Forum Column - By H. Scott Leviant - Attacks on the class action device — a sound tool that conserves, rather than wastes, jud...

Federal immigration officials have extended indefinitely a Sunday deadline for immigrants who are victims or witnesses of crim...

Last month, 30 felony cases were mediated in a pilot program designed to clear out criminal dockets and lighten the load in co...

An appeals court reversed the conviction of a man charged with raping an underage girl after it determined a prosecutor commit...

A jury has awarded $46 million to a pair of subsidiaries of a major Taiwan-based corporation, after finding that their busines...

After overcoming an addiction problem that almost derailed his career, Orange County Superior Court Judge David A. Thompson ha...

An arbitrator has awarded a real estate broker a $1.2 million "finder's fee" for helping negotiate the sale of one of the most...

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...

A rare en banc reversal of an Arizona woman's bank robbery conviction by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has gotten a Ho...

After federal prosecutors called more than 50 witnesses during 19 days of testimony to build their case against Anthony Pellic...

Focus Column - By Ken Moscaret - Some policyholder coverage litigators are unaware that Brandt fee awards depend on whether pl...

Forum Column - By Michael A. Kelly - The Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act is not only outdated, but it allows little acc...

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher represented TriZetto Group as it was acquired and taken private by funds advised by London private...

Well-known patent litigator Morgan W. Tovey made the move to Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges today from Reed Smith....

Forum Column - By Kelly Simpson - Ultimately, a successful part-time arrangement requires cooperation and flexibility from all...

Ramon Rodriguez was always good with his hands. The ex-Marine fixed cars, stitched leather and tinkered with home improvements...

In a closely watched copyright battle, British author J.K. Rowling - who wrote the hugely successful Harry Potter series - is ...

Decrying what they say is another attempt by the Bush administration to eviscerate environmental safeguards in the nation's fo...

Marsha N. Honda, 51, Oakland (March 3) - Honda was placed on interim suspension following her felony conviction for carrying a...

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...

It's not so much the new digital technology that Judge Glen M. Reiser is rooting for, it's the improvements it will bring to ...

Rozenia Cummings, the president of the California Association of Black Lawyers, had amassed boxes of documents and photos duri...

As airline safety fears grew this week, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sought answers in an earlier case over shielding...

California could see a record number of law firm mergers this year, industry analysts say. ...

The Senate on Thursday confirmed a new judge for the overburdened U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. ...

Forum Column - By Robert D. "Bo" Links - Using a private neutral evaluator to prepare for cases can help lawyers obtain a fres...

In a settlement that resolves the last of the "Erin Brockovich" cases, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. will pay $20 million to ...

M. Scott Donahey has spent two decades traveling the globe as an arbitrator and mediator, but he describes his most unique dis...

Employment Column - By Kent Schmidt and Mandana Massoumi - As companies shift work overseas to meet the challenges of globaliz...

Forum Column - By Lynn Durye - Judges must employ effective management techniques to keep high-conflict litigants under contro...