WASHINGTON - "Judge Alex," a judge-turned-entertainer who arbitrates disputes on his nationally syndicated television show, ha...

Winnie the Pooh's owners went too far when they hired an investigator who sifted through Walt Disney Co.'s trash and stole tho...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is jumping into the arena of patent law yet again. The court agreed Tuesday to take up a high-...

SANTA ANA - Boo J. Giuffre, one of Orange County's leading advocates for children in heated family-law matters, has died. ...

Focus Column - By Paul S. Arrow - A recent Focus column examined bankruptcy reforms from the perspective of a reclaiming selle...

Jeffrey L. Bleich, the new leader of the State Bar, plans to improve relations with lawyers, the Legislature and the public. ...

LOS ANGELES - First, a federal judge ordered Qualcomm to pay millions for its legal team's gross misconduct during a losing pa...

In a potential blockbuster case on the death penalty, the U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will consider the const...

LOS ANGELES - After receiving a $1.3 million invoice from Jones Day for the Tennie Pierce discrimination-case settlement, thre...

A new federal law will provide law-school loan forgiveness for lawyers who serve in the public sector for 10 years. But the Am...

Cindy and Steven Hailey admit that they failed to disclose key information about Steven's medical history to Blue Shield when ...

Forum Column - By Mark Labaton - CEO compensation will have to move away from stock options, which have created a world of per...

LOS ANGELES - San Diego attorney Laura S. Taylor, a partner with Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, has been appointed a...

LOS ANGELES - An irritated federal judge on Monday sentenced Hollywood director John McTiernan to four months in prison after ...

Forum Column - By William M. Shernoff - A case coming through the California court system presents a rare window to end the pr...

LOS ANGELES - Latham & Watkins attorneys represented San Diego-based Verus Pharmaceuticals, which focuses on children's me...

Federal Judges Stephen Reinhardt, Thelton Henderson and Lawrence Karlton held a hearing Monday in San Francisco as they begin ...

RIVERSIDE — In one of the largest payouts in a jailhouse strip-search case, a federal judge has tentatively approved a $25.5 m...

Foreigners arrested in the U.S. have no right to sue if authorities neglect to tell them they can call their consulates, a div...

Pomona Judge Juan Carlos Dominguez began a career in justice with the LAPD, shifted to the criminal defense bar, and brings hi...

Focus Column - By Gregory Lippetz and Erin A. Smart - If you conduct discovery the way you did before Dec. 1, 2006, you may be...

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

Bruce Brusavitch, former president of Consumer Attorneys of California, wants uniform guidelines statewide for allowing attorn...

For law firms attempting to capitalize on emerging markets in China, opening outposts in that country makes sense. Latham &...

Forum Column - By Elwood Rich - Fee formulas that allow attorneys to profit from the injuries of minors, even if the lawyer do...

Industry Watch - By William-Arthur Haynes - When Randall Lee announced two months ago that he was stepping down as the head of...

Industry Watch - By D. Heimpel - Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has hired longtime music attorney Gary Gilbert, adding star pow...

Marc Sallus, who is Romanian and Ukrainian, became an enthusiastic member of the Mexican American Bar Association after he wa...

One worker testified that he drank half a liter of alcohol a day for three decades. Another man acknowleged that a sperm sampl...

SAN FRANCISCO - When the nation's security is at stake, government guarantees on the preservation of evidence don't come easy....