SAN FRANCISCO - When David P. Bancroft and Richard J. Sideman left their jobs as assistant U.S. attorneys in 1978, they were b...

LOS ANGELES - When attorney Linda House watched tears roll down the cheeks of a married couple after they won the right to ado...

Forum Column - Recall for a moment what time was like when you were in grade school. A three-month long summer vacation stretc...

SAN FRANCISCO - The seventh lawyer has now come and gone from the high-profile trial of Susan Polk, the woman recently convict...

Letter to the Editor - Mel Gibson's colleagues have come to his defense with the explanation that it is his addiction which ac...

Focus Column - George Bernard Shaw once wrote that "no question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvio...

SACRAMENTO - Three trade groups for the insurance industry are fighting new state regulations that change the way auto insurer...

RIVERSIDE - Saying that the University of California may be violating free speech rights, a federal judge has rejected the uni...

LOS ANGELES - Nearly seven months after ordering an investigation of the nation's troubled immigration courts, Attorney Genera...

Whether he's shepherding cases through his courtroom or contemplating his own life path, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Denn...

SACRAMENTO - Three trade groups for the insurance industry are fighting new state regulations that change the way auto insurer...

Forum Column - During the recent heat wave that swept California, many of the people who perished from the extreme heat were s...

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for a man wrongfully convicted of murder are asking that the judge who recommended his release be allo...

A wrenching internal battle for the soul of the Sierra Club culminated two years ago in a victory for the group's old guard. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A 61-year-old ex-shipyard worker who is dying of asbestos-related cancer won $10 million in damages Monday, t...

SAN DIEGO - A judge Tuesday ordered the release of 100 hours of recorded raw conversations among traders at energy companies t...

SAN FRANCISCO - One summer day last year, FBI agents paid a visit to the home of freelance videographer Josh Wolf. But it wasn...

The Central Civil West Courthouse will be closed at least until the end of the week, following a major power outage from an el...

CONCORD - A Concord criminal defense attorney is facing possible disbarment, accused of stealing nearly $80,000 by dipping int...

An appellate panel criticized an Irvine law firm Tuesday for not playing fair while defending a company against an employee's ...

Forum Column - In the article "On the Roberts Court, the Police Get More Freedom" (Daily Journal, July 21), Professor Erwin Ch...

SACRAMENTO - For the first time, three labor unions have made the state's top 10 list of money spent on lobbying. ...

Focus Column - John Paul Murphy, a store manager of Kenneth Cole Productions, resigned from his position in 2002 after a frien...

Letter to the Editor - The recent article, "Students Flock to Do Public Service" (Daily Journal, July 27), should remind lawye...

SanDisk to Pay $1.55 Billion For Israel-Based Msystems

TENTATIVE SETTLEMENT - On the day jury selection was scheduled to start, attorneys in the PCO v. Shapiro case reached a tentat...

The far-off Pacific island of Bougainville is no stranger to major historical events. There, in World War II, American fighter...

SAN FRANCISCO - The national labor and employment law firm Littler Mendelson announced Monday the acquisition of San Jose-base...

Focus Column - The government giveth and the government taketh away." This phrase pretty well sums up the Supreme Court's rece...

SACRAMENTO - Sloat, Higgins, Jensen & Associates is not a firm familiar to most lawyers in California. ...