ryan Oliver - A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Friday removed the district attorney's office fr...

California's embattled state-run workers' compensation provider, already the defendant in a class action suit alleging it squa...

Commissioner Lawrence Ornell is productive, a fact he attributes to needing only three to five hours of shut-eye a night. ...

Self-Assessment Test by Hon. Alex Ricciardulli

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Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark V. Mooney tries to maintain a respectful, pleasant courtroom atmosphere. He says ...

Thierry P. Colaw used to relish courtroom combat as a trial lawyer. Now as an Orange County Superior Court judge, he prefers p...

The Justice Department has raised eyebrows by using former officials - including former Attorney General John Ashcroft and for...

A federal judge will soon decide how logging behemoth Pacific Lumber Co. will emerge from bankruptcy and his decision could ha...

Justices Stephen Breyer, left, John Roberts and Samuel Alito own stock in defendants of an apartheid lawsuit appealed to the S...

Focus Column - By Michael Paul Thomas - Regardless of the type of case, or experience level of the participants, certain issue...

A top official at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs testified Thursday that it took three years for the Veterans Health ...

The computer programmer who built Anthony Pellicano's wiretapping system squabbled with the federal prosecutor cross-examining...

Superior Court judges have elected criminal defense attorney Alan Ira Rubin to serve as the court's newest commissioner. ...

A state appeals court has upheld a $1.25 million award to a female police officer who alleged her supervisors in the Whittier ...

Employment Column - By David Martinez and Hernaldo Baltodano - A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision speaks to the admissibilit...

Yolo County Superior Court Judge Doris Shockley is retiring, but her disappearance from the bench at the county courthouse in ...

Santa Monica mediator Richard E. Posell keeps up to date on advances in entertainment and intellectual property law through ex...

Web Exclusive - By Linda Rapattoni - California Senate leader Don Perata will carry a measure to hike court fees and criminal ...

Web Exclusive - By Cortney Fielding - A San Francisco judge has denied auto-insurance giant Allstate's bid to block a rate dec...

The California Supreme Court slashed $200 million from a whopping $500 million jury verdict against biotech giant Genentech on...

Surfwear company Quicksilver Inc., maker of clothing lines Roxy and Quicksilver Roxy, has won a federal injunction against a r...

Forum Column - By I. Nelson Rose - The Justice Department's war of intimidation against Internet gambling has been effective, ...

Ruling in a long-running, contentious legal battle between San Bernardino and an adult cabaret, the California Supreme Court o...

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Carole E. Handler, vice chair of Foley & Lardner's intellectual property litigation practice, has left the firm for Chicag...