SAN FRANCISCO - When she graduates from Stanford Law School this spring, Shakti Belway will head not to a big law firm but to...

LOS ANGELES - While many poor and disabled people throughout Los Angeles thank local nonprofit law firm Bet Tzedek for helping...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Los Angeles federal judge freed state prison inmate Brian A. Buckley on habeas corpus two years ago, agreei...

INDUSTRIAL WEST HILLS - Gold Point Transportation Inc. signed a five-year, $3.13 million lease for 5.88 acres of industrial sp...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in a closely watched right-to-die case, possibly clearing the w...

LOS ANGELES - Two thousand janitors on Monday celebrated a $22.4 million overtime pay settlement with supermarket chains Safe...

Book Review - By Richard M. Mosk - Having so much knowledge about and contact with Gov. Pat Brown, either directly or through ...

Much of the debate about tort reform has focused on limiting noneconomic damages to $250,000. The traditional argument in favo...

Focus Column - International Law - By C. Matthew Schulz - New rules for permanent employment certification applications promis...

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - In a move that has raised some eyebrows, the San Bernardino public defender's office has hired a lawyer wh...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that police use of a drug-sniffing dog during a routine traffic stop does not v...

SAN DIEGO - Five residents filed suit against San Diego County on Monday, alleging that they and thousands of other low-income...

LOS ANGELES - U.S. Attorney Debra Yang and Police Chief William Bratton tag-teamed Monday to announce a new task force aimed ...

SAN DIEGO - An insurance company must cover San Diego's costs for outside counsel in a case that led to a $94.5 million jury v...

SAN FRANCISCO - A huge Central Valley irrigation district, concluding its chances of a U.S. Supreme Court review were "extrao...

SAN DIEGO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday appointed two veteran civil lawyers to the San Diego Superior Court bench. T...

LOS ANGELES - A federal jury in Brooklyn has convicted former San Diego stock trader Amr Elgindy of multiple securities-fraud ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A sharply divided California Supreme Court refused Monday to rein in a state parole board that almost never r...

SAN FRANCISCO - A convicted Los Angeles cop killer who asked for a lawyer during police interrogation failed to properly invo...

Column - By Garry Abrams - Get ready for a star-studded revival of the right-to-die debate, thanks to actor-director Clint Eas...

LOS ANGELES - John Migliaccio was retired and 73 when he and his wife, Carmen, paid $43,000 for a deferred annuity from Midlan...

Family law attorney Leslie Ellen Shear says she's still "troubled" by an appellate court's decision, even though the ruling wa...

With the birth of their new, partner-only corporate boutique, Lee Weinberg and Louis Dienes say they can offer clients somethi...

IRVINE - It didn't take Dean Zipser long to figure out that he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps. As a boy, Zipser of...

The fast-growing San Diego office of Philadelphia's Duane Morris kicked off the new year by adding real estate attorney Julie ...

The city of Lodi hired attorney Michael C. Donovan in 1996 to force local businesses and their insurers to pay for the cleanup...

J. Michael Shepherd is branching out. The former general counsel for Bank of New York is now monitoring the purse strings of S...

Michele Moreland, a former Cooley Godward associate joined McDermott Will & Emery's Palo Alto office as a partner Jan. 4. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Did it really require 23 attorneys and staff working 20,747 billable hours over five years to get the San Fra...

EXTRA Column - By Noelle C. Nelson - Whether you are representing plaintiff or defense, you will almost inevitably need to hir...