SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court has upheld a California statute aimed at curbing unsolicited e-mail advertisement mess...

LOS ANGELES - Suffering a blow to its Bay Area business, nationwide legal consulting firm Altman Weil Inc. will lose the head ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali to block a demand by state utility...

WASHINGTON - Erwin Chemerinsky was on the phone, calling from Des Moines, Iowa, where he was about to speak to a group of judg...

Appellate Law Practitioner Column by Laura Grisolano and Catherine Valerio Barrad - Even an order that is not appealable still...

Dicta Column by Peter M. Newton - Most law firms assign partners to be associates' mentors and supervisors. It is vital that t...

Employment Column by Craig A. Blumin - The New Year is upon us. It's a time to wash away bad habits and start fresh with good ...

Dicta Column by Leigh Datzker - We are on our way into Year 2 of the 21st century, and the lucky among us are fresh from som...

Dicta Column The Rodent - Remember last year when just about all associates had way too much to do? At that time, the question...

Column by Garry Abrams - Anyone who believes top rank law schools are brutal academic salt mines that routinely push students ...

LOS ANGELES - Music attorney Jay Cooper, formerly of Manatt Phelps & Phillips in Los Angeles, now heads the Los Angeles en...

Focus Column by Michael M. Berger - Santa Monica had a decent idea but had rotten execution. The city's Rent Control Board con...

SAN DIEGO - A bearded, 48-year-old homeless man accused of killing another homeless man in a dispute over a blanket was arraig...

SAN FRANCISCO - David Roseman, the primary outside leasing counsel to San Francisco real estate investment company The Shorens...

LOS ANGELES - A family-oriented channel is at the center of a heated legal battle between two media giants fighting for contro...

Forum Column by Shawn J. Nelson - Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the legality of searches of adult probationers in ...

Focus Column by Ethan K. Friedman - The 4th District Court of Appeal recently took the opportunity to establish a helpful tool...

LOS ANGELES - After five years with the Los Angeles federal public defender's office, Michael J. Proctor is returning to priva...

WASHINGTON - In Washington, D.C., nothing is routine anymore after Sept. 11, when I stood on the roof of an apartment building...

LOS ANGELES - After 16 years on the Superior Court in Los Angeles, Judge Keith L. Groneman may retire next year - or maybe he ...

Dicta Column by Richard J. Simmons - California employment law is expanding as a result of new judicial opinions, statutes and...

WASHINGTON - John Ashcroft was just 220 days into his new job when the world turned upside down. Before the terrorist attacks ...

Dicta Column by Richard J. Simmons - California employment law is expanding as a result of new judicial opinions, statutes and...

Focus Column by Michael M. Berger - Santa Monica had a decent idea but had rotten execution. The city's Rent Control Board co...

Dicta Column by The Rodent - Remember last year when just about all associates had way too much to do? At that time, the quest...

Focus Column by Ethan K. Friedman - The 4th District Court of Appeal recently took the opportunity to establish a helpful tool...

Forum Column by Shawn J. Nelson - Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the legality of searches of adult probationers in ...

LOS ANGELES - Only time will tell how deep a seismic shift the California Supreme Court will experience from the death of Just...

SAN JOSE - The dominant feature of main jury assembly room in Monterey County Superior Court is, in the words of Presiding Jud...

SAN DIEGO - Courts have lagged far behind corporations in moving toward the paperless world of complete computerization, but S...