Rodney Glenn King's battle against his former attorneys has ended with the dismissal of the legal malpractice lawsuit against ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court refused Tuesday to hear a challenge to the constitutionality of state legislatio...

In yet more allegations of police wrong-doing to erupt from the Rampart corruption scandal, a civil rights attorney charged T...

A client's scrutiny of his legal bills has led to a lawsuit against Los Angeles Superior Court, which is accused of collectin...

In a ruling with potentially nationwide implications, a special panel of retired judges has found that truckers who operate ou...

Government spying on former Beatle John Lennon was an international affair. That FBI agents and paid informants kept tabs on t...

Today's ideal firm administrator has strong people skills, can juggle many projects simultaneously and will manage the firm's ...

By Richard C. Kim With the globalization of commerce, more U.S. companies are now looking beyond their domestic borders and se...

Judge Sues CalPERS Over Military Credits A Los Angeles Superior Court judge filed a federal civil rights suit Monday against t...

Child support, once the neglected waif of family law, was the subject of heated political debate last year. As a result, sweep...

SANTA ANA - The battle to bring a gay-straight club to an Orange County high school wound up in federal court Monday when stud...

SAN JOSE - In an apparent victory for the entertainment industry in its attempt to protect trade secrets, a Santa Clara County...

The judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit conducted the investiture Saturday of new Circuit Judge...

Immediately following a disaster at The Firm, a prerecorded message will implore those inside to continue working, saving thou...

By Robert E. Thompson In its historic role as arbiter of constitutional conflict, the Supreme Court is preparing to plunge int...

A Los Angeles lawyer who was a fugitive for six months in a large auto insurance fraud case has been arrested, prosecutors sai...

A Los Angeles judge will decide whether California law should apply to claims made in four bad-faith lawsuits brought by the h...

SACRAMENTO - In granting states wide latitude in setting campaign contribution caps, the U.S. Supreme Court provided good news...

By Gary S. Wong While law firms face a number of challenges as they enter Y2K, they will also enjoy many technology opportuni...

By Michael Young I negotiate for a living, as do many of you. And, as many of you have already figured out, while negotiation...

Private services are planned for retired attorney William Anderson Tookey, who died Sunday . He was 76. "He just loved the la...

Gadfly Guilty In Map Incident WESTMINSTER - A Huntington Beach political gadfly charged with violating a state law that makes ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has elevated nine attorneys to the partnership. Last year, the firm electe...

By Elizabeth Freudenthal Not many transactional attorneys get to face down the gun of a drugged-out nightclub owner nor tell ...

A downtown Los Angeles dance hall accused of being a "house of prostitution" has lost the latest round in its fight against t...

The poor are losing their children to people who can provide a 'better life' for them within the confines of our children's co...

By Rod S. Berman and Steven Plotkin One of the more perplexing recent pronouncements by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

Fenwick & West INTERNET SECURITY COMPANIES LOCK IN DEAL Mountain View-based VeriSign Inc. has acquired Signio Inc. of Redw...

By Ashby Jones Say you're a small-business owner who develops a minor legal problem. On a lark, before you pick up the phone ...

By Chris Ford During U.S. Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork's 1987 confirmation hearings, a Washington newspaper published...