By focusing on low-level crack cocaine cases, federal prosecutors divert resources from pursuing the kingpin operators who are...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeal has handed a crucial, if temporary, victory to pharmacies and other plaintiffs who sued to sta...

The annual fundraiser/rock concert, now in its 12th year, will feature British new wave band The Psychedelic Furs, best known ...

A San Francisco federal judge filed an order Monday that the plaintiff challenging a ban on firearms in city public housing mu...

A proposed ballot measure to outlaw gay marriage favors maintaining the status quo above equality and respect, write Stacy D. ...

Supplying services from within China raises thorny issues of law and practice, write Lothar Determann and Allan Marson. - Focu...

A federal judge has allowed prominent litigator Patricia Glaser to continue leading the defense of her indicted law partner at...

A report released last week by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, assigning blame for three devastatin...

James Rogan, nominated to the Central District of California, and Michael Anello, a nominee to the Southern District, are just...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the city of Los Angeles must pay a jury award of $5 million each to th...

Workers' compensation defense firm Goldman, Magdalin & Krikes acquired the Law Offices of Timothy P. Nye and Associates in...

The State Bar Board of Governors, it appears, are gluttons for punishment. On Friday, the group elected an attorney as its new...

A San Jose-based technology company is betting it can win large settlements from about 30 different corporations it says is in...

Middle school officials violated the constitutional rights of a 13-year-old girl by subjecting her to a fruitless strip search...

Arbitration, that once staid arena of American law where very little seemed to happen is really hopping these days, writes Dan...

When used during litigation, e-mail often drastically escalates conflict in ways none of us fully appreciate, writes Victoria ...

After a fiercely contested seven-week trial, a federal court jury Friday began deliberations to decide if Mattel owns the popu...

The former chair of DLA Piper's labor and employment practice section in Los Angeles, Jon D. Meer, has left his firm of six ye...

A recent ruling in which Rhode Island sought billions of dollars for lead paint abatement presents important implications for ...

Attorneys for Terry N. Christensen on Friday disputed a last-minute claim by prosecutors that Patricia Glaser, his lead defens...

Web Exclusive - U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer on Friday refused to allow a large part of the case against Countrywide F...

Ruling on a summary judgment motion, a federal judge on Friday knocked down a $140 million patent infringement claim against C...

Just as he shapes his golf shots to stay out of the rough, juvenile court Judge Harry M. Elias crafts his court decisions to g...

When the county's flagship hospital moves into its gleaming, new facility as expected this fall, the crucial institution will ...

California Should Keep Protecting the Insured

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has named Raymond Ceragioli, 75, of Rancho Palos Verdes, to the State Council on Developmental Disa...

If you need further proof of mediation burrowing its way into mainstream culture, just turn your radio dial.

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

Edmund Willcox Clarke Jr. is back in the court where he tried his first case. This time he's the judge. ...

Alameda County Judge Cecilia Castellanos defied her mother's warning and went to law school where she learned the adversarial ...