LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's claim that deputies roughed him up during his November arrest on child-molestation charges has...

LOS ANGELES - Recently retired appellate Justice Charles S. Vogel joined JAMS this week as a private neutral. Vogel brings to ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The three-company battle over the ownership of patents covering cloning technology used to create Dolly the sh...

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A street racer who was charged with the death of a rival who crashed and died during a speed contest betwee...

SAN FRANCISCO - Farming interests believe a Colusa County Superior Court decision requiring the state to conduct an environmen...

Column By Garry Abrams - Thanks to the Internet, the greatest development in thievery since the invention of highway robbery, ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Jurors committed misconduct by consulting Bible passages and religious leaders while deliberating in a death p...

OAKLAND - Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks" adorns Alameda County Superior Court Judge Philip V. Sarkisian's chambers. Each year Sa...

SAN FRANCISCO - The cash-strapped U.S. Patent and Trademark Office would get a big budget boost next year if Congress approves...

Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan has tapped partner Bruce Friedman to serve as the firm's managing partner. Friedman, who ...

Roxio Inc., the Santa Clara company that relaunched the famous Napster music service, has closed a $22.5 million financing dea...

During the first year of the 2003-2004 Legislative Session, the Legislature and Governor enacted over 130 bills that affect th...

Mobile software company Aligo Inc. has received an infusion of $10.5 million. Peter Cohn, a partner at Orrick, Herrington &...

Brian Burr specializes in representing small companies in negotiations with industry titans, and his skills came in handy for ...

Legislative Summary - By Linda Rapattoni and Hudson Sangree - Before voters recalled him last year, former Gov. Gray Davis man...

Newport Beach's Call, Jensen & Ferrell has lured away Irell & Manella partner Kyhm Penfil. The litigation partner join...

Saying the move is for the good of his clients, corporate attorney George J. Wall has left Irvine's Palmieri, Tyler, Wiener, W...

Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Laurel Greenspan Kaufer - Many people, even those who use mediation frequently, a...

Many law students aspire to practice public-interest law. But according to this year's new crop of Skadden Fellows, opportunit...

Lane Liroff, the Santa Clara County prosecutor who won convictions against two Asian Boyz gang members, was honored Friday as ...

A Solano County jury last month refused a former semipro baseball player the half-million dollars in damages he sought for his...

The past four months have been a puzzling time for some trial lawyers, who say recent conflicting appellate-court decisions le...

Morrison & Foerster added Dr. Gregory Einhorn as a patent law partner in its San Diego office Jan. 21. Einhorn comes to th...

Six gay students who say school officials did little to stop the physical abuse and daily harassment they suffered in the Morg...

A Southern California judge recently denied a defense lawyer's post-trial motions that called a $6.65 million award in a trip-...

Bingham McCutchen has been beefing up its West Coast broker-dealer practice, says practice group head Gerald Rath. With the ad...

Column - Legal Marketing - By Anne Bothwell - The start of a new year is often when lawyers and firms want to upgrade their ma...

Forum Column - By Ann Brick - The federal government has confirmed that it plans to take the unprecedented step of conducting ...

Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - Recently, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled in Goodridge v. Department of Public He...