LOS ANGELES - Convicted rapist Richard Minsky had an unusual con going - he got women to have sex with him by phoning them at ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A local journalists' group announced Thursday that it is honoring Chief Justice Ronald M. George for his effor...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously approved new rules Thursday requiring corporate lawyers to ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge backed away Thursday from imposing a gag order in the controversial marijuana cultivation pro...

Forum Column - By John P. McGill - The California Supreme Court's decision in Jimenez v. Superior Court, 29 Cal. 4th 47...

SAN FRANCISCO - A retrial of a police brutality lawsuit against Humboldt County officials stemming from an infamous incident i...

SAN FRANCISCO - It is sometimes said that Bob Crone would rather be out hunting wild turkeys. However, he's best known to the ...

LOS ANGELES - When attorney Michael S. Fields found himself in court, just three months after passing the Bar Exam, he turned ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Maybe the State Bar should go back to manual typewriters. Tuesday, a temporary technical glitch in part of the...

Focus Column - Entertainment Law - By Harrison J. Dossick - Napster may be dead, but illegal file sharing of copyright sound r...

SAN FRANCISCO - Police who questioned a suspect after he told them, "I think I would like to talk to a lawyer" didn't violate...

SAN FRANCISCO - Saying "I think I would like to talk to a lawyer" does not necessarily mean a suspect wants a lawyer, and poli...

LOS ANGELES - Ontario-based Mag Instrument Inc. has won a major copy protection victory and a monetary award by the Osaka Dis...

SAN FRANCISCO - In 1989, Mary C. Dunlap, fighting for tenure for professor Eleanor Swift, went directly from a Boalt Hall ral...

LOS ANGELES - California Assemblyman Todd Spitzer, R-Orange, has joined Irvine business law firm Alvarado, Smith & Sanche...

SAN FRANCISCO - Edward Rosenthal's steady stream of media interviews defending medical marijuana during his federal trial for...

Forum Column - By Charles E. Rice - The U.S. Supreme Court has the last word, but for now, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appea...

LOS ANGELES - Newport Beach couple John and Christy Clarey shared a family, their multimillion-dollar company - and even thei...

Column By Garry Abrams - The University of California thinks it can get faster justice and more money in a California state co...

Reporter's Notebook By Craig Anderson SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Thomas Hansen, who took over this mon...

SAN FRANCISCO - After a long, involved courtship, San Francisco insolvency and bankruptcy firm Murphy, Sheneman, Julian &...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether employers can be held liable for harassment c...

ORANGE - Caught in the unrelenting gaze of three justices from the 4th District Court of Appeal, the lawyer paused in awkward ...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo finds himself in an unusual position for a high-profile lawyer and p...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Westlands Water District, a frequent target of environmentalists for its aggressive efforts to secure irr...

LOS ANGELES - When Vicki M. Roberts ran for a judge's seat in 2000, she garnered endorsements from across Los Angeles, from c...

SAN FRANCISCO - An East Bay trial lawyers group has named Alameda County Superior Court Judge David Hunter and retired Contra...

VENTURA - It may not bring him back from wherever he has fled to, but Andrew Luster, now a convicted date-rapist, could lose ...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court justices on Wednesday struggled over how to resolve a challenge by drug manufacturers to a Mai...

Focus Column - Litigation - By Rex S. Heinke and Sandra M. Lee - Suppose you represent a client who is being investigated by a...