By Toni Vranjes Nevada Journal Staff Writer Pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has dropped its appeal of a case it...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a move that ensures Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel will eventually appear in civil court to face liabilit...

LOS ANGELES - No matter who wins the mayoral race, Big Money's influence on politics will continue to be a festering issue in ...

By Russ Nichols Nevada Journal Staff Writer People's increasing suspicion of their food supply is heightening the popularity ...

SAN FRANCISCO - No one's hiding his head in the sand at General Counsel Associates in Palo Alto. Members of the 22-lawyer Sili...

SAN FRANCISCO - The White House has not yet worked out a formal system for evaluating judicial nominees, but that has not stop...

What is the "crime of aggression," and why doesn't the United States want the International Criminal Court to punish it? The U...

SANTA ANA - State attorney general staffers are surprised that an Orange County homicide prosecutor's firing occurred in part ...

SAN FRANCISCO - He had been with Foley & Lardner for less than a year, but lawyers there say the loss of Peter Ferris has ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Palo Alto lawyer who was "blinded by greed" has been ordered by a federal judge to repay roughly $200,000 of...

Allowing two mediators to work as a team in a mediation can be very beneficial to clients. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Morrison & Foerster, the last of the Bay Area's biggest firms to announce its salary plans, will be forgoi...

LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors argued Monday against a fifth postponement of the April 30 trial of former Symbionese Liberation Arm...

LOS ANGELES - "Bye, Ali." It was a fitting send-off to U.S. Attorney Alejandro N. Mayorkas from "Hollywood madam" Heidi Fleiss...

CHINO - The mother of two former students sued the Chino Valley Unified School District, claiming the district discriminated a...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Monday ruled against the city of Los Angeles, allowing a man to pursue his civil rights lawsu...

SAN FRANCISCO - A panel of special masters has determined that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patrick B. Murphy, who attende...

SACRAMENTO - For more than 15 years convicted hatchet murderer Kevin Cooper has insisted he is innocent, and lately he has ask...

By Toni Vranjes Nevada Journal Staff Writer The food and the decor at the hundreds of eateries owned by restaurant chain Buff...

SAN FRANCISCO - Fallout from the fatal dog mauling case involving San Francisco attorney Robert Noel has ramifications for a p...

By David Houston Nevada Journal Staff Writer A lawyer repeatedly sent threatening e-mail messages to opposing counsel after l...

LOS ANGELES - Political theater surrounding the city elections reached a crescendo Monday as city attorney candidate Lea Purwi...

* Employment Law * By Sue Bendavid-Arbiv and Stacey Liakas Throughout the nation, drug testing has become increasingly preval...

Lawyers who don't get enough law during working hours can now get more than enough from TV. ...

LOS ANGELES - Eighteen months after Steven Bochco sued 20th Century Fox for breach of contract, the TV studio's parent company...

San Francisco-based law firms cleaned up at the 2001 Legal Marketing Association's Your Honor Awards. The Chicago-based profes...

Everyone has an exit strategy. For most, this seems to take the form of some nebulous dream career that they plan to pursue af...

Say it ain't so, Heidi-Ho. The saga of Heidi Fleiss continues, with the Hollywood madam lunging back into the news March 29. T...

The ever-expanding Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati opened a new site for its Japanese clients on March 26. The new site i...

The San Francisco office of Los Angeles' Cox Castle & Nicholson added a pair of lawyers from Alden Aronovsky & Sax, a ...