SAN FRANCISCO - In a move that will create a 470-attorney national law firm, Howrey & Simon will merge with Arnold White ...

A judge Monday questioned the constitutionality of a California law that allows Holocaust survivors and their heirs to sue fo...

The Ventura County Bar Association board of directors recently adopted basic "Guidelines for Professional Conduct and Civility...

By Joseph R. Giannini Like Rip Van Winkle, the majority in Warden v. State Bar of California, 99 Daily Journal D.A.R. 8877 (A...

Decision on Curfew Law Put on Hold The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to put off for one week a decisi...

Limits on Internet Access Scrutinized Without any discussion, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to or...

^^Alternative Dispute Resolution^^ Just Between Us Arbitration Award Will Not Have Collateral Estoppel Effect The court held ...

By Robert A. Levy Here it is, the centerpiece of the government's crusade against Microsoft, verbatim from its 800-page propo...

SAN FRANCISCO - Jared Carter, a sometimes acid-tongued Ukiah attorney who has long represented Pacific Lumber Co., on Aug. 31...

SACRAMENTO - The plaintiffs' bar has struck a deal with major insurers on compromise legislation that would increase insuranc...

SACRAMENTO - Some 3,000 state-employed attorneys and administrative law judges would get 8 percent raises, plus salary step i...

SAN JOSE - A second national retail chain has agreed to settle a lawsuit targeting it for allegedly deceiving customers by fa...

WASHINGTON - Washington's traditional summer slumber has ended, and many lawmakers probably wish they could hit the snooze bu...

A transient who was convicted of first-degree murder even though the victim's body has never been found was sentenced Monday ...

^^San Diego Watch / Martin Kruming^^ The Bar Association of Northern San Diego County has moved into a new building, but the ...

SAN DIEGO - Extraordinary legal maneuvers are promised in a hearing on a motion to dismiss a murder case on the grounds of pr...

SAN FRANCISCO - Flush with a state appellate victory curtailing San Jose's minority hiring program, proponents of Proposition...

The final approval Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors of an ordinance banning the sale of guns and ammuni...

SANTA ANA - Orange County Public Defender Carl Holmes argued before a jury nearly two decades ago that there was not enough e...

A report issued by Hastings College of the Law raises questions about a recent immigration policy designed to streamline the ...

David Joe Searcy often jokes that his courtroom has the highest-volume caseload - and the lowest public profile - in Los Ange...

SAN FRANCISCO - A frustrated federal judge has grudgingly approved settlements totaling $14 million in two shareholder suits,...

Ending nearly two years of doubt and political crisis, Gov. Gray Davis signed legislation Monday to revive the State Bar of C...

A legal secretary at Haight, Brown & Bonesteel claims she was ejected from her employment based on e-mail. And the firm a...

Golden Age Pasadena's Hahn & Hahn is celebrating its 100th anniversary. What's the secret to its longevity? By Jeffrey An...

Horse Sense When the bookie lawyer jumps out of the starting gate, he plays to win By Mark B. Vezzani My first assignment as ...

^^Professional Responsibility^^ Stress Fracture Immunity for Emotional Distress Caused During Negotiations The court's holdin...

Filling excess office space shouldn't tear a hole in your pocket By Kimberly Quackenbush When a law firm has extra office spa...

By Stacy L. Cohen In May, Jerry A. Hager, a partner at Los Angeles' Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, got a call from r...

Pact Reached in Cross Controversy SAN DIEGO - After nine years of litigation over a Christian cross in a county-owned park, t...