WASHINGTON - In an historic decision the U.S. Supreme Court Monday upheld the Miranda ruling as a constitutional right that is...

The Supreme Court's rejection of a white supremacist's appeal of Illinois' refusal to admit him to the bar should not be seen ...

Plea Entered In Case of Chief's Kin A reputed gang member pleaded not guilty Friday to charges he fatally shot Los Angeles Pol...

Well-known entertainment litigation attorney George T. Caplan has joined the Los Angeles office of New York-based Kaye Scholer...

BOTTOM LINE: By Gary S. Wong During the past 20 years, the various LegalTech events held throughout the country have grown to ...

Firm Watch: By Tamara Scott San Francisco's Landels Ripley & Diamond filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy June 16 as part of a ...

Not everyone is leaving law partnerships to cash in on California's gold. Some of the biggest rainmakers are loyal to their fi...

INS Won't Budge In Woman's Case The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service has filed a legal brief reiterating its positi...

The fresh faces seemed hopeful, full of promise. With the exception of one boy who said he was proud of his gang involvement, ...

After 28 years at O'Melveny & Myers, energy and telecommunications attorney Joseph M. Malkin has joined San Francisco's Or...

Deals: Fremont-based Credence Systems Corp. has acquired Sunnyvale's TMT Inc. in a cash and stock transaction valued at $80 mi...

Deals: Molecular Devices Corp. and LJL BioSystems Inc., both based in Sunnyvale, have agreed to merge in a stock-for-stock tra...

Each year more than 18,000 children are incarcerated in the county's three juvenile halls. While many of these kids are event...

"Is Los Angeles a safe place for women and girls?" asked speakers for the Los Angeles Commission on the Status of Women on Fri...

Public Interest: By Marissa Navarro From 1988 to 1995 an apartment building in the Los Angeles suburb of El Monte was home to ...

Deals: San Jose's online auction company eBay Inc. has acquired Philadelphia-based online selling and trading marketplace Half...

Real estate attorney Benzion J. Westreich has joined the Los Angeles office of Chicago's Katten Muchin & Zavis from New Yo...

It was a suicide watch on a Thursday afternoon. The barren, brightly-lit white room conveyed no sense of hope for this trouble...

Deals: Seattle's InterNAP Network Services Corp. has acquired CO Space, based in Burlington, Mass., in a deal valued at $244 m...

Deals: International venture capital firm 3i, based in London, led a $6 million first-round investment in San Jose's accelerat...

THE ADVISER: Civil Rights By Denise Serra It has become increasingly difficult to purchase a home in the Bay Area due to high ...

Feeding off the recently bankrupt Landels Ripley & Diamond, Morrison & Foerster snagged six new attorneys for its alre...

Firm Watch: Labor and employment litigator Dennis M. Childs has joined the San Diego office of Palo Alto-based Cooley Godward ...

Troop Steuber Pasich Reddick & Tobey added Patrick McDonough to its Century City office as a partner June 12. McDonough is...

Forum: By John C. Eastman In 1860, the Republican Party - the party of Abraham Lincoln - included in its platform a stinging c...

Deals: San Jose's networking giant Cisco Systems Inc., which develops routers, switches and other network devices, has acquire...

Firm Watch: By Tamara Scott Transactional attorney Thomas C. Sadler will head Los Angeles' Latham & Watkins ' corporate de...

THE CLOSER: By Craig Simon Like many lawyers, I began my career doing injury defense work. By the time I became a partner in a...