SAN FRANCISCO - San Jose-based Skjerven, Morrill, MacPherson, Franklin & Friel is opening a San Francisco office with the...
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Supreme Court, in what appeared to be an unexpectedly sweeping victory for environmental plaintiffs,...
Criminal
Jesus Loves the Little Children - but Not as Much as Law Enforcement
By Garry Abrams
When California's March election rolls around, it will be the Roman Catholic Church vs. the state's district attorneys, practi...
Litigation
Coalition Raises $44M, Seeking 'No' Vote on Propositions 30, 31
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - Backers of referenda to repeal legislation that would expand bad-faith lawsuits against insurers raised an astoun...
County OKs $2.6M In Suit Settlements The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to spend $2.6 milli...
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe has named litigator Robert B. Hubbell the new managing partner of its 55-attorney Los Ange...
Parkin Will Join ARC in February Former Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Robert W. Parkin announced Tuesday he will ...
The 'Broughton' case has revealed a chink in the FAA preemption wall. ...
U.S. Bankruptcy judges in San Diego, last fall, honored sole practitioner Michael O'Halloran as the Outstanding Mediator for 1...
SAN FRANCISCO - Racial harassment against a black construction worker at San Francisco International Airport will cost Dillin...
LOS ANGELES - Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe has named litigator Robert B. Hubbell as the new managing partner of its 55-...
The situation involving John Rocker of the Atlanta Braves is the latest example of how sports disregard employment rights to s...
Civil rights attorney Stephen Yagman is asking the Los Angeles Superior Court to order the district attorney's and public defe...
Lawyers for Isuzu Motors Ltd. were upset over a spate of national and local publicity about their defamation suit against Cons...
In yet another effort to press for local control over regional legal aid office mergers, the Pasadena Bar Association has endo...
Despite Supreme Court decisions and new legislation, the debate over how the State Bar of California can spend the lawyers' ma...
SAN DIEGO - A man accused of sending threatening e-mails to a judge after an ugly divorce now also faces charges of sending e...
SAN FRANCISCO - Michael Roster, general counsel of Stanford University, will leave the position he has held for nearly seven y...
The Probate and Family codes are in conflict about division of bank accounts on dissolution of marriage. ...
Patents on Internet innovations promise to create a new type of prospecting for entrepreneurs. ...
Firm Hires Three Lawyers for O.C. Los Angeles-based Irell & Manella nabbed three intellectual property attorneys for its N...
San Diegan Tapped For AG Committee SAN DIEGO - U.S. Attorney Gregory A. Vega is one of eight new members of the 17-member atto...
SAN DIEGO - Should sealed court pleadings be opened if they possibly contain information necessary for the public analysis of ...
Services Scheduled For Judge McLain Rosary for Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard W. McLain will be said at Our Lady of ...
By Kevin McNew Congress recently passed, and President Clinton signed into law, several changes to federal dairy policy that a...
A malicious prosecution lawsuit against Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott and Morrison & Foerster was dismissed by a j...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court gave no indication Monday if it will allow a person who is not a member of an identifiable vuln...
SANTA ANA - Acknowledging that the public defender's office has a conflict of interest in representing convicted killer Dwayne...
DA's Office Opens At New Courthouse The Los Angeles County district attorney's office has opened a branch in the new Los Angel...
In attempting to realize your business development New Year's resolutions, don't get overwhelmed by the big picture. ...