Reporter's Notebook By Dennis Opatrny SAN FRANCISCO - You've heard of the man behind the throne. Now meet the guy in front of...

LOS ANGELES - Scott Baugh, former Republican minority Assembly leader, joined Chicago's Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw from the...

SAN FRANCISCO - Ratcheting up pressure on the California Supreme Court to postpone October's recall election, Gov. Gray Davis...

LOS ANGELES - In a victory for the building industry, the state Supreme Court on Monday shot down a class action by disgruntl...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Judges Association has chosen Stanley Bissey as its new executive director, replacing Keenan G...

SUNNYVALE - Ed Taylor's career as a patent lawyer started innocuously enough. As the youngest associate in a small patent fir...

SAN FRANCISCO - A sharply divided state Supreme Court on Monday upheld the principle of gay and lesbian adoption, wading deep...

Adding criminal defense and class-action expertise to its menu of services, Westwood's Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regens...

Following an extensive negotiation process, the San Fernando Swap Meet is in the hands of new owners, and the 34-acre lot one ...

HEMET - Pacific Coast Capital Partners and its affiliate, Redwood Capital Finance Co. , closed a $17.5 million senior loan to...

Michelle Hallsten left Pillsbury Winthrop at the height of the dot-com boom in 2000 only to return when the bubble burst. Hall...

Sterling Brennan, who served as managing partner of Morrison & Foerster's Orange County office for the last 2 1/2 years, h...

Two Florida-based real estate firms are buying Newhall Land & Farming Co., a major Southern California developer, for $990...

With a car license plate that reads "MAY GOLF," one would think former San Diego County Superior Court Judge Robert E. May cou...

Daily Journal Extra Feature - The GenRich account for 10 percent of the American population; they all carry synthetic genes - ...

Encino's Greenberg & Bass has added Edwin Duncan, a litigator with a diverse business practice, the firm announced in July...

Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Paul W. Taylor - Parties in the middle of a legal dispute often claim, "It's not ...

Clifford Hyatt has moved his securities-litigation practice to the Los Angeles office of Chadbourne & Parke. Hyatt joined ...

The motto for west Riverside County's Norco is "City Living in a Rural Atmosphere." Much of the municipality, with a populatio...

DVI Business Credit Inc. has won a $20 million judgment in a hotly contested breach-of-contract case between the Newport Beach...

LOS ANGELES - If Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn's separation from his wife, Monica Hahn, becomes permanent, the divorce likely w...

Several companies went public in the past few weeks, continuing the revival in the initial public offering market. The latest ...

As The Scene walked into the historic Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, The Scene quickly realized that the $75 admission was a ...

The Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Foundation recognized 14 lawyers who led a rare civil rights verdict against the FBI and ...

PeopleSoft Inc. has closed its $1.8 billion acquisition of J.D. Edwards & Co., but PeopleSoft's hostile suitor Oracle Corp...

Within the last few weeks, four litigation partners parted ways with the Los Angeles offices of Howrey Simon Arnold & Whit...

Focus Column - Litigation - By David Martinez - The so-called "safe harbor" defense to claims brought under the state's unfair...

Forum Column - By Joshua Spivak - After spending much of its existence in virtual slumber, the recall is emerging as a serious...

Focus Column - Tort Law - By Barry J. Thompson and Kevin G. Lohman - Can mere membership in a trade association or donations t...

LOS ANGELES - Shaw Pittman is parting ways with 12 corporate lawyers who joined the Century City office of the firm in July 20...