SAN FRANCISCO - With mediation under way in the Northern California clergy sex abuse cases, million-dollar settlements are at ...
The time for large-scale takeovers in the oil industry may be on the horizon again, with companies eagerly buying back their o...
Brenda Nelson, mother of Mario Nelson, has added her name to the list of anguished Angelenos seeking justice from the embattle...
When a landlord tried to sweep out tenants she thought overcrowded her building with too many kids, the 2nd District Court of ...
Now that Michael Sfregola's real estate and tax practice has expanded overseas, he's moved to a law firm that's taken some tra...
A Butte Superior Court judge recently refused to take the shine off of a college's solar energy project, despite allegations t...
Geographically speaking, Gail Standish's move in January from the 52nd to the 39th floor of downtown Los Angeles' Wells Fargo ...
LOS ANGELES - U.S. District Judge Howard Matz has never been the biggest fan of Gary Fontana's representation of lead plaintif...
Charles Yesnick is one attorney whom you'll never find coasting along on cruise control, whether he's behind the wheel or prac...
A Metrolink conductor claims that the mild concussion he sustained during a 2002 Placentia train crash pushed him to alcoholis...
INDUSTRIAL SAN JOSE - Arseen Auto Body purchased a 95,936-square-foot industrial building at 1655 Little Orchard St. from Gla...
Column - Career Management - By Valerie A. Fontaine - The first step to achieving career success and satisfaction is an honest...
Government
Give Eminent Domain A Chance: Law Supports City's Redevelopment
By Amy Kalinn
Forum Column - By Timothy J. Dowling - It is a wonder to behold the public relations campaign being conducted by the libertari...
Focus Column - International Law - By Peter J. Engstrom - The act of state doctrine is alive and well, and perhaps growing, in...
Product Liability
Appellate Court's Decision in 'Lockheed' Was Correct, Mostly
By Amy Kalinn
Forum Column - By Raphael Metzger - The recent decision of the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Lockheed Litigation Cases has p...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
First Woman Partner at Kadison Pfaelzer Loved France
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - When life dealt Ellen Braver Friedman, a midlife curveball, she went to law school and became the first woman pa...
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys with the Cochran Firm say they are hoping their high-profile chairman, Johnnie Cochran Jr., will retur...
SAN DIEGO - A three-judge appellate panel ruled Friday that pending unfair-competition suits can be dismissed under Propositio...
SAN DIEGO - The state Supreme Court has declined review of a case involving the denial of visitation rights for the children o...
LOS ANGELES - Former McDonald's managers Steven Wooley and Jessica Nunez say they first faced discrimination at the fast-food ...
Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - By Amy K. Spees - Keker & Van Nest is on a roll. Since its founding as Keker & Brockett ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal appeals judges appear to be closely scrutinizing whether to resuscitate legal efforts to force PG&...
Column - By Garry Abrams - In his recent memoir, "Courting Justice," famous attorney David Boies claims that he settled comedi...
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers on Friday challenged the constitutionality of a new state statute that, they suggest, supermarket magnat...
Administrative/Regulatory
By Moving to Electronic Reporting, Courts Could Save $36 Million Annually
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Court officials and court reporters have hammered out an agreement to expand the use of electronic reporting ...
INDUSTRIAL MILPITAS - India Community Center purchased a 39,083-square-foot research-and-development building at 525-535 Los C...
LOS ANGELES - The family of a 13-year-old boy killed by a Los Angeles police officer has retained the renowned Cochran Firm fo...
SAN FRANCISCO - Environmental groups filed a beefed-up federal lawsuit Thursday in San Francisco challenging the Bush adminis...
Civil Rights
Anniversary of Internment Begs Reflection: Is History Repeating?
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Stephen F. Rohde - In the wake of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 63 years ...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Lanterman Centers Are Not Liable for Provider Actions
By Columnist
Focus Column - Health Care and Hospital Law - By Gary S. Pancer and Sheryl Horwitz - In a victory for regional centers created...