LOS ANGELES - A public memorial service is pending for attorney John T. McTernan, who persuaded the California Supreme Court ...

LOS ANGELES - Fifteen candidates are running to fill five open seats on the State Bar Board of Governors this fall. Bucking r...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously that Americans facing bankruptcy proceedings can shield from ...

WASHINGTON - In the case of the blown deadline, an attorney at a nationally prominent law firm finally can wake up from what t...

LOS ANGELES - ChevronTexaco announced Monday that it will purchase Unocal, one of the largest independent oil companies in the...

SAN DIEGO - In an escalating war of words, City Attorney Mike Aguirre said Monday that city officials are more interested in ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Hells Angels have constitutional rights, too, and they now have permission to seek monetary damages against S...

Column - By Garry Abrams - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the most active, and certainly most visible, litiga...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that state water quality regulators need consider the costs of comp...

SAN FRANCISCO - Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker hopes to prove it's never too late to open an office in Silicon Valley, ...

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside jury has exonerated Michelin North America Inc. in a lawsuit accusing the company of allowing its tir...

SAN DIEGO - When Robert J. Trentacosta was in law school, he was uncertain about what role he would play in the legal world -...

LOS ANGELES - The city of Los Angeles may abandon a major aspect of a racial profiling study of its police officers, violating...

Dozens of California hospitals have joined forces against the state Department of Health Services in a lawsuit, with dozens mo...

Attorneys from the Los Angeles office of Howrey Simon Arnold & White recently landed a $2 million settlement for United Sp...

Whether members are groovin' to a hippy-themed welcome reception, teeing off at the Presidio Golf Course tournament or taking ...

Despite the passage of recent legislation curbing the use of the state's Unfair Competition Law, the attorneys at Pittsburgh's...

With a doctorate in molecular biology, a UCLA genetics fellowship under his belt and a bachelor's degree in biochemistry, Andr...

An Arizona law that allows property owners to threaten trespassers with deadly force might be the legal loophole an Arizona ra...

A Santa Monica-based attorney recently convinced a federal judge that, as with beauty, bullshit is in the eye of the beholder....

Michael Diamond is a hard-nosed litigator who regularly faces down his legal adversaries in the courtroom, but the tough, take...

Employment litigator Tyler Paetkau is all too familiar with sticky situations involving an executive ditching one shop for ano...

SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney Jon B. Eisenberg carried out an incapacitated cousin's end-of-life wishes eight years ago. The painfu...

When Ellis Horvitz began his clerkship with the state Supreme Court in 1951, the court's seven justices considered 15 petition...

Toys "R" Us Inc., a powerhouse among toy sellers, has agreed to sell its entire worldwide operations to a team of two private ...

Real estate investment trust Maguire Properties has agreed to purchase a $1.5 billion 10-building portfolio that includes a 52...

The moment was captured perfectly by an Associated Press photograph. Attorney Bobbie J. Wilson is shown kissing co-counsel The...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe transactional associate Justin Cooper says his practice rarely affords him the chance to af...

When San Diego city officials approved construction of a highway in the 1930s through a scenic area a few miles up the coast, ...

Column - Law Firm Management - By Timothy O'Brien - If I were to ask you, "What is the word or phrase you'd like people to thi...