Focus Column Criminal Law By Laurie L. Levenson A hot issue before the courts today is the scope of the "knock and announce" ...

Forum Column By Marjorie Cohn It defies logic to think that an administration as secretive as George W. Bush's would conduct ...

Forum Column - By Kent Scheidegger - During the recall election campaign, all eyes have been focused on the California governo...

LOS ANGELES - The rolling sickouts by sheriff's deputies that sent Los Angeles courts scrambling over the past month have "so...

SAN JOSE - Former Santa Clara County Deputy Public Defender Thomas Spielbauer should not avoid criminal prosecution for misle...

SAN FRANCISCO - Yuba County Superior Court Judge David E. Wasilenko, facing ethics charges that he helped friends and family ...

SACRAMENTO - A multimillion-dollar award in the state's first anti-spam lawsuit could help deter advertisers who clog compute...

LOS ANGELES - After almost 10 years of litigation, five judges, endless administrative hearings, appeals, delays and legal wr...

SAN FRANCISCO - A committee promoting the reelection of incumbent District Attorney Terence Hallinan falsely claims Assemblym...

SAN FRANCISCO - To blog or not to blog? That is the question for some lawyers, who wonder whether blogging will leave them ex...

Column By Garry Abrams In what would seem to be a case of cosmic legal coincidence worthy of "The Twilight Zone," two Los Ang...

SAN FRANCISCO - In defending Frank Quattrone, John Keker was up against more than an aggressive prosecution and a tough judge...

SAN FRANCISCO - One might suppose that lawyers, more than other professionals, know the cash value of their time. Why, then, ...

Employment Column By Kevin Lilly Amid the chaos of the state recall election, Californians might be forgiven for not noticing...

Focus Column Entertainment Law By David Halberstadter As technology expands the ability of consumers to copy and manipulate s...

Forum Column By Daniel U. Smith In Kinsman v. Unocal , 110 Cal.App.4th 826 (2003), premises liability collided with Privette ...

SAN DIEGO - A federal judge Thursday put off setting a trial date for three San Diego city councilmen who are accused of taki...

SAN FRANCISCO - Orange County Superior Court Presiding Judge Frederick P. Horn has been appointed to the state judicial watch...

WASHINGTON - The publishers of a controversial political cartoon about state Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown defend...

RIVERSIDE - A state appellate panel has reversed second-degree murder convictions for two gang members serving life terms for...

SACRAMENTO - Employees of the Sacramento Superior Court, who staged a surprise walkout less than a month ago, have reached a ...

WASHINGTON - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dale S. Fischer, a nominee for a newly created federal judgeship in the Central...

SAN FRANCISCO - An scheduled disciplinary hearing for Yuba County Superior Court Judge David E. Wasilenko, accused of helping...

RIVERSIDE - Becoming president of the Riverside County Bar Association is a particularly sweet accomplishment for Mary Ellen ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Incoming Presiding Judge Barbara Miller is making several key changes to the leadership of Alameda County Sup...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a case that establishes a clear standard of review for the sentencing of juveniles in the federal system, ...

WASHINGTON - A Democratic-leaning Boalt Hall law professor who had received attention for supporting state Supreme Court Just...

SACRAMENTO - Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger, who pledged during his campaign to "protect and restore" California's environm...

SAN FRANCISCO - Candidate Bill Fazio said Thursday he will order a management audit, assign a prosecutor to each police stati...

Forum Column By Heidi Poppe At a time when many Section 8 housing-voucher holders already face challenges finding decent housi...