LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Monday cleared the way for a Feb. 27 start to the trial of private investigator Anthony Pellican...

Focus Column - By Terry C. Leuin - No one should buy into the myths surrounding liability coverage in terms of patent infringe...

Charles Ruck, a corporate partner at Latham & Watkins, spent the past 18 months putting together the pieces of a transacti...

LOS ANGELES - According to the old adage, when the economy is good, lawyers make deals. When the economy is down, lawyers liti...

In a closely watched case in the entertainment industry, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that the Talent Agen...

Los Angeles Judge William Highberger went to law school to hone his journalism skills, only to uncover his legal talent. ...

A few months ago, Robbie Catchings was looking at a potential life sentence in two separate cases. But in a rare turn of event...

IRVINE - Jones Day has boosted its securities group with the hires of McDermott Will & Emery's former securities litigatio...

Forum Column - By Martin W. Anderson - The U.S. District Court's new e-filing guidelines can appear tricky - but they don't ha...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed U.S. District Judge Martin J. Jenkins to the 1st District Court of Appeal on Friday. ...

LOS ANGELES - Tom Waits made an appearance at the annual Bet Tzedek fundraiser last week to support his longtime friend and la...

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Philip J. Moscone, one of the court's longest-serving judicial offic...

Self-Assessment Test by Hon. Alex Ricciardulli ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his first judicial picks of 2008 Friday, among them a dozen new superior court judges, in...

LOS ANGELES - For the lone lawyer charged in the federal wiretapping and conspiracy case against private eye Anthony Pellicano...

SAN FRANCISCO - An assault by a dietary supplement manufacturer on California's Proposition 65 has opened a broad new front in...

SAN FRANCISCO - Julie Fieber and Emily Yukich tipped the shareholder balance at Folger Levin & Kahn earlier this month whe...

WASHINGTON - For more than two decades, the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has been a big source of bus...

Having grown up very poor, San Joaquin Court Commissioner Sheryle Sparks believes she has a special understanding of the peopl...

Although Commissioner Glenn Mondo moved frequently throughout Southern California as a child, he's remained firmly planted i...

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...

Forum Column - By Maurice M. Suh and Daniel L. Weiss - Core principles of the American justice system could help shape anti-do...

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

One fateful school field trip and a childhood spent in San Francisco's gritty Tenderloin district convinced U.S. Bankruptcy Ju...

By day, the president-elect of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel is a subdued business liability attorney...

SAN JOSE - A Silicon Valley semiconductor equipment company that has been one of the main targets of government and media inve...

LOS ANGELES - Four Southern California museums and a Los Angeles art gallery were raided by federal agents Thursday after a fi...

LOS ANGELES - A Superior Court jury has returned a $12 million verdict against the owner and property manager of a Burbank apa...

SAN FRANCISCO - Six decades after defeating the Japanese for control of the island of Okinawa at the end of World War II, the ...

When Maurice J. Attie says he has been mediating disputes since before he can remember, he means it. ...