Two Los Angeles men have received what prosecutors say are the longest sentences ever for workers' compensation insurance prem...

Unlike the laws of physics, the laws of men place no restrictions on time travel. That helps explain why a bubble from Hollywo...

By Jonathan B. Cole and Scott C. Pape A potential client walks into an attorney's office and says he was subject to discrimin...

SACRAMENTO - The Fair Political Practices Commission has named a new general counsel as the agency prepares to enter a new pha...

Arter & Hadden RELIANCE STEEL FORMS NEW ALLOY WITH SUBSIDIARIES Los Angeles' Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. agreed to ...

Gibson, Haglund & Paulsen AETHLON MEDICAL ACQUIRES NEARBY SYNGEN RESEARCH San Diego's Aethlon Medical Inc. has completed ...

Paul Hastings VENTURE'S CATALYST TO BE PRIZE OF GROWER WEBINC Venture Catalyst Inc. of San Diego is in the process of acquiri...

Venture Law Group ANIMAL DEVOTEES CAN BUY STOCK IN ONLINE PETS.COM San Francisco-based Pets.com has begun an initial public o...

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...

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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...