SAN JOSE - A San Jose federal judge has denied a motion by Google Inc. to declare that its lucrative keyword advertising does ...

SAN JOSE - Modesto attorney Gary S. Davis' mediation career started by accident. Now, as he winds down his practice, it has be...

LOS ANGELES - Santa Barbara police are being trained in the fine points of making disturbing-the-peace arrests as part of the ...

Letter to the Editor - In his March 27 column ("Sentencing Bill Would Worsen State's Prison Crisis"), San Francisco Public Def...

Focus Column - By Robert D. "Bo" Links - An experienced mediator teaches hard-nosed litigators the beauty of apologies. ...

LOS ANGELES - A music-royalty-collecting group announced Thursday that it will discuss "mutually beneficial business arrangeme...

WASHINGTON - Embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales appeared to contradict the testimony of fired San Diego U.S. Attorney...

Suspensions - Cartelli, Michael A., La Canada Flintridge Johnson, Stephen Wayne, Huntington Beach McGrew, Francis Joseph, Oa...

Web Exclusive - The Court of Appeal affirmed Wednesday that San Francisco’s 23-year-old affirmative action law runs counter to...

In a class action, Whittier attorney John J. Eardley is targeting the makers and retailers of a chemical found in everyday pro...

SAN FRANCISCO - California judges may be allowed to send letters on behalf of colleagues under investigation for judicial misc...

Forum Column - By John Burton and Miriam Aroni Krinsky - In a move that surely will harm America's most vulnerable people, the...

SAN FRANCISCO - General-practice law firms are structuring multidisciplinary groups to counsel an array of clients that might ...

LOS ANGELES - Electronic discovery experts are quick to point out what can go wrong if lawyers don't have a strong strategy in...

LOS ANGELES - It's been less than six months since the U.S. Supreme Court amended its Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to addr...

SACRAMENTO - Lawyers for an insurance trade group hailed an administrative law opinion this week that barred the Department of...

Focus Column - By John A. Sturgeon - OK, you lost in the trial court. Don't make it worse by appealing the case without thinki...

The Roberts Court marked its first truly defining moment Wednesday when it upheld the constitutionality of the federal Partial...

Widespread confusion persists more than two years after voters limited California's Unfair Competition Law by passing Proposit...

SAN FRANCISCO - What would you do if your boss hounded you about how you smell? A woman who claims she had no control over the...

A Swiss historian wants to learn more about a top-secret anti-communist operation in Europe financed and run by the CIA and NA...

Daniel Weinstein, a retired San Francisco Superior Court judge and JAMS mediator known for his philanthropic work, is donating...

LOS ANGELES - Co-founder of the Italian American Lawyers Association and Los Angeles-based sole practitioner August G. Carloni...

Focus Column - By Sherwin Root - Courts around the country are split on whether plaintiffs may assert class claims for resciss...

Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - An education lawyer writes that, despite federal mandates, many needy children are not get...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles jeans manufacturer must pay a New York apparel company $50 million in compensatory and punitive da...

A state appellate court finds a law designed to give Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa partial control of the L.A. school...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County's former litigation cost manager is seeking $2.2 million in damages from the county for wrong...

Orange County Superior Court Judge Randall J. Sherman, a civil litigator for 26 years, is getting up to speed with his crimina...

WASHINGTON - The banking industry and the federal government prevailed over all 50 states and consumer groups in a closely wat...