Forum Column - By Richard M. Mosk - A few years before his death, my father Justice Stanley Mosk again demonstrated the farsig...

SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court ruled Tuesday that nonprofit organizations can't practice law in California unless the...

SAN JOSE - For the second time in less than a year, Santa Clara County prosecutors are taking the highly unusual step of openi...

SAN FRANCISCO - Two California plaintiffs' firms settled securities fraud cases Tuesday against Akron, Ohio-based FirstEnergy ...

SAN FRANCISCO - An attempt by Southern California officials to effectively apply state environmental law to power plants in Me...

SAN FRANCISCO - A mandatory arbitration clause in an employment contract can be voided because it is unconscionable - even tho...

SANTA ANA - A state appellate court Tuesday gave defense attorneys the right to file sealed Pitchess motions, saying the rulin...

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco must stop giving preferential treatment to minority- and women-owned businesses that bid for pub...

RIVERSIDE - After being forced to its knees financially three years ago by a multimillion-dollar court judgment, Desert Hot Sp...

LOS ANGELES - Marc Staenberg has stepped up as the new executive director of the Beverly Hills Bar Association. Staenberg, of-...

Column By Philip Carrizosa - The late House Speaker Tip O'Neill liked to say that all politics are local. And what happened Fr...

LOS ANGELES - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer handed a mixed win to the media late Monday night by asking a Colorado...

SAN FRANCISCO - The founder and former CEO of a Silicon Valley high-tech firm, already facing 20 counts of fraud and perjury, ...

Notebook - By Stefanie Knapp - Going into Sunday's Alliance for Children's Rights charity poker tournament, I was afraid that ...

Forum Column - By James C. Sturdevant - We can envision the newest advertisement in the coming edition of the Defense Counsel ...

Focus Column - International Law - By Saralyn M. Ang-Olson - In June of this year, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the ca...

Forum Column - By Gloria Allred and Maria Diaz - The much anticipated testimony of Amber Frey in the Scott Peterson double-mur...

WASHINGTON - A federal judge has denied a government request to consolidate all habeas cases involving detainees being held at...

SAN JOSE - Retired Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge William Danser avoided jail but was stripped of nearly every vestig...

SAN FRANCISCO - Alex Fagan Jr., the ex-cop whose late-night street brawl over a bag of fajitas led to criminal indictments for...

SAN FRANCISCO - Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's trustee vastly underestimated the firm's claims against former chairman Towe...

SACRAMENTO - Legislative leaders said Monday they have agreed on a way to fix a new law giving employees the right to sue thei...

SAN FRANCISCO - The household box cutter - the retractable razor used by the Sept. 11 hijackers - is not classified as a weapo...

LOS ANGELES - The Federal Election Commission reportedly is probing Los Angeles lawyer Pierce H. O'Donnell's fund raising for ...

LOS ANGELES - With minimal complaints and only three no votes, the State Bar Board of Governors adopted Saturday what may be t...

LOS ANGELES - In a setback for Bank of America Corp., a federal judge in Los Angeles has sent a legal challenge to the institu...

RIVERSIDE - A lawyer for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians said Monday that he plans to appeal a Riverside Superior Court j...

Column By Garry Abrams - A good night's sleep may be priceless, but consumers can still pay too much for a bed. That's one of ...

SALINAS - After handling high-profile land-use and water matters as Monterey's county counsel, Superior Court Judge Adrienne G...

SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers representing victims allegedly molested by Northern California priests say the Catholic Church's polic...