WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider a major question that arises when police officers fail to properly...

LOS ANGELES - The defense strategy against the $32 million lawsuit brought by Dickson, Carlson & Campillo appears to incl...

WASHINGTON - Taking on a high-profile death penalty case, the Supreme Court on Monday said it will review several alleged cons...

LOS ANGELES - Friends and family are planning a memorial service for Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Stephanie R. Wilson,...

Column by Garry Abrams - Even in a jet-lagged world, it's still a long way from Los Angeles to Belfast, Northern Ireland. But ...

SAN FRANCISCO - District Attorney Terence Hallinan announced Monday that his two top managers will switch roles, with Murlene ...

LOS ANGELES - To prevent the abuses that occurred in the Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart scandal, prosecutors should c...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court struck down a state law Monday requiring binding arbitration in contract stalemat...

LOS ANGELES - Norbert Anthony Schlei, the principal draftsman of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and a key adviser to presidents ...

LOS ANGELES - Judge Carlos A. Uranga has never strayed very far from his East Los Angeles home. He was born in the area 62 yea...

For attorneys, wireless is everything. It allows them to keep in constant touch with the office and their clients. They can wo...

Canadian company SR Telecom Inc., which supplies equipment to the telecommunications industry, has agreed to buy Netro Corp. f...

No part of the trial triggers high juror expectations and lawyer anticipation more than the closing argument. Yet, because few...

Bradford Duft, a former chief of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's intellectual property practice in San Diego, has joined Buc...

Last year, Gov. Gray Davis appointed Clothilde Hewlett to clean up California's troubled Department of General Services, a mul...

Santa Clara's Network Associates Inc., which develops network-security software, is expanding its product offerings by acquiri...

While working as an intern at the Anti-Defamation League office in Los Angeles, Linda Hoos became involved in an anti-Semitic ...

Patent litigation can have a happy ending for everyone - at least, that's what TDK Semiconductor Corp. and Silicon Laboratorie...

In addition to its focus on getting the most out of your gadgets, the Legal Works conference is offering two-day sessions on b...

Long before establishing a neutral practice in Brentwood, employment law specialist Christine Masters had a desire to right wr...

Jack Slobodin used to get calls all the time from lawyers trying to lure him away from Fish & Richardson, where he was a p...

Imagine how much time it would take to move 600 people through security checkpoints and you'll have a good idea of the wait Th...

In Closing Column - Public Relations - By Judy Leon - Though they don't wear flak jackets or dodge artillery fire, reporters w...

After riding the Vegas-like euphoria of the boom years, corporate shops such as Gunderson Dettmer and Venture Law Group have r...

Matthew Richardson is rejoining some old friends at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton. Richardson moved to the Los Angel...

Karin Kramer says Chavez & Gertler's recruiting plans are in high gear. "We're busy with lots of interesting new work, and...

Henry Ota has landed on his feet one day after New York's Kelley Drye & Warren pulled the plug on its Los Angeles office. ...

A University of Southern California study was supposed to be dentist Sargon Lazarof's crowning achievement, but it turned out ...

Opening statements are scheduled tomorrow in San Francisco Superior Court in the second phase of a lawsuit filed by a Florida-...

Negotiating merger deals may become even more challenging for corporate lawyers, thanks to a recent opinion by a Delaware cour...