A state appellate justice on Tuesday denounced what he called an "emasculated" death-penalty system that allows decades to ela...

SAN FRANCISCO - Shasta County Superior Court Judge Richard A. McEachen will retire next month after 28 years on the bench.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that legal permanent residents convicted in state court for simple drug poss...

LOS ANGELES - A lawyer representing a client who won the go-ahead to sue one of the nation's largest private dispute resolutio...

SAN FRANCISCO - Burial services have been scheduled for Friday for Daniel J. Curtin, the Walnut Creek attorney who literally w...

LOS ANGELES - In 1931, women and blacks could not join the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

FORUM COLUMN - By Laurie L. Levenson - Not all murders are federal crimes. In fact, most are not.

SAN FRANCISCO - Morgan, Lewis & Bockius senior labor and employment associate Nicole A.J. Gustafson is passionate about bu...

LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court voiced sharp concern Tuesday that researchers may have used deception to obtain per...

A sharply divided federal appeals court Tuesday upheld a private school's admission policy that favors native Hawaiians.

SAN JOSE - Richard Marmaro says he just wants the truth.

LOS ANGELES - If there were ever a reality show about the life of reality show writers, a sample episode might go something li...

FORUM COLUMN - By Jonathan H. Adler - Global warming is a serious environmental concern.

In a closely watched case, the California Supreme Court will consider Wednesday whether religious schools may get low-cost, ta...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a sharply divided ruling, an 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that chal...

COLUMN - By Rick Kennedy - Last week saw a rare respite from massive private equity buyouts as funds and investment banks mull...

WASHINGTON - In two cases that could profoundly affect school integration programs nationwide, the U.S. Supreme Court cast a s...

FORUM COLUMN - By Thomas A. Mesereau Jr. - At its best, trial practice is an art, not a science.

LOS ANGELES - Just as the gaming industry in Las Vegas has long counted on Los Angeles gamblers to fill its coffers, so has it...

FOCUS COLUMN - By Robert D. "Bo" Links - In Monday's paper, I explained the importance of presenting a simple pitch in arbitra...

LOS ANGELES - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was again the bearer of good news for a wrongly convicted man when earlier...

For Nimish P. Patel, 37-year-old name partner of the Los Angeles-based corporate and securities law boutique Richardson & ...

Former San Francisco Public Defender Geoff Brown, who quit defending criminals to become a state Public Utilities Commissioner...

WESTMINSTER - It was a Tuesday afternoon at the West Justice Center in Orange County. Commissioner Clarence E. Haynes had spen...

The Daily Journal honors pro bono projects and cases that demonstrate courage and commitment on the part of private attorneys ...

Latham & Watkins appointed R. Scott Shean managing partner of the firm's Orange County office. Shean's focus includes mer...

SAN FRANCISCO - Winston & Strawn continued this year's aggressive Northern California growth pattern with the addition of ...

LOS ANGELES - Health-care attorney Robert Layton joined the Los Angeles office of Davis Wright Tremaine Friday from Sheppard, ...

FORUM COLUMN - By Edmund D. Edelman - The Los Angeles Police Department is making a determined effort to clean up Skid Row by ...

FORUM COLUMN - By Joseph Sorrentino - A 57-year-old half-blind cripple in a wheelchair stole a cheap clock from a department s...