SAN FRANCISCO - Reporters for two of the state's biggest newspapers may be pressed to cough up anonymous sources by two San F...

SAN DIEGO - In what lawyers said was a rare move, a Vista Superior Court judge on Wednesday dismissed charges against a Fallbr...

IRVINE - A bill designed to simplify the transfer of real property on death by eliminating probate is unnecessary and confusin...

SAN FRANCISCO - A man convicted of trying to scare off would-be neighbors in the Mojave Desert will get another chance to pro...

SAN BERNARDINO - Officials and businessmen convicted in a late-1990s fraud-and-bribery scandal must pay San Bernardino County...

LOS ANGELES - David Rosen acknowledged on the witness stand Tuesday that the costs of an extravagant Hollywood gala thrown in ...

LOS ANGELES - A group of media companies agreed Tuesday to return sealed documents related to the Roman Catholic sexual-abuse ...

SACRAMENTO - In a little more than two weeks, Alison Daw will trade the familiar comforts of a career in the U.S. attorney's ...

SACRAMENTO - A group of California judges and lawyers Tuesday denounced the long confirmation process of U.S. Court of Appeals...

SAN FRANCISCO - Michael Lawson, a former managing partner and long-time litigator with Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, has left ...

LOS ANGELES - The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a request by District Attorney Steve Cooley and...

LOS ANGELES - The ACLU Tuesday filed a discrimination suit in Los Angeles federal court against Union Bank of California and ...

SANTA ANA - When John S. Adams began his write-in candidacy in 2002 to replace a sitting judge, he was told he had two chance...

SAN FRANCISCO - Coudert Brothers has threatened to take action against Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe over a raid on its ...

LOS ANGELES - The day should have been a celebration. Accused of being terrorists and locked up for 31/2 years for visa fraud,...

INDUSTRIAL NEWPORT BEACH - Colton Paramount LLC purchased a storage outlet on a 2.75-acre site at 7752 Jackson St. from Stora...

Focus Column - Corporate Law - By Louis R. Dienes - In VantagePoint Venture Partners 1996 v. Examen Inc. , 2005 Del. LEXIS 179...

Forum Column - By Stephen R. Barnett - State Bar dues are soaring again. The bar has a bonanza dues bill moving through the Le...

Forum Column - By Deborah England - On April 15, music industry mogul David Geffen settled his three-year legal battle with th...

Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - Michael P. Carbone - As mediation has become the preferred way to settle or av...

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris threw her support Tuesday behind proposed legislation that would...

Column - By Valerie Fontaine - Congratulations on passing the State Bar Exam. Take some well-deserved time off to celebrate be...

QUESTION 1 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW A State X statute prohibits the retail sale of any gasoline that does not include at least 10 p...

LOS ANGELES - Daar & Newman's Petra Korn, a German lawyer who has tenaciously pursued her dream of practicing in the Unit...

QUESTION 6 WILLS & TRUSTS In 2003, Sam executed a valid testamentary trust, naming Tom as trustee. The terms of the trust...

Performance Test B QUESTION Law Offices of Alejandro Ruz and Rena Tishman The Canyons, Columbia MEMORANDUM To: A pplicant From...

QUESTION 2 CONTRACTS PC manufactures computers. Mart operates electronics stores. On Aug. 1, after some preliminary discussio...

QUESTION 5 REAL PROPERTY Alice and Bill were cousins, and they bought a house. Their deed of title provided that they were "jo...

QUESTION 3 CORPORATIONS Molly and Ruth were partners in the operation of a dry cleaning store. Recent government environmenta...

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