Forum Colum - By Marjorie Cohn - In anticipation of hard questions that Alberto Gonzales will face at his attorney general con...

Focus Column - Appellate Law - By Lisa M. Baird and Andrea M. Schoor - It had ethos, pathos and punch. As some commentators ha...

Letter to the Editor - Sheppard Mullin, a full-service American Lawyer 100 law firm based in Los Angeles with 400 attorneys in...

A memorial service for retired appellate court Justice William A. Reppy will take place Jan. 13 in Montecito. Reppy, who serve...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court appeared skeptical Tuesday that Bing Crosby's communications with his attorneys ...

SANTA BARBARA - A Superior Court judge Tuesday upheld a $5.6 million verdict against the Santa Barbara County planning departm...

SAN DIEGO - In a decision with potentially far-reaching consequences, a state appellate court ruled Tuesday that an insurance ...

LOS ANGELES - The first appellate arguments aimed at determining whether Proposition 64 can be invoked retroactively to throw ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel has leaped live rattlesnakes and stacks of cars, but he failed to get past a...

LOS ANGELES - The 2nd District Court of Appeal issued an emergency stay Tuesday blocking the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los...

OAKLAND - Alameda County Superior Court Judge Trina Thompson Stanley ran track in high school and still considers herself a "...

SAN FRANCISCO - It wasn't a return of the dot-com boom, but most Bay Area law firms reported impressive financial results in ...

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Superior Court Monday released details of the record $100-million settlement between the Diocese...

Focus Column - Litigation - By Steven A. Ellis, Robert A. Holland and David R. Carpenter - On Nov. 2, 2004, California voters ...

Forum Column - By David Kadue and Emanuel Shirazi - Conventional wisdom assumes that employees injured by Labor Code violation...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Monday gave the Los Angeles County sheriff a month to negotiate with an outspoken lay chaplain b...

SAN JOSE - Veteran Santa Clara County prosecutor David Howe was promoted Monday to assistant district attorney in a management...

LOS ANGELES - Services are pending for William A. Reppy, a retired 2nd District Court of Appeal justice. Reppy, who also serve...

SAN FRANCISCO - Nearly a year after his unprecedented rise to the state's top office, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger picked a spot...

SACRAMENTO - Two Sacramento lawyer-lawmakers have been mentioned as top contenders for the open congressional seat created by ...

SANTA ANA - Jury selection began in Orange County Superior Court on Monday in a rare case of alleged reverse discrimination th...

Column By Garry Abrams - Just in time to help with New Year's resolutions, as well as strike a blow for states' rights, the 9t...

SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Commissioner Deborah Ryan does not stay long in one place. The child of an Air Force officer, Ry...

SAN JOSE - Advocates of opening dependency court proceedings, stymied in the state Legislature, are trying a new tactic in San...

SAN FRANCISCO - A paralytic drug to be injected into condemned California inmate Donald J. Beardslee during his execution Jan....

SAN FRANCISCO - Gary Benton, a co-founder and former managing partner of Coudert Brothers' Palo Alto office, has left to join ...

Warner Music has announced it is selling its sheet music and educational materials division to a family-owned music book publi...

INSTITUTIONAL SAN FRANCISCO - Shaw Road Properties LLC purchased a 38,458-square-foot warehouse building located at 358 Shaw ...

The Elvis Presley estate is getting all shook up, thanks in part to a group of Los Angeles lawyers. Entertainment impresario R...

The 12 days before Christmas proved particularly hectic for Bart Greenberg. The corporate transactions partner moved from Pres...