SAN FRANCISCO - The governor's recent decision to cut $57.5 million from the trial courts' reserves will not affect day-to-da...

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has been named Law Firm of the Year by the Public Law Center in Santa Ana. Gibson Dunn was honored...

BANNING - Rees Lloyd used to be a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union. Now he's a thorn in its side. The t...

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge soon will be asked to approve an unusual Proposition 65 settlement giving a major defen...

INDUSTRIAL POWAY - Moss Point Poway LLC purchased the 112,086-square-foot Napoli Business Park at 12720-12860 Danielson Court...

Letter to the Editor - Tuesday night, President Bush made one of the most important announcements of his presidency: his nomin...

Forum Column - By Julie D. Cromer - When the news first emerged that the Supreme Court decided MGM Studios v. Grokster, 125 S....

Forum Column - By Robert D. Richards - The sound of popping corks across the country has quieted considerably since the U.S. S...

Focus Column - Litigation - By Ilana S. Rubel - The implementation of document retention policies has become a risky business ...

Forum Column - By Mallory Factor - Imagine a world of true telecommunications convergence. You get everything you want - video...

SANTA ANA - The man convicted of killing 5-year-old Samantha Runnion is headed for death row. Alejandro Avila showed no remors...

SAN FRANCISCO - In an effort to boost Kirkland & Ellis' intellectual property prowess, the firm recently relocated partner...

LOS ANGELES - Five attorneys with Brown, Winfield & Canzoneri will leave the firm at the end of the month to open a Los A...

LOS ANGELES - A psychotherapist cannot be held responsible for the violent acts of a client unless that person directly commu...

SAN FRANCISCO - When Jennifer Hernandez's practice evolved from traditional environmental work to real estate and redevelopme...

SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has taken an unusual swipe at the state Supreme Court in the case of an...

LOS ANGELES - A footnote in a recent Court of Appeals decision has caused First Amendment advocates to worry the justices may ...

LOS ANGELES - University of California law schools will cost $2,400 more to attend beginning early next year, under a fee hik...

SAN FRANCISCO - Proponents of a citizens' initiative to repeal key parts of the state's utility deregulation law said they wi...

SAN DIEGO - A week ago, jurors convicted two San Diego city councilmen in connection with a scheme to take money in exchange f...

VENTURA - Justice Kenneth R. Yegan says the vast majority of the appellate cases that cross his desk are dead on arrival. Som...

Morrison & Foerster's San Diego office has added corporate partner Jeremy Glaser. Glaser comes from a position of general ...

LOS ANGELES - Independent lawyers who monitor the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said they found no evidence of civi...

SPOKANE, Wash. - Warm and witty and plain-spoken as always, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor reflected humbly Thursday on her lega...

INDUSTRIAL MONTEBELLO - TA Associates Realty purchased the 133,521-square-foot Beach Distribution Park industrial buildings f...

Focus Column - Law Practice - By Robbie Solomon - Paper, paper everywhere. But times are changing, and law firms that embrace ...

Forum Column - By Patrick Mattimore - When the news broke that a "torture memo" written by lawyers within the Bush Administrat...

Forum Column - By Michael A. S. Newman - The study of history, especially the history of the distant past, is hampered by a pa...

LOS ANGELES - An appellate court ordered the state Department of Transportation to pay a $3.6 million wrongful-death jury ver...

LOS ANGELES - The birth of a child is supposed to be a joyous occasion. But for the Passalaqua family, a mishap during the de...