Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has recruited former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney Noran J. Camp as of counsel f...

Sacramento's Downey Brand Seymour & Rohwer has recruited associate Ralph R. Nevis III for its litigation department. Nevis...

Irvine-based Magellan Software Inc. has merged with and taken the name of Hamburg, Germany's Gauss Interprise. The combined ca...

NEWPORT BEACH - A few months ago, facing down rumors of impending bankruptcy, Edwards Theater Circuit Inc. touted its business...

SANTA ANA - Former Encino-based lawyer Robert Fenton was sentenced Friday to 16 months in state prison for his role in a $5 m...

SACRAMENTO - As California reforms its public school system, it can expect lawsuits to be filed in response. That was the mess...

One federal judge in Los Angeles plans to continue a jury trial this week, despite a request from court officials to suspend p...

Three activists who were arrested earlier in the week when they attempted to unfurl a huge banner from the top of the Hotel Fi...

Long time Fullerton city attorney Rector Kerr Fox III has lost a six-year battle with cancer. Fox died Aug. 4 at Gordon Lane C...

A federal judge on Friday ordered the city of Los Angeles not to conduct zoning, fire or building code violation searches of a...

Drag out those foam sponge donkey caps this week - here come the Dems for what is expected to be an uneventful convention stag...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a mixed victory for employees, a federal appellate panel ruled Thursday that employers have no obligation t...

If Joe Fernandez does get a second chance, it will come too late to help his wife, who died of cancer while he was held withou...

The Los Angeles City Council Friday rejected a call for the police department to follow the law when handling protests during ...

Dear Democratic National Convention delegates and protesters of all stripes: Welcome to Los Angeles, home of the world's large...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Port of Oakland's failure to make sure the public had a chance to comment on a plan to clean up thousands ...

Renowned Hollywood cinematographer Donald Peterman, whose credits include the feature films "Men In Black," "Splash" and "Coco...

The Catholic Church holds the moral view that the unitive (love) and procreative (family) aspects of human sexuality cannot be...

Despite the presence of sympathetic members of the plaintiff's family and the use of a high-profile tire expert, defense couns...

State Must Set TMDL for Nonpoint-Source Pollution. ...

Troy Roe has a kind, trusting face and gentle demeanor, far different from the negative stereotypes featured in the ubiquitous...

Memo to: Patrick J. Naughton, former Infoseek executive sentenced Wednesday to home detention after being convicted of crossin...

Surprisingly, many trial lawyers fail to take full advantage of their opportunity to cross-examine key witnesses at trial. Too...

SAN FRANCISCO - Two defendants charged with capital murder should not get a new trial just because the judge presiding in thei...

Every day throughout California, children are being poisoned by ingesting lead-paint chips and dust. This environmental traged...

Most attorneys do not know how to keep proper trust-account records. By JoAnne Earls Robbins. ...

While business is booming, law firms nevertheless are seeking candidates with specific kinds of expertise. By Valerie Fontaine...

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SAN FRANCISCO - The tiny but influential Remcho Johansen & Purcell will throw over its high-rent financial district addres...

VENTURA - Citing the media deluge about the case, San Luis Obispo Public Defender Patricia Ashbaugh made an impassioned plea T...