Prominent Chicano artist Salvador Roberto Torres and the owners of a building where one of Torres' murals was painted over hav...

Paramount Pictures CEO Brad Grey testified Thursday to "endorsing" the decision to hire private investigator Anthony Pellicano...

Focus Column - By David A. Gerber - Given the complex legislative history and policies behind a 9th Circuit finding on rewardi...

A representative of hundreds of proposed class members filed suit in San Francisco federal court Tuesday against The Charles S...

A former Riverside County Superior Court judge who sparked controversy by listing himself as a sitting jurist on the June 3 ba...

A professional bodybuilder has settled a lawsuit he filed against a nutritional supplement company alleging it improperly used...

Stanford Law School's Lawrence Lessig formally announced Thursday details of his new career as a crusader against political co...

Once again, U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real has been removed from a case by a federal appellate court. ...

The district attorney's office on Thursday declined to retry a man whose murder conviction was overturned last week. ...

Employment Column - By By D. Gregory - Employers should draft agreements regarding commissions and bonuses to avoid Labor Code...

Retired Judge Dion G. Morrow is a man who appreciates a good day's work. "I guess I got that from my father," Morrow said. "He...

Edward J. Quinn Jr., a public law attorney with McDonough Holland & Allen for the past 23 years, on Thursday was named the...

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Paul T. Selzer was an unlikely lawyer to be caught in the federal criminal prosecution of the class-action powerhouse Milberg ...

Melvyn I. Weiss, co-founder of the battered class-action firm Milberg Weiss, pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in a deal ...

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

Should coffee jockeys have to share tips with their bosses? San Diego County Superior Court Judge Patricia Yim Cowett last mon...

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

The Los Angeles City Council is expected to approve the final public financing contracts with Related Cos., developer of the $...

Thirty mostly family law litigants who had bad experiences with Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Peter J. McBrien have f...

Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner Wednesday announced it will lay off 26 associates firmwide. The purge will target both...

Forum Column - By Ronald A. Zumbrun - When considering the implementation of environmental policies, governments need to remem...

The U.S. Supreme Court threw out a Louisiana murder conviction and death sentence Wednesday in a case in which the prosecutor ...

Actress Linda Doucett testified Thursday that Anthony Pellicano was responsible for an anonymous phone call she received in 20...

The Fair Political Practices Commission today will consider whether to impose its largest proposed fine against a state legisl...

Web Exculsive - By Jill Redhage and Jonathan Vanian - Thomas M. Donnelly, co-chair of San Francisco-based Heller Ehrman's en...

Amid a sharp dispute between city officials and a top city lawyer, the City Council on Wednesday halted the application proces...

The U.S. Supreme Court seemed of two minds Wednesday on the legality of a California law that forbids private employers from u...

Warning that corporate wrongdoers will face a lifetime of regret for their white-collar crimes, a federal judge on Wednesday o...

Forum Column - By John H. Sullivan - California's unbalanced class action rules send the message that the state is a dangerous...