In a ruling that could change the face of juvenile-court security across the state, a state appellate court on Monday said you...

Web Exclusive - Morrison Foester wins big with a defense verdict in a patent dispute in eastern Texas. ...

Letter to the Editor — Erwin Chemerinsky and the Daily Journal were wrong to blame the Supreme Court’s recent abortion ruling ...

Focus Column – By Mitchell A. Jacobs and David L. Marcus – A Court of Appeal decision provides an unusual example of the divis...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge again postponed the wiretapping and conspiracy trial against former celebrity sleuth Anthony Pel...

Deals Column - By Jason Song - When Brian M. Wong met Melissa Ma, there was no reason to believe it was the start of a beautif...

WASHINGTON - A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court sided Monday with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in the case of a res...

LOS ANGELES - In an entry on Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's Web site, Richard S. Ruben is described as the firm's "senior t...

SACRAMENTO - Local governments in California would no longer be able to use eminent domain to seize private homes and turn the...

A judge is taking a fresh look at whether a juror in a 1991 death-penalty trial hid the fact that he knew the victim. Does it ...

WASHINGTON - Handing a significant victory to the business community, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday short-circuited a class...

Orange County Superior Court Judge Lance P. Jensen says he believes in giving second chances. ...

Elizabeth Taylor displays her Vincent Van Gogh painting, "View of the Asylum of Saint-Remy," at her Los Angeles home in 1990. ...

Forum Column - By Ronald Zumbrun - California voters next year may get a second chance to block the effect of the U.S. Supreme...

LOS ANGELES - Davis Wright Tremaine has merged with Parsons Hsue & De Runtz, a three-attorney San Francisco firm specializ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Why would two intellectual property attorneys lateral to a firm held in high esteem for its tax-controversy an...

LOS ANGELES - Hank Evans, a former partner at Bingham McCutchen, has joined Farella Braun & Martell as a partner in the fi...

LOS ANGELES - With more and more prosecutions relying on DNA evidence, public defenders in Los Angeles County have formed a 10...

Forum Column - By Jonathan Shapiro - Alberto Gonzalez and Tony Soprano have a lot in common. When trouble hits, they’re both r...

LOS ANGELES - Only a week ago, a key defendant in the federal kickback case against Milberg, Weiss & Bershad asked a feder...

French chemist Claire Frelat expresses frustration at a poor translation of her testimony during cyclist Floyd Landis' doping ...

LOS ANGELES - First Amendment and media law litigator Richard R. Spirra has joined the San Diego office of Gordon & Rees a...

Focus Column - By Dean G. Dunlavey and Michael J. Schallop - The Federal Trade Commission slashed a high-tech company’s royalt...

RIVERSIDE - Disability-rights advocates said Friday that a Riverside man's $221,000 court judgment for complaints he made abou...

On the Move

DOWNEY - Ray Jurado grew up in gritty East Los Angeles. Sports - and tight-knit family ties - kept him out of gangs. ...

Whether he's reaching out to the community or soothing the situations in family court, Orange County Judge Franz V. Miller ha...

Forum Column - By Kathleen Mader - Is the increasing noise level during legal-awards dinners a reflection of declining social ...

LOS ANGELES - Justin L. Goldner, a Los Angeles tax lawyer who co-founded Trachman & Goldner, died May 6 in Beverly Hills a...

After days of dense scientific testimony, the Floyd Landis anti-doping arbitration took a dramatic turn Thursday when three-ti...