SANTA ANA - A maintenance worker repairing an escalator at the central courthouse died Thursday when the power unexpectedly ki...

SAN JOSE - As thousands of military reservists receive call-up notices in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, law firm...

WASHINGTON - When President Bush delivered his "war on terror" speech to a joint session of Congress on Sept. 20, five Supreme...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court has ordered state prison officials to defend their practice of requiring inmates ...

SAN DIEGO - David L. Jacobsohn, a retired Monterey Park lawyer and university professor, has died. Jacobsohn died Sept. 16 at ...

Many Americans are in a state of shock following the recent terrorist attacks against our nation. As a country, we feel tremen...

There are voices in America that urge the United States to kill alleged terrorists-including those who head countries. The ang...

Male coworkers referred to Sanchez in Spanish and English as 'she,' mocked him for walking 'like a woman.' ...

The 9th Circuit in Soltani approved the right of an employer to contract with employees for a shorter statute of limitations f...

"That's it. I'm finished playing games. That's my last, best and final offer!" We've all heard people say this during a negoti...

The enforcement of law is essential to the maintenance of our society. Ensuring the security of our people and institutions is...

SAN FRANCISCO - On a fine point of law, the Los Angeles firm of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has avoided having to help pay $25,...

SACRAMENTO - The California Supreme Court voted unanimously Wednesday to decide whether a Catholic charitable group must offer...

LOS ANGELES - On the same day Gov. Gray Davis named a successor for the late Supreme Court Justice Stanley Mosk, he appointed ...

LOS ANGELES - Robert G. Taylor, name partner of former Los Angeles firm Tuttle & Taylor, has died. Taylor died Tuesday of ...

SAN FRANCISCO - It's more than a coincidence that seven litigation partners have left Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday named Carlos Moreno as his first appointee to the California Supreme Court, selec...

SAN FRANCISCO - Last year, Chief Justice Ronald George was asked why his courtroom needs its own security checkpoint when ther...

Criminal defense attorneys may be willing to represent people accused of terrorism, as Daily Journal reporter Erin Carroll not...

SAN FRANCISCO - In spirited questioning of both sides, a slim majority of an 11-judge federal appeals panel appeared ready Wed...

SAN FRANCISCO - Forget a fond farewell for departing colleague Carlos Moreno from his fellow federal jurists at the 9th U.S. C...

SAN DIEGO - Authorities have denied full access to legal counsel for three San Diego college students held as material witness...

SAN DIEGO - James J. Stewart, a civil attorney who for many years was president of the West Hollywood Lions Club, has died. St...

SACRAMENTO - The Fair Political Practices Commission announced Tuesday it has promoted Mark Krausse, its government relations ...

LOS ANGELES - Vernon W. Hunt, a lawyer who earned accolades for defending the underdog while staying true to his ideals, has d...

I receive several requests a week from defendants who suddenly find themselves forced to defend their lives, their right to us...

Grieving relatives at a wake bidding farewell to a loved one hope their last image of the deceased is a good one. ...

John M. Seitman doesn't waste time. And that includes getting his law career started. When Seitman completed his law-school co...

LOS ANGELES - Little did Trynun Patterson know that lighting up a joint in a car would hasten his prosecution on murder charge...

Michael H. Diamond, chair of the litigation practice group at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Dennis Codon, general couns...