In a win for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's policy agenda, a Sacramento appellate panel has ruled that the state's political wat...

SAN FRANCISCO - Nixon Peabody finally landed its sought-after West Coast life sciences and biotechnology partner last week in ...

FOCUS COLUMN - By David S. Gehrig - In June, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Michaelis v. Superior Court, ...

RICHMOND - It's not often that a lifelong Democrat and "do-gooder" from the public defender's office gets elevated to the benc...

MURRIETA - She might be sentencing someone to life in prison, but Judge Judith Clark does it so politely that some attorneys s...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the nation's leading investment banks should be immune from two class ...

FORUM COLUMN - By Claudette G. Wilson, Michael S. Kalt and Krista M. Cabrera - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's post-election comm...

SAN JOSE - Margaret Kemp has made a smooth transition from a career as a San Mateo County Superior Court judge to her new job ...

LOS ANGELES - When Donna Durando and her husband, James Durando, decided to start a family 25 years ago, they began by adoptin...

LOS ANGELES - Attorney Bert Deixler has a knack for bringing people together.

SAN FRANCISCO - A fifth death penalty case has been marred by the work of a former San Francisco private investigator under su...

SAN BERNARDINO - San Bernardino County has agreed to pay a developer $102 million to settle a fierce and lengthy legal fight o...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court judge delivered a scathing reprimand Thursday to a homicide prosecutor who discussed a case w...

EMPLOYMENT COLUMN - By E. George Joseph - Retaliation claims are becoming prevalent and the reason is simple. Proving a claim ...

FORUM COLUMN - By Dan Stormer and Anne Richardson - As we plan for the busy holiday season ahead, it is easy to forget that no...

FOCUS COLUMN - By S. Christian Platt, Aslan Baghdadi and Jeremy Livianu - On Nov. 28, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments i...

LOS ANGELES - In 2000, nine of every 10 dollars raised in initial public offerings by foreign companies were raised in the Uni...

SAN FRANCISCO - A law firm that investigated possible options backdating violations for Brocade Communications Systems Inc. wa...

SAN JOSE - Hewlett-Packard Co. agreed Thursday to pay a $14.5 million fine and implement internal reforms to resolve civil cla...

LOS ANGELES - Bantita Rackchamroon was 21-years-old when a roller coaster called Scream cut her life short during a test run i...

SAN FRANCISCO - How do you, at 31, become the youngest person in your firm's 48-year history to make equity partner?

LOS ANGELES - A Glendale attorney was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday for scheming to conceal assets during the bankrupt...

SAN FRANCISCO - South San Francisco attorney Richard Drury's career has spanned two interests that have not historically been ...

FOCUS COLUMN - By Krista M. Cabrera and Lois M. Kosch - An employer knowingly hires an illegal immigrant whom it later lays off.

LOS ANGELES - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed eight new judges, four Democrats and four Republicans, to the bench Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles raked in $1.6 billion from criminal and civil cases for its recently e...

After a bitter fee dispute six years ago, notable South Bay criminal defense attorney James McNair Thompson quit representing ...

SACRAMENTO - Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata is expected to name newly elected Sen. Ellen Corbett chairwoman of the Judici...

LOS ANGELES - Islands Restaurants dodged a major bullet when its attorneys helped the chain block a wage-and-hour class action...

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing arguments in what may be the most important sex-based pay discrimination case...