SAN DIEGO - Usually, it's the Superior Court judges who covet a temporary assignment to the appellate court - not the other wa...

SAN FRANCISCO - The commercial value of three Native American petroglyphs: $800. The archaeological value of three Native Amer...

LOS ANGELES - In an aborted bid to represent himself, celebrity private eye Anthony Pellicano recently told a federal judge he...

SAN DIEGO - A big man in a suit swaggered toward a youth wearing a leather coat and ordered him to stand up. "I could kick you...

Letter to the Editor - Paralleling Erwin Chemerinsky's thought in his first paragraph regarding the Supreme Court ("Court Snub...

Focus Column - By Shelley L. Albaum, Harold J. Cohn and Seth D. Kramer - Can unmarried parents stipulate to the termination of...

RIVERSIDE - The Senate has unanimously confirmed U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen G. Larson to fill a vacancy on the federal Dist...

LOS ANGELES - Gus Gomez is no stranger to public office. He's been a Glendale city councilman as well as Glendale's mayor. So ...

LOS ANGELES - Voicing concern over attorney-client confidentiality, the State Bar has decided to oppose proposed legislation t...

SAN FRANCISCO - When the elite of San Francisco society gathers at a black tie gala Wednesday to raise money for California's ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court considered Monday whether 911 calls and other out-of-court statements made by crime victim...

Letter to the Editor - I am certain you'll be pleased that I am not writing this time to accuse the Daily Journal of having a ...

Forum Column - By Clay Calvert and Robert D. Richards - It was a short story in the March 12 edition of the Washington Post - ...

DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary has tapped Michael E. Meyer to become managing partner of the firm's Los Angeles offices. Meyer, a...

DLA ADDS LAND USE LAWYERS - Paul Hastings real estate lawyer Mark Nelson and four associates have decamped to DLA Piper Rudnic...

Focus Column - By Rachael G. Samberg - Three years ago, in Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue Inc., 537 U.S. 418 (2003) ("Victoria'...

SANTA ANA - If you're in prison, marrying your lawyer won't protect your letters home from prying government eyes. The 9th U.S...

LOS ANGELES - Kevin L. Cole will become the new dean of the University of San Diego School of Law, effective in April, the sch...

LOS ANGELES - As homes collapsed and streets transformed into white-water rapids during Hurricane Katrina, second-year law stu...

LOS ANGELES - During business hours Monday through Friday, Stanley Levy is senior counsel with Manatt Phelps & Phillips. E...

LOS ANGELES - Lord, Bissell & Brook has added litigator Christopher S. Reeder as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Reed...

LOS ANGELES - Long before Anthony Pellicano's wiretapping scandal shook Hollywood to its core, infamous Tinseltown madam Heidi...

LOS ANGELES - The federal government acted illegally when it detained a Sri Lankan Tamil immigrant for nearly five years while...

SAN FRANCISCO - No one knew it then, but it's clear now: Back in 1985, sitting on death row, convicted Los Angeles murderer Ja...

RESIGNATIONS Kamenetz, Bryan D. , Los Angeles LeBeau, Charles P. , San Diego Schenck, Ronald Dean , Wallowa, Ore. SUSPENSIONS ...

LOS ANGELES - Despite a recent revenue dip and an internal reorganization, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is still attracting...

LOS ANGELES - Downtown Los Angeles' Frontier Hotel has two entrances: one for residents of the first seven floors, another for...

LOS ANGELES - O'Melveny & Myers has decided to eleminate its trust and estates practice now that the two partners in that ...

LOS ANGELES - For Edwin B. Reeser III, the managing partner of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal's Los Angeles office, a typic...

Focus Column - By Kirk A. Pasich - In Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co., 65 Cal.2d 263 (1966), the state Supreme Court addressed th...