QUESTION 5 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY After working for 10 years as a deputy district attorney, Lawyer decided to open her o...

2004 Bar Exam Feature - When Veronica Ramirez, an associate at Sacramento's Downey Brand, found out Friday morning that two ot...

Focus Column - Tax Law - By Brian W. Toman and John R. Messenger - The state Franchise Tax Board has publicized widely its eff...

SAN DIEGO - With the outcome of the race for mayor of San Diego hanging in the balance, a retired judge Monday refused to issu...

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco jury Monday acquitted one former police officer of all charges stemming from the infamous ste...

SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court ruled Monday that a probate attorney could be found negligent for failing to draft a ...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Monday urged all parties involved in the dizzying Credit Lyonnais affair to settle the comple...

LOS ANGELES - Juvenile court referee Mildred Escobedo claimed victory Monday in her race for a seat on the Los Angeles Superio...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appellate panel Monday delved into a Los Angeles murder mystery involving a scribbled phone number ...

Column - By Garry Abrams - Last week in a Delaware court, Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael Eisner passed his audition f...

SAN FRANCISCO - Famed criminal defense lawyer Maureen Kallins took the witness stand Monday to defend herself against charges...

SANTA ANA - A 14-year-old boy appeared in court Monday to face rape, kidnapping and robbery charges, making him the youngest a...

SAN FRANCISCO - A bidding war is heating up between Clifford Chance and a group of investors eager to buy the right to sue tha...

WASHINGTON - Funding allocated to the judiciary in the massive spending bill passed by Congress over the weekend should allow ...

Law Firm Managment - Like sea captains, law firm leaders have always juggled the perilous tasks of delivering their commoditie...

LOS ANGELES - In the spring of 2001, Jay F. Mott was a transient on the move around Long Beach when police ticketed him for ja...

Diamond Game Enterprises, which prints phone cards that double as sweepstakes tickets, plans to scratch off a former employee ...

Pulling together as a team, whether that team is a board of directors or a group of associate general counsel, was the theme a...

Employment attorneys John Heber and Craig Tanner recently joined Los Angeles- based Manatt, Phelps & Phillips as partners ...

Two pigs, whose homes were allegedly destroyed by a huffing and puffing wolf, were awarded $500 in damages in Los Angeles Supe...

Newport Beach attorney William M. Paoli understands if people are shocked to hear that he recovered $1.2 million for a woman w...

After climbing the entirety of California Street, which The Scene swears is a 10 percent grade in some parts, The Scene arrive...

For hundreds of movie and computer professionals attending iHollywood Forum's Digital Studio Summit 2004, the mood could be su...

"Everybody, uh ... losing, um ... lawyers ... every ..." The room full of mediators broke up into giggling and clapping as Los...

Brian Strange, a partner with Los Angeles' Strange & Carpenter, has reached the peak of his profession with numerous multi...

INDUSTRIAL SAN DIEGO - Mad Engine Inc./Zimbabwe Properties LLC has purchased a 120,022-square-foot industrial building located...

Focus Column - Litigation - By Alex Ricciardulli - There's "tough on crime," there's "soft on crime" - and then there's smart ...

Forum Column - By William Bennett Turner - The fire ant bites still itch. My nose is peeling. The real discomfort, though, com...

Forum Column - By Dennis Herrera - For the 48 percent of American voters justifiably concerned about Bush administration claim...

Forum Column - By Stephen Yagman - Finally, some working stiffs may get a shot at police in civil RICO actions because their "...