Dennis P. Saccuzzo said he believes chess techniques can make better law students - and ultimately, better lawyers.

A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.

For years, plaintiffs around the world have pursued defamation claims in the U.K., but now Parliament is contemplating reform ...

Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary Ross Stores Inc. ...

An anti-abortion petition drive similar to a failed effort in Mississippi has started in California. ...

AB 1149 and AB 341 reaffirm California's commitment to curbside recycling. By Caroline Lee of UC Berkeley School of Law ...

Why this type of call data should not be accepted as reliable evidence of a defendant's guilt. By Michael Cherry, Edward J. Im...

New attorneys: How to make your first court appearance a success. By Benjamin Taylor of Miller Barondess LLP ...

Instead of a new lawsuit, consider this alternative when your judgment against a corporation is worthless. By Ryan J. Meckfess...

Months after Solyndra plunged into bankruptcy, the Department of Energy's loan guarantee program is still under intense scruti...

Whatever the ultimate outcome of the Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban appeal, there will be no decision announced for at le...

Fresno judges sparred with county officals over the legal definition of the word "capacity" to ensure they're in compliance wi...

In the first test of California's attorney admissions standards in years, the state Supreme Court will have to weigh whether f...

Federal approval of California's cuts to health care spending on the poor should not kill the U.S. Supreme Court case dealing ...

Illinois plaintiffs' firm Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd LLC has opened an office in San Francisco, their fi...

With mandatory furloughs, layoffs and other austerity measures already dampening the spirits in some of California's federal c...

In lawsuits related to the Heller Ehrman LLP bankruptcy, a San Francisco federal judge must decide where the limits to a bankr...

Judge David V. Herriford, who conducts and archives interviews with senior citizens, prizes personal growth.

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

Greenberg Traurig, LLP added Dana S. Treister as shareholder in Los Angeles. She focuses on transactional real estate matters,...

Judge Yvette M. Palazuelos is a trial court workhorse and leads her court on lunch jogs.

Law firms, which redeployed their CMBS dealmaking teams earlier this year when it looked like the market was heating back up, ...

James C. Emerson, who retired from the Santa Clara County Superior Court bench early last year, likes settling cases - and att...

A trial attorney crosses paths with some notable San Francisco characters from the 60s and 70s. By Michael Berger of Resolutio...

Expert witnesses on opposite sides, who were also friends, compete for the jury's attention. By Lee Ross of Fox News ...

Macedonia wrestles with whether or not to adopt compulsory mediation. By Michael R. Diliberto of ADR Services Inc. ...

Going by way of the French - should we impose a Good Samaritan law that criminalizes a person's failure to come to the rescue?...

The U.S. Supreme Court built in some loopholes for President George W. Bush in 2004 even as it limited his wartime powers , As...