Forum Column - By Pamela E. Dunn and Daniel J. Koes - Rare is it that a party gets punished for a trial-court victory. But tha...

Letter to the Editor - I write to correct some misleading insinuations in the article about the U.S. attorney's office and to ...

Henry Su is the latest partner to join Howrey Simon Arnold & White's intellectual property practice in Menlo Park. Su, who...

WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee may have convened Thursday to approve chief justice nominee John G. Roberts Jr., ...

SAN JOSE - Aaron Persky, a psychiatrist's son who was assigned last fall to be a judge in Santa Clara County's drug court, ha...

Forum Column - By Devallis Rutledge - It's been a hundred years since the Supreme Court created the federal exclusionary rule ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a San Francisco man can be convicted of three diffe...

LOS ANGELES - Richard Coleman jokingly calls himself a "recovering trial lawyer." But get the 70-year-old mediator talking, an...

LOS ANGELES - If you passed the bar in 1998 or later, Eliot Disner probably wants to represent you. Disner's behind of a pair...

LOS ANGELES -Federal prosecutors decided earlier this week not to seek the death penalty against four alleged gang members ac...

LOS ANGELES -MacLaren Children's Center, the home for abused and neglected children that was shuttered two years ago followin...

SACRAMENTO - The price of inaction is going up. Starting in 2006, inactive members of the California State Bar will see their...

Focus Column - Tax Law - By Boyd D. Hudson and Robert A. Yahiro - Business owners frequently own real estate and other busines...

LOS ANGELES -A group of lawyers has joined forces with the American Red Cross to teach other lawyers and law students how to ...

OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO - In a joint venture, Lexington Corporate Properties Trust purchased a Class A office building in the Sou...

Employment Column - By Ruth Silver Taube - Congress enacted the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. Sec...

OFFICE PASADENA - Broadreach Capital Partners LLC purchased Pasadena Tech Center, a 231,000-square-foot office building at 46...

SAN FRANCISCO - It didn't take long for a lawsuit to catch up with Fremont police when a suspect died after repeated blasts fr...

Forum Column - By Richard Mac Bride - According to recent polls, a majority of Californians are worried about illegal immigrat...

Focus Column - Corporate Law - By Jeffrey M. Rawitz and Alexander Frid - Hardly a week passes without a news story about theft...

SAN FRANCISCO - Eleven companies that allegedly helped create one of California's oldest Superfund sites have agreed to pay m...

LOS ANGELES - Hoping to get a jump on insurance carriers who might deny Hurricane Katrina-related claims, lawyers have filed ...

SAN FRANCISCO - People accused of killing white people are more likely to be sentenced to death in California than other homi...

LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury in Los Angeles handed down a three-count indictment late Wednesday against an owner of a ch...

WASHINGTON - Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., announced Wednesday that she will join the growing ranks of Democrats who plan to ...

Column - By Garry Abrams - "You're poor, Patty. You're poor." With those chilling words allegedly uttered by her mother, Barba...

LOS ANGELES - A member of a Russian Orthodox order whose adherents forbid pictures of themselves must be photographed to obtai...

SAN FRANCISCO - Inventors can pool together their patents and license them as long as the patent holders don't force buyers t...

SAN FRANCISCO - An Alameda County judge has awarded $3.5 million in fees to attorneys who defended a former Lawrence Livermor...

OFFICE SAN DIEGO - CarrAmerica Realty Corp. purchased Chancellor Park, a two-building, 195,733-square-foot, Class A office pr...