Recently, in Troxel v. Granville, 2000 Daily Journal D.A.R. 5831 (June 6, 2000), the U.S. Supreme Court made a rare inc...

SANTA ANA - In which venue should the lawsuit be filed? What deadlines should the plaintiff and defendant be aware of, and wha...

Dear Anne: I didn't become a lawyer so I could go out and sell. There is so much emphasis now on bringing in business. I hate ...

Izabelle B. Reyes of Granada Hills, who will attend the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law this fall, is one...

One of Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show" routines had him donning a turban and reading minds as "Carmac the Magnificent." A five-...

SACRAMENTO - The state judicial-watchdog commission has said that a judge who harassed female court staff may keep his job. Bu...

The statute of limitations does not begin running in dental malpractice cases until patients believe they've been wronged, not...

NEW YORK - The American Bar Association will have awarded more than 70 prizes and honors by the time its annual meeting is ove...

Associate Dean Frederick G. Slabach will be interim dean of Whittier Law School. He replaces Dean John A. FitzRandolph, who wi...

NEW YORK - The incoming president of the American Bar Association issued what she termed a call to action Monday for lawyers a...

SAN FRANCISCO - Everyone knows the story of attorneys who get rich off class-action settlements at the expense of their client...

Gerald T. McLaughlin, who just stepped down as dean of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles after nearly 10 years, plans to return...

Los Angeles has become a city of wimps. All over town, people and politicians are shaking with fear over next month's Democrat...

The Boy Scouts of America should think twice before celebrating its recent "vindication" before the Supreme Court, where it in...

EMotion Inc., has completed a $34 million round of financing. GE Capital and Chartwell Capital Investors II led the financing....

Qualstar Corp. went public on June 23, in an offering valued at about $35.8 million. Qualstar develops and manufactures automa...

Attorney Dennis DeBroeck, a partner at Palo Alto's Fenwick & West, senses that the initial public offering dry spell is ov...

Ronald Redcay, a founding partner of the Los Angeles office of Washington, D.C.,-based Arnold & Porter, rejoined the firm ...

The federal government, responsible for enforcing our environmental laws, regularly pollutes the environment with impunity. Th...

Capstone Turbine Corp. went public in late June in an offering valued at about $136.5 million. Capstone, based in Woodland Hil...

StaffMark Inc., which provides temporary and supplemental staff to companies needing employees for office administration and l...

It was something of a shock when Alan K. Austin, the longtime managing partner of Silicon Valley's hottest firm, Wilson, Sonsi...

Law firms need to operate more as businesses, including being proactive about risk management and the type of insurance covera...

The problem of sexual assault needs to take center stage. It is important that men understand its severity, police become well...

The major aim of the bill is to allow African countries to expand their economies through growth in trade with the United Stat...

Joseph D. McNamara, an associate at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, will talk about "Gangsta Cops and the Drug Wars"...

Handspring Inc. went public in late June in a stock offering valued at about $200 million. The founders of the Mountain View-b...

Lawyer Sandra Polin will host a summer party at her Pacific Palisades home July 18 for members of the Santa Monica Bar Associa...

Mattson Technology has agreed to acquire STEAG Electronic Systems' Semiconductor Division and CFM Technologies. The value of t...

After years of overtures from firms throughout the country, prominent Century City entertainment and high-tech boutique Blanc ...