Alameda County has agreed to pay $188,000 to three women who said the county failed to stop the sexual abuse they endured in t...

Forum Column - By Jocelyn Friedrichs Benson - As another election season looms on the horizon, it's time for the Justice Depar...

It's not just its annual garden party. The Western Center on Law and Poverty is returning home to USC to celebrate 40 years of...

Colleagues say Judge William M. Monroe's respectful attitude and attention to detail are tied to his military service. ...

This year, we highlight the 14 lawyers who have been on the list every year since it began, and we feature an artist's sketche...

Here are 14 members of the legal profession with staying power. ...

Web Exclusive - SACRAMENTO - A federal judge ruled Wednesday the state's parole revocation system for juveniles unconstitution...

Forum Column - By Sonya Sanchez - Firms looking to remedy the shortage of diversity in the legal industry can start by reachin...

Forum Column - By K.C. Victor - Follow this simple road map to avoid taking on the client from hell. ...

SANTA ANA - Even though Erwin Chemerinsky will become the dean of the new law school at the University of California, Irvine, ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Sentencing Commission has urged Congress for years to reduce the disparity between the harsh federal pen...

The first time Rahinah Ibrahim was put on an airport no-fly list for suspected terrorists in 2005, the government admitted to ...

Melvyn I. Weiss, who pioneered the securities class action as a founder of the Milberg Weiss law firm, will be indicted today ...

Focus Column - By Eleanor Barr - Ending a long day of mediation by establishing basic agreements on a term sheet can be tempti...

The Daily Journal publishes its 10th annual listing of the most influential lawyers in the state. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday chose not to wade into the messy feud between Overstock.com and the ...

A federal grand jury indicted a Newport Beach-based attorney and his accomplice Wednesday for running a bogus investment schem...

The Daily Journal publishes its 10th annual listing of the most influential lawyers in the state.

Sabrina Venskus had no intention of becoming a lawyer or an activist when she moved to Playa del Rey in 1993. Now, the Santa M...

LOS ANGELES - Following the recent nomination of a new attorney general, the White House will continue to restock leadership p...

SANTA ANA - A dozen Muslim organizations, mosques and individuals from Southern California sued the FBI on Tuesday, demanding ...

Peter Blumberg Column - Erwin Chemerinsky may be back in business at UC Irvine's new law school, but the lesson of how his new...

The Writers Guild of America West and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers today are scheduled to resume ta...

WASHINGTON - Aspiring young lawyers seeking judicial clerkships received a bit of welcome news from the federal judiciary Tues...

Deals Column - By Jason Song - It should have been a straightforward deal: Macquarie Infrastructure Co., which has been on a f...

WASHINGTON - House Democrats sound determined to keep investigating alleged White House meddling in the Justice Department des...

Since U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell started the Central District’s bankruptcy alternate dispute resolution program in 19...

In the climax to a seven-year criminal investigation of Milberg Weiss, federal prosecutors in Los Angeles are set to file a se...

After his parents survived a concentration camp and brought their family to America, Orange County Superior Court Commissi...

Forum Column - By Will Coley - At the close of summer, the lives of two immigrants were publicly and permanently changed in So...