California's three-strikes law does not substantially reduce crime. Instead, many nonviolent, small-time criminals are being i...

By Martin Kruming Rob Trentacosta of Boudreau & Trentacosta has been installed as this year's president of Consumer Attorn...

The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles has honored six people for their work on behalf of the state's consumers and...

By Matthew P. Guasco Medical-malpractice lawsuits are highly specialized, complex and expensive to litigate. Therefore, in ord...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a rare criminal prosecution for alleged civil rights violations, a former Pelican Bay prison inmate told ju...

Bet Tzedek Will Honor Two People Bet Tzedek, a nonprofit law center, will honor the philanthropic efforts of two people at its...

By Charles Levendosky Our nation begins the new millennium by being the only country in the Americas, Europe and most of the w...

Plonsker Joins Firm as Partner Entertainment and business litigator Michael J. Plonsker has left Century City-based Lavely &am...

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 ...