WASHINGTON - In an attempt to end widespread confusion and uncertainty in federal courts nationwide, the Department of Justice...

MONTEREY - The sentencing questions spawned by the Supreme Court's decision last month in Blakely v. Washington have co...

SAN FRANCISCO - The president of Marin County Women Lawyers defended the credibility of her group's judicial survey Tuesday, a...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal magistrate in San Diego went too far when she ordered a criminal defendant forcibly drugged to make ...

LOS ANGELES - The Alliance for Children's Rights hopes to cash in on what is fast becoming one of America's favorite pastimes:...

Forum Column - By Juliet Leftwich - On July 1, 1993, I stood in the moot courtroom of my former law firm, located in the 101 C...

Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By David Halberstadter - Is a bobblehead doll bearing the likeness of a celebrity-turne...

LOS ANGELES - A former Howrey Simon Arnold & White lawyer has sued the firm, claiming he was fired for exercising his Firs...

LOS ANGELES - An African elephant whose removal to Tennessee had sparked a year of litigation could be returning to her "soul ...

LOS ANGELES - In an unusual move, a Santa Barbara County judge filed an appeal brief Tuesday defending his decision to seal do...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Recording Industry Association of America announced Tuesday that it won a $4.1 million copyright infringem...

Column By Philip Carrizosa - Amicus curiae briefs are interesting creatures. These "friend of the court" briefs come in all sh...

LOS ANGELES - In a move called shocking and unconscionable by attorneys for the media and alleged victims of clergy abuse, an ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Over the years, the relationship between the management of the Squaw Valley ski resort and state environmental...

LOS ANGELES - A woman who stabbed her husband to death at an Air Force base in Turkey said in federal court Tuesday that she a...

MONTEREY - A federal budget freeze could force hundreds of layoffs in courts around the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals duri...

Focus Column - Litigation - By Stuart Miller - Parties subjected to criminal, civil or administrative enforcement actions some...

Forum Column - By Saul Landau and Farrah Hassen - In 1928, Justice Louis D. Brandeis, in Olmstead v. United States, cal...

Forum Column - By Bruce Brusavich - According to Republicans, one could presume that the Democratic presidential ticket of Sen...

LOS ANGELES - Bruce M. Stiglitz, an entertainment tax attorney and partner with Loeb & Loeb, died July 14 in Beverly Hills...

LOS ANGELES - An African-American medical researcher has settled a decade-old racial discrimination claim against UCLA Medical...

SANTA ANA - In a ruling that expands mental health workers' legal duties, a state appeals court has ruled that therapists have...

SAN JOSE - The attorney representing Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge William Danser said Monday he is confident that h...

SAN FRANCISCO - A member of a Marin County lawyers group Monday disavowed the findings of a survey the organization commission...

SAN FRANCISCO - An undocumented Guatemalan immigrant who built her life around her children in Los Angeles should get another ...

Column By Garry Abrams - Angry federal prosecutors decided Monday to seek the death penalty against domestic arts tycoon Marth...

LOS ANGELES - Layoffs to close a $10 million budget gap at the state Department of Justice could fall disproportionately on th...

SANTA ANA - Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said Monday that Assemblyman Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, had agreed t...

SAN FRANCISCO - Desperate for new revenue, San Francisco is reaching for the pockets of law firm partners. The Board of Superv...

SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp.'s aggressive trademark defense against a small San Diego startup appeared to backfire Monday, ...