SANTA ANA - When Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona goes on trial for corruption and witness tampering, his defense is certain ...

Judge Michael L. Duffy is continually praised for his kindness, - but he doesn't hesitate to dole out lengthy sentences for he...

Forum Column - By Kathay Feng - Anecdotes of horse trading among state legislators looking to avoid tough elections or minorit...

Judge Kathleen M. Banke swapped an hourlong office commute for a breezy drive through the vineyards - and found that being a ...

Lawsuits filed by Attorney General Jerry Brown and by advocacy groups have forced cities to look more closely at environmental...

WASHINGTON - An unlikely dispute between a federal prisoner and the U.S. government over $177 made it to the U.S. Supreme Cour...

LOS ANGELES - William S. Lerach, who until recently managed the country's largest securities class-action law firm, entered a ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury on Monday held Chevron Corp. liable for illegally retaliating against and firing a female engin...

Focus Column - By Carlton A. Varner - A recent 9th Circuit ruling changes how bundling multiple products for a discount is vie...

The State Bar has placed a Yolo County civil litigator on a year of probation for letting a death penalty appeal drag on for m...

Forum Column - By Maxwell M. Blecher and David W. Kesselman - Major media companies' attempts to keep consumers from being abl...

SANTA ANA - A federal judge won't let law firm Irell & Manella out of a $150 million malpractice suit just yet, but he may...

LOS ANGELES - Peter Gerber thought his kidney transplant would give him a new lease on life. But after the successful transpla...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge by heirs of a German-Jewish art collector who were trying t...

SAN FRANCISCO - Wang Xiaoning's days drag on in Beijing's Municipal Prison No. 2, where his lawyers say he goes for weeks, som...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has offered contradictory responses when asked for the identities of people he relies on to help hi...

WASHINGTON - Extending the long-running legal battle over the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, the U.S. Supreme Court announced Mo...

After a five-year effort, a Los Angeles lawyer has reached a settlement with the state that gives people who appear on a forme...

Judge Sandra L. McLean, a onetime Army nurse, thinks treatment for drug addiction is the surest way to rehabilitate criminals....

John Danforth is leaving the legal team at Rambus Inc. after winning some big patent litigation battles and charting strategy ...

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - Arter & Hadden was saved from a legal-malpractice claim in September in a significant...

Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - The Century City office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis has entered into ...

Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker associate James W. Gilliam Jr. has won Loyola Law S...

Industry Watch - By Don J. DeBenedictis - The downturn in the residential real estate market has produced a silver lining for ...

Forum Column - By Marjorie Cohn - Attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey's confirmation hearings before the Senate don't aug...

Forum Column - By Robert Rubin - The Supreme Court's decision not to hear an appeal by the city of Modesto after lower courts ...

Focus Column - By Callan Carter - The Pension Protection Act of 2006 has brought major changes to the world of defined-contrib...

Industry Watch - By Devan McClaine - McDermott Will & Emery announced the addition of two new partners, including Kyle Gus...

Industry Watch - By Devan McClaine - Brian Henri, former Fry's Electronics Inc. in-house counsel, has joined Schiff Hardin's S...

SAN FRANCISCO - People so fragile that a court must appoint someone to look after them and their finances deserve an attorney,...