Employment Column - By Elise R. Vasquez - As part of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget on July 29, 2004, the state Legislatu...

Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Ruth V. Glick - Adoption of the Ethics Standards for Neutral Arbitrators in...

Forum Column - By Simon A. Cole and William C. Thompson - This past spring, Oregon attorney and Muslim convert Brandon Mayfie...

PALO ALTO - Jason Borrevik, the former Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati senior associate who was sentenced Wednesday to f...

SANTA ANA - Former Orange Superior Court Judge Floyd H. Schenk has died from complications arising from Alzheimer's disease. ...

LOS ANGELES - A memorial service will take place Tuesday for Thomas A. Romeyn, a Los Angeles County prosecutor who spent 34 y...

LOS ANGELES - A man incarcerated for sex crimes against minors cannot see his children in prison, even though they were not h...

SAN FRANCISCO - A violent rapist who is a Vietnamese citizen must be freed from federal custody in the United States, the 9th...

SAN FRANCISCO - Former partners of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison have resolved a major bone of contention with the bankrupt...

LOS ANGELES - Offenders placed in drug treatment under Proposition 36 were rearrested at significantly higher rates than abuse...

SACRAMENTO - Homebuyers and sellers are turning to the Internet in increasing numbers to find each other, figuring they can s...

SAN FRANCISCO - Q: How big is too big when it comes to judging whether a passenger can fit into an airline seat? A: Like beaut...

SAN FRANCISCO - A lawyer representing close to half of the former partners of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison said Tuesday th...

INDUSTRIAL MILPITAS - AC Foods Wholesale leased a 43,550-square-foot warehouse located at 1117 Montague Expressway from WP Inv...

LOS ANGELES - Calling it a "defining moment for the preservation of L.A.'s history," the Los Angeles Conservancy filed suit T...

Forum Column - By Greg Lukianoff - Have you ever lived in an apartment building? Have you ever been annoyed that some people t...

Forum Column - By Gerald G. Knapton - Criticism of the growing use of billing guidelines by clients of many types does not add...

Focus Column - Administrative Law - By Stuart Miller - Regulated parties at administrative hearings sometimes find themselves...

SAN MARTIN - Judge Susan Bernardini has taken an unorthodox path to a seat on the Santa Clara Superior Court. The early 1980s ...

SAN JOSE - Citing a rift between two Santa Clara County prosecutors during grand jury deliberations, the defense attorney rep...

SAN FRANCISCO - Lassen County Superior Court Judge Ridgely Lazard, one of only two judges in the rural county, will no longer...

REDWOOD CITY - San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Joseph E. Bergeron displays little doubt about why he enjoys his current...

SAN FRANCISCO - An epic fee fight, which prompted the state Supreme Court to announce strict rules governing attorneys' fee-s...

RANCHO MIRAGE - City officials have accused the operators of a mall of violating what may be the only municipal law of its ki...

SAN FRANCISCO - The move to let lawyers cite unpublished opinions by California's appellate courts took a small step Tuesday ...

LOS ANGELES - An appeals court has halted the release of grand-jury testimony in legendary rock producer Phil Spector's murde...

According to the State Bar, the performance test consists of reading, organizing and writing. Most of us have been reading si...

Performance Test A QUESTION MEMORANDUM To: Applicant From: Annabelle Lee Date: July 27, 2004 Re: Jack Donovan and Bargain Mar...

LOS ANGELES - Calling it a "significant milestone," Deputy District Attorney William Hodgman Monday released a new set of gui...

Performance Test B QUESTION Memorandum To: Applicant From: Daniel Spitz Date: July 29, 2004 Re: Jaynes v. Palm Gardens Group ...