LOS ANGELES - Though med-arb, a mix of mediation and arbitration, is getting attention, some lawyers say it doesn't sit well w...

Whether they realize it or not, lawyers are writers, artisans hired to compose enlightening pleadings, ingenious contracts and...

BURBANK - Eleanor Oths Barr started mediating when she was 35 and found herself in competition with retired judges who had spe...

WASHINGTON - Though the Pamela Vitale murder trial is likely to conclude in the next few weeks, Los Angeles attorn...

The U.S. Department of State should not have ditched a senior foreign service officer when he got into a car accident in Russi...

SAN JOSE - A federal judge has dismissed a class action filed by California counties alleging that a group of pharmaceutical c...

An old gravel pond used by the city of Healdsburg to help filter treated sewage is subject to the federal Clean Water Act, the...

SAN FRANCISCO - The fate of 17 cases from around the country alleging that phone companies helped the government eavesdrop on ...

SAN FRANCISCO - On the YouTube Web site, viewers can catch a snippet of John Stewart on "The Daily Show," review French soccer...

Forum Column - A funny thing happened to a friend of mine on her way to preserving a precious piece of American history. ...

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 Mond...

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 ...