If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers. - Charles Dickens ...

SILBERBERG ADDED TO LA FOLLETTE LETTERHEAD Trial attorney Marshall Silberberg has joined the Los Angeles office of La Follett...

There are many simple steps that firms can take to lessen the incidence of nonpaying clients. ...

Bequest Will Fund School Scholarship A bequest from the estate of Martha Delman Greene Krug will fund a $400,000 to $500,000 e...

WINDMILL TILTER William Ginsburg went inside the Beltway, willing to walk in hell, to represent Monica Lewinsky, the daughter...

By Dennis Duitch and Marcia Watson Wainess As most law firms enter their new fiscal year, management should be taking a fresh...

By Douglas A. Wickham With its statutory ban on most noncompetition agreements, California long has been a safe haven for cor...

Washburn Briscoe FINANCING TO FUEL POWER PLANT GROWTH San Jose-based Calpine Corp. recently received a $1 billion revolving l...

In what Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti said is the first such settlement of its kind in the nation, a glob...

Mere weeks before the bomb-conspiracy trial of former reputed Symbionese Liberation Army soldier Sara Jane Olson begins, Stuar...

A judge Friday threw out the bulk of a lawsuit against Janet Jackson, her husband and their doctors brought by Jackson's forme...

WASHINGTON - Whether the Boy Scouts of America may prevent gays from serving as scoutmasters is a question the Supreme Court j...

LOS ANGELES - A long-running suit over how the State Bar of California spends lawyers' dues probably will move into a second p...

Unification of Los Angeles County's Superior and Municipal courts finally passed Friday, with 63 percent of the formerly reluc...

In six years, Richard A. Paez has gone from the peak of being the first Mexican-American appointed to the U.S. District Court ...

A long-running suit over how the State Bar of California spends lawyers' dues will probably move into a second portion of tri...

The difference between Seal Beach attorney Stanley Alari and most other lawyers is like the difference between a Las Vegas cas...

The main purpose of the complaint should be to provide a convenient place to attach the check for filing fees.

Victories are bittersweet this week for two lawyers on 'The Practice, who prove that good lawyering can yield the wrong result...

LITIGATOR PROFILE: If a perfect world means working at a job well-loved and making a decent living doing it, then San Diego at...

In almost 35 years as a judge, mediator, arbitrator and court referee, Bonnie Lee Martin has learned her way around a legal di...

SACRAMENTO - Igniting what should be one of the year's most intense legislative battles, a key Assembly Democrat on Thursday u...

Unlike private parties, the federal government may utilize Section 107 to seek joint-and-several liability, even when the fede...

A memorial service will be held today for retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jack Swink, who presided over several high...

The anniversary of the birth of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. offers lawyers a timely opportunity to renew their commitment ...

Will City Settle Suit Against Holden? The Los Angeles City Council is scheduled today behind-closed doors to consider a $900,0...

Q: During mediation of a business dispute, Side A informs the mediator of material information and instructs the mediator not ...

In County of Amador v. El Dorado County Water Agency , 76 Cal.App.4th 931 (1999), the 3rd District Court of Appeal invalidated...

On 'Family Law,' Rex Weller soon may be looking for a good lawyer himself - one specializing in bankruptcy. ...

VIEWPOINT: In assigning responsibility in ADR proceedings under the Y2K Act, attorneys must consider the complex technology we...