Forum Column - As long as California's prison population keeps growing, the state has to provide more prison facilities. In hi...

Focus Column - Experienced plaintiffs' trial lawyers handling medical-malpractice claims would agree with the views expressed ...

Forum Column - On May 3, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5253, legislation that would make price gouging in the ...

Forum Column - It's open season on re-redistricting. That's the major long-term national impact of the Supreme Court's decisio...

Focus Column - The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently faced the issue of whether personal and subject matter jurisdict...

SAN FRANCISCO - If asked to identify the worst nuclear accident in American history, most people would probably say the Three ...

SACRAMENTO - California's wine-and-cheese crowd and those who have a good stiff drink after work enjoy something the rest of t...

SAN FRANCISCO - Poor old Mrs. Jones. Kicked to the curb so developers could bulldoze her lifelong home for a shopping mall. ...

In a deeply divided ruling Monday, the California Supreme Court extended tort liability to defendants who have reason to belie...

People often tell Judge Lisa Hart Cole that her courtroom looks familiar. "That's because they've seen it on TV," she said. ...

EL CAJON - After more than 20 years practicing law, serving as a judge and living in eastern San Diego County, Superior Court ...

FULLERTON - There used to be a joke among students at Western State University College of Law during the late 1970s. ...

SAN JOSE - A federal judge took a dim view Friday of a Southern California Web site's complaint that Google Inc. violated its ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Farella Braun + Martel's newest real estate and land use partner hopes to fill a void left by prominent rainma...

SANTA ANA - In a rare victory, a heart-attack victim's family has won a $5.3 million verdict against a pair of Orange County d...

LOS ANGELES - Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Bet Tzedek will hold its annual Justice Ball Saturday at the Hollywood Palladi...

FULLERTON - The first Western State University College of Law graduate to go on the bench was a member of the school's very fi...

LOS ANGELES-Ismael Silva's hearing is sketchy, and he isn't as steady on his feet as he once was. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Two highly regarded judicial education experts said Friday that they would resign in unison from the Californi...

WASHINGTON - The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had another rocky year at the U.S. Supreme Court, as th...

LOS ANGELES - On a recent searing afternoon in downtown Los Angeles, Michael Cypers stood in an air-conditioned room below the...

On the Move Edwin Luk has joined Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's Hong Kong office as a partner. Luk, who is a China-focu...

LAND ONTARIO - Oakmont Industrial Group purchased 19.14 acres of land on the Northwest corner of Milliken Avenue and the 60 f...

SAN JOSE - Search engines have become the way computer users find out information on the Internet, and companies that do busin...

By Janene P. Bassett Obtaining new trademark rights, whether through creation of a new mark or assignment from another enti...

At its meeting on June 22, the Los Angeles MTA Board of Directors voted to move a proposed expansion of the Long Beach (710) F...

By Stephen F. Rohde As we approach July 4, our celebrations are muted by the deaths of more than 2,500 Americans in Iraq, ...

By John T. Hansen California's Fair Employment and Housing Act prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of disab...

A divided California Supreme Court on Thursday handed counties a big stick to control logging within their borders. ...

LOS ANGELES - Unchecked fraud may have cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars in child care funds intended for welfare...