Although state Sen. Carole Migden can spend funds from an old campaign on a tight race for re-election, a federal magistrate j...

Along with illegally wiretapping phone calls, murder was another service offered by notorious private investigator Anthony Pel...

A Virginia federal judge on Tuesday wiped out new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rules that were intended to curtail the num...

Whether coming back from a devastating leg injury or gathering varied experience for her bench role, Lancaster Judge Elena J. ...

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Litigator David Ezra has written a book in which he attempts to rebut all the claims and "circumstantial evidence" that Barry ...

Los Angeles Commissioner Glenda Veasey balances litigants' need to be heard with maintaining firm control of her courtroom. ...

With business relations between the United States and China expanding, Chinese legal groups are reaching out to learn more abo...

Forum Column - By Jonathan Handel - Lawyers should know the ropes of dealing with reporters in order to further both parties' ...

Forum Column - By Mark Labaton - Opting out of class actions and going it alone can sometimes yield bigger payouts for large i...

The California Supreme Court today will examine whether two of Santa Barbara County's top prosecutors crossed the line when th...

Cementing a big win for California workers, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review a state Supreme Court ruling th...

Navy Reserve Officer Thomas Johnston has returned from a tour of duty in Iraq to a less dangerous life as a plaitiffs' lawyer ...

Five years after his retirement, a Sacramento prosecutor is himself facing charges, accused of withholding evidence that could...

A public memorial for U.S. District Judge Edward Rafeedie, who died March 25, is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Thursday at St. Moni...

Rather than simply going along with the recommendations of the Department of Social Services, Alameda Judge Stephen M. Pulido ...

Focus Column - By Louise A. LaMothe - Arbitrators should familiarize themselves with the various ways of handling electronical...

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Plaintiffs' attorney David A. Lowe's work as lead counsel for baristas won them $105 million in damages. ...

Bullivant Houser Bailey, a midsize West Coast firm based in Portland, Ore., acquired five-attorney San Francisco law firm Jaco...

In a tentative ruling Thursday, San Diego County Superior Court Judge Ronald L. Styn found that eligibility rules for the coun...

State Attorney General Jerry Brown will present Justice Arthur Gilbert with the Beacon of Justice Award on Wednesday in recogn...

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - Philip N. Feder, leader of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker's highly regarded real e...

Actor Keith Carradine testified Friday that he was harassed during the time his former wife had Anthony Pellicano investigate ...

Focus Column - By Judy Holzer Hersher - Setting the number of peremptory challenges in all but the most basic two-party civil ...

Pepperdine University School of Law this week will bring together a range of legal thinkers to discuss free speech law in the ...

Forum Column - By Sujatha Ganesan - The Recording Industry Association of America’s strategy of suing file-sharers only create...

Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - George T. Caplan, chair of Kaye Scholer's Los Angeles litigation department, left the firm ...

The state Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice met Friday for its final hearing on the death penalty. ...