SAN JOSE - In a test of a new federal law designed to protect churches from unnecessarily burdensome land use restrictions, a ...

LOS ANGELES - Robert Robinson was halfway through an eight-year prison term when the prospect of earning money caught his eye....

LOS ANGELES - Marjorie Knoller underwent cross-examination Tuesday by a San Francisco prosecutor who attacked her assertions t...

LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities Tuesday charged an Orange County legal secretary with mail fraud for orchestrating a scheme ...

LOS ANGELES - Former Interior Secretary and Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt has taken the helm of a new company that will help deve...

Focus Column - By Richard Chernick - Some business people who would otherwise embrace arbitration as an effective alternative ...

Forum Column - By Edward C. Stark - I recently opposed an attorney who was an embarrassment to his client, to me, to the judge...

LOS ANGELES - Mayor Jim Hahn announced his support Monday for the completion of the $154 million Belmont Learning Complex in a...

WASHINGTON - When the Supreme Court issues a watershed decision, it's a good bet the justices will have to return to it repeat...

LOS ANGELES - Horse owners have lost their bid to block the state Department of Parks and Recreation from evicting their anima...

Forum Column - By Stephen Yagman - What is terrorism? Is it sufficient to say, as U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart is...

SAN FRANCISCO - Four of the major producers of electricity for California engaged in thousands of instances of double-selling ...

LOS ANGELES - A judge has agreed to postpone the trial of an adult video production company owner charged with producing an ob...

LOS ANGELES - Marjorie Knoller wept Monday during her first moments on the witness stand and expressed remorse for the dog-mau...

SAN FRANCISCO - Deputy Attorney General Michael D. O'Reilley has been appointed by the state's judicial watchdog agency to pro...

Column by Garry Abrams - If Louisiana lawyer Edwin Hunter is really as smart as his reputation, he'll soon be boarding the nea...

SAN FRANCISCO - There's nothing unusual about a law firm sponsoring its own softball or basketball team. It's a time-honored t...

SAN FRANCISCO - Sacramento Superior Court Judge Trena Burger-Plavan has quit her post on a local fire commission after critics...

SACRAMENTO - A package of proposals announced Monday by members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee would regulate private arb...

Dicta Column - By The Rodent - It's the same old story. You are awakened by a 3 a.m. phone call from the county jail. On the...

Dicta Column - By Andrew Duggan - Attorneys increasingly are turning to the Internet to gain a competitive edge and broaden th...

Focus Column - By Sidney Brown and Harold J. Cohn - Child-custody and visitation recommendations are commonly driven by a subj...

Impac Mortgage Holdings Inc. has closed a $62 million public offering, effective Feb. 13. UBS Warburg led the offering. RBC Ca...

Legato Systems Inc. will acquire OTG Software Inc. for $443 million. The deal was announced Feb. 21. Mountain View's Legato pr...

The Los Angeles office of Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy is mourning the loss of partner Ted Obrzut . Obrzut died Feb. 15 a...

What does it mean to say you supervise other attorneys or to say you are supervised? Does it mean they will obey your orders o...

Formed just seven months ago, Foran Glennon Palandech & Ponzi has already set its sights on Orange County expansion. The C...

PayPal Inc. has gone public with a Feb. 14 offering of $70 million. The lead manager was Salomon Smith Barney. Co-managers wer...

ESS Technology Inc. brought in $107 million in its follow-on public offering of Feb. 6. Needham & Co. managed the offering...

Nike Inc. announced Feb. 22 that it will acquire Hurley International. The companies have not disclosed the terms of the deal....