Thelen filed a Chapter 7 petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, becoming the second San Francisco law firm to go bankrupt since De...

The state of California submitted a plan to reduce its prison population Friday, but the numbers it proposed are nowhere near ...

Patrick Coughlin, co-founder of Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP asks: Where is the SEC on current enforcement? ...

While the Legislature recently rejected the idea of expanding oil and gas drilling in state waters to boost state revenues, th...

Cynthia Kaiser for Rutan & Tucker LLP says take time to join organizations and social media networking Web sites; it pays ...

The son of a Ford River Rouge auto plant worker, Chris Reynolds now helps oversee Toyota's legal department. ...

Advising a Korean company looking to buy an American business with German subsidiaries made for plenty of sleepless nights for...

Greta Hansen, former fellow of ACLU, says look to the Berkeley Unified School District to achieve student diversity. ...

Gregg Garfinkel of Nemecek & Cole says failure to properly execute a lien could subject warehousemen to civil liability. ...

Steven Otto of Law Office of Steven Edward Otto says when possible, avoid work on property prior to financing. ...

In a move that highlights the heavy pressure on law firms to break from the billable hour, several major U.S. firms have annou...

Asserting that "unprecedented" complaints against some members leave it no other choice, the State Bar on Friday released the ...

A Democratic bill to reauthorize parts of the Patriot Act could also resurrect dozens of civil cases against telecommunication...

Judge Ruben B. Brooks, presiding federal magistrate in San Diego, loves cases that 'make my head hurt.' ...

As a criminal defense lawyer, Philip F. Stanger took on the tough cases other attorneys didn't want to handle. Now he handles ...

Joseph Spirito, Jr., President of South Bay Bar Association, voices support for actions taken by the judiciary in tough econo...

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...

Superior Court Judge Harvey A. Silberman allegedly utilized a court commissioner as an intermediary to offer a bribe to a poli...

Judge Debra Cole-Hall grew up in Mississippi during the civil rights movement. As she watched African-Americans struggle to vo...

The Obama administration announced Thursday it will pay out $25 million in grants for the development of alternatives to the m...

Need for tax experts is spreading across the board. ...

Toyota Motor Corp. has failed again in its efforts to seal a lawsuit claiming that it concealed evidence pertaining to deadly ...

The State Bar has declined to investigate a former Bush administration lawyer for his role in authorizing extreme interrogatio...

Mary Panetta, a legal management expert, suggests using existing in-house information streams for law firm marketing. ...

Fred Silberberg of Silberberg & Ross says appointment of minor's counsel is becoming a disturbing practice in family court...

Kenneth P. Strongman works past the high emotions of failed plans and partnerships to help warring parties settle their disput...

A federal prosecutor struggled to rescue the government's perjury case against Giants slugger Barry Bonds Thursday, arguing to...

A federal judge on Thursday suggested that an attorney for former Bush administration leaders is relying on the state secrets ...

Although California's prison inmates lead the nation with a 70 percent recidivism rate, the state Department of Corrections an...

The same-sex partner of an LAPD officer killed in last year's Metrolink crash will receive her deceased partner's pension even...