SAN FRANCISCO - The state-court system is losing a key lobbyist at the same time it is bracing for big budget cuts in Sacramen...

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe snagged Mark P. Wine, the former co-chair of McDermott...

Forum Column - By Kurt Melchior - Allowing outside capital investment in law firms is a bad idea. ...

Focus Column - By Andy Gillin and Ralph L. Jacobson - Anyone considering filing a wrongful-death claim should be aware of the ...

New intrusive background checks of NASA scientists' sex lives and other intimate issues have gotten three thumbs down from a 9...

Industry Watch - By Anat Rubin - Longtime public interest attorney Paula Pearlman has been named executive director of the Lo...

LOS ANGELES - In the months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a small Van Nuys telemarketing company run by two Saudi Ara...

The U.S. Supreme Court added three other new cases to its docket on Friday, dealing with these issues: Campaign finance, Emplo...

Industry Watch - By Devan McClaine - Squire, Sanders & Dempsey announced the addition of Wenzhao "Connie" Wang as a corpor...

As school officials seek ways to protect themselves from liability over the growing problem of cyberbullying, JAMS mediator Ga...

In a dramatic policy shift, the Department of Homeland Security has agreed it will no longer forcibly drug immigrants to facil...

WASHINGTON - Criminal defendants have a Sixth Amendment right to confront their accusers in court, but is that right forfeited...

Industry Watch - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A state appeals court has chopped down a Humboldt County prosecutor's attempt to prove that Pacific Lumber Co....

After years in the sexual-assault and officer-involved units of the district attorney's office, Orange County Judge Sheila F. ...

San Francisco Commissioner Marjorie A. Slabach combines her skills from teaching with her love of family law. ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced a 10 percent cut for the courts Thursday as part of his $141 billion state budget proposa...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court's latest journey into the world of patent law could have huge consequences for the compute...

LOS ANGELES — Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., on Thursday joined forces with Attorney General Jerry Brown in support of the stat...

Employment Column - By Jeffrey C. Freedman - An Ohio Supreme Court ruling on sexual-harassment filings could influence Califor...

SAN JOSE - Retired San Francisco County Superior Court Judge William Cahill likes mediation, in part, because it's such a new ...

CORONA - Jurors in Riverside County have convicted three businessmen on charges involving one of the largest Ponzi schemes in ...

Forum Column - By Richard Brent Reed - Society's preoccupation with political correctness is stifling useful social dialogue. ...

Focus Column - By Ronald A. Zumbrun - When government officials disregard open-meeting requirements, they violate the public's...

ONTARIO - A memorial service for Donald J. Dunn, dean of University of La Verne College of Law, will take place Saturday at St...

LOS ANGELES - A traditional New Year's resolution at City Hall, to overhaul the city's risk-management procedures, came from a...

Forum Column - By Joseph Burton - Until the rules of evidence are modified to address the unique aspects of digital informatio...

California Chief Justice Ronald M. George faced some skeptics Thursday as he launched his lobbying effort for reforming death-...

LOS ANGELES - After weighing the costs of continuing to prosecute three high-ranking members of the Aryan Brotherhood prison g...

WASHINGTON - Consumer advocates and trial lawyers have joined to push for Congress to ban what has become a common feature in ...