SAN FRANCISCO - Federal consumer product safety law does not preempt state common law for individuals injured by allegedly fau...

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Diego judge who joked to golfing buddies that appellate judges planned to throw out a $99 million judgme...

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Commission for Women presented financial awards Monday to five domestic violence shelters...

Money laundering was intended as a tool for prosecutors to attack drug trafficking. That tool has been stretched far beyond it...

Fortunately, the holidays come around but once a year. I say "fortunately" because that means associates at The Firm have but ...

Dear Anne: Marketing is always on the back burner, but with the holidays coming up I can catch up on some reading and look for...

To be valid, the order must contain the statutory findings. If the findings are absent, then at least a non-stipulated order i...

INDIO - A 10-year-old boy who is the subject of an unusual custody dispute will remain for at least another three months with ...

A new judge will preside over the prosecution of accused Symbionese Liberation Army soldier Sara Jane Olson because the presen...

LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Gary L. Dickson, former partner at Los Angeles' Latham & Watkins. Dickson, 51,...

SAN DIEGO - Golf course records show that the district attorney's former head prosecutor of economic fraud spent hours on the ...

The 25-year battle over whether to expand an existing jail in suburban Orange County may be over. An appellate court decision ...

LOS ANGELES - Finance and real estate lawyer Bruce Shepherd has taken over the reins of Latham & Watkins' San Diego office...

LOS ANGELES - Simply put, the Judicial Council's annual Beyond the Bench conference in Los Angeles County last week was too su...

SAN FRANCISCO - It's not cheap to lock up a criminal and throw away the key. But it's a bargain compared to the cost of admini...

SAN FRANCISCO - Brobeck Phleger & Harrison announced Monday that it will add a German office to its European arm, Brobeck...

Presidential candidate George W. Bush is not the only prominent Texan who hopes a federal appeal can make his most heartfelt w...

SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers on both sides of a big pollution liability case say they were thrilled to pull San Francisco Superior ...

LOS ANGELES - Judicial assignments at Los Angeles Superior Court are different this year - very different. There are two entir...

Among actions announced Monday, December 11, 2000 by the justices were:

Rockwell Collins has agreed to acquire K Systems Inc. for $300 million. Rockwell Collins, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is a subsidia...

Dan Clivner, sole partner at the Los Angeles office of New York's Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, is not merely a highly succe...

Western Multiplex Corp. has agreed to purchase Adaptive Broadband Corp. The deal is valued at $645 million. Sunnyvale's Wester...

SAN FRANCISCO - The constitutional right to privacy outweighs the litigation privilege, the 1st District Court of Appeal has ...

Medtronic Inc. is acquiring PercuSurge Inc. for $225 million. Minneapolis-based Medtronic develops products, therapies and ser...

LOS ANGELES - The Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles will honor seven recently appointed Los Angeles Superior Court judg...

LOS ANGELES - Three protesters who unfurled a large banner across a downtown Los Angeles hotel wall before the Democratic Nati...

PBOC Holdings Inc. is buying BYL Bancorp for $39 million. Los Angeles' PBOC Holdings is the parent company of People's Bank of...

Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. has gone public in a $50 million offering. The Sunnyvale company designs, manufactures and ...

Providing justice to victims of elder abuse requires taking the fight beyond individual cases and increasing awareness, foster...