Land Use Law Practitioner Column - By Daniel J. Curtin Jr., In Utility Cost Mgm't v. Indian Wells Valley Water Dist. , ...

Forum Column - By Bob Cohen, The majority of low-income people in need of legal assistance are unable to afford it. Because of...

LOS ANGELES - A collision on a Los Angeles area freeway early Thursday morning took the life of recently appointed Superior Co...

SAN FRANCISCO - Bankrupt Pacific Gas and Electric Co. filed a $4.1 billion claim against the state Thursday, asserting that a ...

SAN BERNARDINO - He riles prosecutors with his colorful trial briefs, has donned a cape in court as his so-called alter ego, "...

Dicta Column - By David F. Pike, U.S. Supreme Court clerks fraternize with lawyers appearing before the court, parties sit at ...

Land Use Law Practitioner Column - By Daniel J. Curtin Jr., In Utility Cost Mgm't v. Indian Wells Valley Water Dist., 2...

Forum Column - By Bob Cohen, The majority of low-income people in need of legal assistance are unable to afford it. Because of...

SAN FRANCISCO - In the first-ever rejection of mandatory arbitration for telephone disputes, a federal magistrate has invalida...

By Paul O'Brien Ever since about 1965, when I first heard Deputy Barney Fife utter it, I have wondered about the wisdom of th...

SAN JOSE - A Morgan Hill man's lawsuit against bail agents, whom he accused of assault and battery and abuse of process, ended...

LOS ANGELES - The word hamlet may bring to mind a collection of ivy-covered cottages surrounding a village green. In the Phili...

SANTA ANA - The Orange County district attorney's office is considering filing additional felony charges against a former lawy...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled over whether a federal benefits law pre-empts laws in 40 states - includ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to take up a complaint that state insurance regulators are di...

SAN FRANCISCO - Local lawyers Charles Bourdon and Stuart Hanlon will represent Bill and Emily Harris following the former Sym...

By Michael M. Pollak It is not unusual for a dishonest insured to submit a series of fraudulent claims over the years. Some c...

LOS ANGELES - Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, a 125-attorney entertainment, intellectual property and litigation firm, has a...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles jury has rejected a claim that a division of the Walt Disney Co. defrauded and sexually discrimina...

SAN FRANCISCO - Hera, one of two giant dogs involved in the fatal mauling of a Pacific Heights woman, probably will be execute...

Insurance Law Practitioner Column By Kirk A. Pasich In 2001, California appellate courts rendered more than 40 decisions addr...

SAN FRANCISCO -If you pass Judge Richard A. Kramer in a hallway, offer a kind word. His life has suddenly become a lot more co...

SAN FRANCISCO -The judge overseeing Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s bankruptcy, hinting that the company's plan for emerging fr...

Column by Garry Abrams - So now it's accusations of murder - not just a supposedly semi-innocent, nobody-was-hurt, cop-car bom...

LOS ANGELES - A hard-core drug habit escalated over 15 years to leave Pedro Miranda broke and homeless by October 2000. Powerl...

By Ted Hayes The slogan "Justice For The Homeless" is not the agenda of 98 percent of the advocates and activists associated ...

SACRAMENTO - As a top adviser to Senate President Pro Tem John Burton, D-San Francisco, Anthony Williams holds the keys to muc...

Dicta Column - By Paul O'Brien, Ever since about 1965, when I first heard Deputy Barney Fife utter it, I have wondered about t...

Focus Column - By Michael M. Pollak, It is not unusual for a dishonest insured to submit a series of fraudulent claims over th...

Insurance Law Practitioner Column - By Kirk A. Pasich, In 2001, California appellate courts rendered more than 40 decisions ad...