Insurers who refuse to defend a third-party lawsuit are putting their pocketbooks on the line, as illustrated by three recent ...

Focus Column - By Benjamin G. Shatz - Complaints often contain a key cause of action accompanied by subsidiary or weaker claim...

Benjamin Aaron, a scholar of labor law and a member of presidential commissions who throughout his career promoted increased d...

Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - In the wake of Alberto Gonzales' departure, the Justice Department has an opportunity to...

Forum Column - By William Domnarski - Earl Warren's tenure as Chief Justice of the United States recalls a time before the be...

The most recent term of the Supreme Court brought an interesting insight into the Roberts court: It's moving to the left on en...

Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - There's a Catch-22 at the heart of a new ruling on domestic surveillance: You can't sue ...

Crime and death rates make a strong case for weakening the law's stance on marijuana...and strengthening it against alcohol. ...

Forum Column - By William Domnarski - The obstacles facing a stand-alone lawyer range from the demons of substance abuse to th...

Focus Column - By Benjamin G. Shatz and Christopher D. LeGras - Litigators should be wary of overplaying their hands when the...

The good justice weaves together musings on property law, "The Sopranos" and the nature of time, as only he can. ...

Forum Column - By William Domnarski - Judges who don't write their own opinions aren't practicing workplace efficiency; they'r...

The California Supreme Court is getting ready to resolve a major conflict in insurance suits. ...

Forum Column - By William Domnarski - Legal writing often suffers from authors more focused on their own ego or emotions than ...

Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - The president's recent commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence turned a constitutional p...

Dispute resolution outside of the court system is beginning to share traits with litigation. ...

Forum Column - By William Domnarski - There's a subtle art to the lawyer's use of a podium. ...

Forum Column - By William Domnarski - Passion isn't the most important thing in the courtroom; in fact, it can often do more h...

A case coming before the California Supreme Court could turn the entertainment industry on its head. ...

Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - Erwin Chemerinsky praises a recent appellate-court decision limiting the FCC's ability t...

Arthur Gilbert remembers legendary California Chief Justice Phil Gibson. ...

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge examines what recent rulings at the state and federal leval mean for the future of p...

Forum Column - By Joseph H. Cooper - A community college professor teaching inmates gets his incarcerated students' perspectiv...

Defense attorney Christopher Plourd uses a pen to represent a gun during questioning in the murder trial of music producer Phi...

Many addicts continue to fight their addictions after sentencing under Proposition 36 and are re-arrested. But the good news i...

Forum Column — By Joseph H. Cooper — The fate of Paris Hilton was the subject of considerable debate among a group of prison i...

Forum Column – By Erwin Chemerinsky and Catherine Fisk – The U.S. Supreme Court has adopted a radically different approach for...

The Daily Journal asked two leading constitutional scholars to weigh in on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' showdown with Co...

Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - The flap over the FBI's gathering of personal information about thousands of Americans h...

When the prosecutor's sole goal is getting a conviction, fairness and balance get lost. Just look at the Spector trial. ...