Cooley Godward DIVERSA CORP. LAUNCHES SUCCESSFUL STOCK OFFER The Diversa Corp. launched a successful IPO last week, as stock ...

PD Appointed for Carlsbad Lawyer SAN DIEGO - A Carlsbad lawyer charged with shooting a female client to death in Escondido Feb...

Gray Cary TWELVE LAWYERS ELECTED TO THE PARTNERSHIP Palo Alto-based Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich has elected 12 new partn...

FORUM If Proposition 22 passes, it will be because the electorate has seen through the smoke screen put up by its opponents. ...

Horsewoman Pleads to Misdemeanor Charge SAN DIEGO -- Two weeks after a deadlocked jury caused her trial on felony charges of a...

By Leslie A. Gordon A strong economy and a plethora of Internet companies have translated into more legal work for law firms....

Latham & Watkins SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATES GET TOP PAY Under pressure from their associates and Bay Area competitors...

When Scott Neely left his last spot as in-house counsel, he said he wouldn't take another unless the conditions were just rig...

Given all his charitable and athletic activities outside of law, it's hard to believe that Bruce McCubbrey , an intellectual p...

When the decision by federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Buford Furrow became public Friday, it came against...

Legislatures in 29 states, including California, plus the District of Columbia have enacted privilege statutes, or so-called m...

SAN FRANCISCO - Having won certification for a national class action, Sacramento attorneys are trying to determine just how ma...

SANTA ANA - Twice-convicted cop killer John George Brown was sentenced to death a second time Thursday for the murder of Gard...

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gray Davis' "no-parole policy" for inmates sentenced to life in prison likely will trigger legal challenges ...

Nine more people had their cases thrown out of court Thursday due to the Rampart police corruption scandal, bringing to 39 the...

l Mexico, in many respects, is quickly becoming a true pluralistic democracy with a competitive economy. Mexico, in many respe...

Many mediation experts agree that nationwide uniformity of mediation rules is needed, but acknowledge that drafting a document...

Real estate attorney Richard W. Fleming died of a heart attack Feb. 1 at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla. He was 88. Fl...

Justice for none, titillation for some. That's the message of this week's show. Maybe having a lesbian love tryst with famous ...

The ferocious North Hollywood shootout continued Thursday - not on the streets, but in a federal court, with lawyers as combat...

It has been more than 15 years since private judging arrived. Early on, Chief Justice Rose Bird warned that serious study was ...

There are smart and there are dumb ways to resolve complex litigation. The dumb way is to litigate for many years at great exp...

SANTA ANA - An Orange County jury on Wednesday found that Deputy District Attorney Victoria Chen, who sued her office alleging...

Risk-based dispute resolution follows a familiar format, in which the mediator identifies the conflict and creates the atmosph...

During opening statements Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court in a grieving family's lawsuit over the mysterious death of ...

Dateless Valentine's Day viewers watched Ally McBeal plow her Audi into a car. While singing to her car radio at a red light, ...

Posting the URL of an infringing World Wide Web site may be contributory infringement. ...

By Jack Denove Until Gov. Gray Davis signed legislation in October 1999 allowing auto accident victims to sue at-fault parties...

Ellenor Frutt represents Daryl Hutchins, a 17-year-old with a borderline IQ and who is charged with murder, and Eugene Young a...

Do you want the same high standards as the state's public school system to replace the role of parents? Do you want Rob Reiner...