Six Latino judges who were running for re-election without opposition have become the targets of a mysterious write-in campaig...

Forum Column - By Peter Scheer - A federal shield law would serve the public’s interest in learning about the actions of gover...

The one-sentence Alien Tort Statute is becoming a mighty tool of plaintiffs' attorneys trying to hold American-based companies...

Renewable projects are hitting a logjam that is causing long delays and financial uncertainty for their proponents, according ...

When Sheppard Mullin attorney Kelly L. Hensley wrote a confidential 22-page letter to Costco Wholesale Corp.'s corporate couns...

Presiding Superior Court Judge James F. Reilley has a habit of roaming the halls of the sprawling Butte County courts, singing...

Industry Watch - By Jill Redhage - Aulana L. Peters, former partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Los Angeles, and Hadi M...

Industry Watch - By Jill Redhage - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings...

Roger A. Denning is second-chairing a case featuring two titans of golf equipment, who are swinging away at each other in a pa...

After San Francisco firm Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner announced the dismissal of 26 associates and 85 staff firmwid...

Focus Column - By George Berger - All sides involved in a construction project should craft detailed contract procedures in ad...

Employment Column - By Regina A. Petty, Michael S. Kalt and Theresa Osterman Stevenson - A recent state Supreme Court case det...

John D. Weiss has parlayed his middle-child negotiation skills into a career as a very low-key employment mediator. ...

The Japanese American Bar Association of Greater Los Angeles next week will recognize key figures in the legal fight against t...

A federal jury awarded a woman $827,500 in damages after it found her former employer failed to protect her from sexual assaul...

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has announced that one of its senior attorneys, Stanley W. Levy, will serve as the volunteer nat...

Letter to the Editor - On March 5, the Daily Journal published an article (“A Milberg Plaintiff Waits for His Check; Judge Lik...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has whittled a list of candidates to fill the regional director vacancy in the San Fran...

In a mixed ruling, a federal judge in Los Angeles has allowed a lawsuit challenging the prolonged detention of immigrants to m...

Fourm Column - By Ricardo J. Soto- The current policy giving high-school journalists unbridled discretion to exercise their fr...

Forum Column - By Michael M. Rosen - The current debate over patent reform shows the extent to which contemporary intellectual...

The California judiciary's shrinking budget took another hit Thursday when a state appeals court invalidated a probate court f...

An overlooked "clerical error," discovered by Dole Foods during litigation with Nicaraguan banana farmers who claimed they wer...

A former telephone company employee gave a tearful, sobbing testimony Thursday, describing how she gave one of Anthony Pellica...

Securities and Exchange Commission lawyers have leveled new allegations that a Broadcom subcommittee improperly granted stock ...

A paperwork blunder by a California state prosecutor means that a Contra Costa County killer must be released from prison, a u...

Web Exclusive - By Jill Redhage - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings ...

A federal judge in Delaware unsealed a sweeping, 550-page report Wednesday that details the collapse of New Century Financial...

An attorney for one of Anthony Pellicano's co-defendants appeared to make a prosecution witness his own, keeping the computer ...

Forum Column - By Robert A. Philipson - The Constitution completely protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms, and ...