In an effort to ease the fears of trial court unification foes, Attorney General Bill Lockyer has strongly refuted critical a...

The head of the Los Angeles County district attorney's major narcotics division Monday dismissed the defense bar's latest att...

A federal judge Monday gave final approval to the settlement of a 1993 class-action lawsuit brought against the Anti-Defamati...

A dispute over what Los Angeles Police Department materials the inspector general should have access to has been resolved, of...

By Kent R. Raygor and Oral Caglar The federal Trademark Amendments Act, Pub. L. No. 106-43, 113 Stat. 218, signed into law by...

Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks is calling a county anti-gang loitering ordinance "a viable tool" and recommending the...

SAN FRANCISCO - One could certainly argue that when Somma Sriee Sooria Arratchiga decided to become a parking lot attendant, ...

By Don J. DeBenedictis Yes, Virginia, there really is a State Bar. Contrary to popular opinion, it did not expire when then-G...

By Gary S. Wong Major earthquakes, fires, floods and other natural occurrences can be potential disasters for law firms. Hard...

A judge must bear in mind that when he tries a case he is himself on trial. Philo Wilson Sonsini CORPORATE LAWYER JOINS VALLE...

^^Alternative Dispute Resolution Reflect, Not Reflex Consider Pros and Cons Before Arbitrating Rather than simply giving in t...

By Don J. DeBenedictis The next president of the State Bar of California, Andrew J. Guilford, may be a well-known litigator a...

SAN FRANCISCO - The local, five-attorney firm of Hovis Smith Stewart Lipscomb & Cross has dissolved, and three of its lawy...

By Arturo J. Gonzlez Mario Paz, a 64-year-old father of six, was killed Aug. 9, 1999, during a raid of his Compton home. A ma...

By Chris Ford Los Angeles Municipal Court Presiding Judge Veronica McBeth received a phone call several years ago from a cons...

By Jennifer Byrd San Francisco attorneys Dale Minami and Donald K. Tamaki have reshaped history for Japanese-Americans. In th...

SALARIES RAISED FOR TRUCKER HUSS ASSOCIATES San Francisco's Trucker Huss, a 13-attorney employee benefits firm, has raised it...

(Jim could you place this correction at the end - thanks!) CORRECTION The Sept. 20 issue of California Law Business reported ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Clearing the way for a civil rights trial over the handling of the 1990 car bombing of two Earth First activi...

Despite assertions from Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky that the district attorney's office has enough funds in...

SANTA ANA - When thousands of investors decided to sink their dollars into five limited partnerships controlled by Newport Be...

SAN DIEGO - Senior U.S. District Judge Leland C. Nielsen, described by those who knew him best as a fine jurist who dedicated...

Although the battle over mandatory arbitration has intensified in recent years, the war actually began more than 20 years ago...

A catfight over a zoning ordinance has turned into a constitutional law conundrum in which a judge has prohibited a woman from...

U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer upheld most of a jury's $250 million award to Litton Systems Inc. late last week, while ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Courts throughout the nation are only beginning to come to grips with mandatory arbitration: what it really m...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's docket for the 1999-2000 term is short on quantity but long on quality. "I think this will b...

A memorial service will be held today for Steven W. Brown, vice president and insurance counsel for Pacific Life Insurance Co...

SAN BERNARDINO - The family of a man who was shot to death by San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies Aug. 26 has filed a wr...

Memorial services were held Wednesday for Jerry Fine, transactional business attorney and founder of the American Media Counc...