SAN FRANCISCO - Within the past few years, lawyers have forced companies accused of fouling municipal drinking water supplies ...

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside narcotics detective who authorities say allowed his informants to rip off drug dealers has been reprim...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court jury has returned an $8 million judgment against Stanford Hospital and the Palo Alto Medical ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Denying California prisoners interest on their inmate trust accounts violates the Fifth Amendment's "takings" ...

Biotechnology company Gilead Sciences Inc. has purchased its Foster City campus for $123 million. Gilead acquired 16 buildings...

By Stefanie Knapp A U.S. District Court in Houston tossed out four remaining patent infringement claims against Intergraph Co...

Los Angeles Superior Court judges have elected two new commissioners: Woodland Hills lawyer Dennis E. Mulcahy and Riverside Su...

For the second time, a religious fundraising and asset management organization has failed to recover money allegedly stolen by...

Millions of viewers tuned in Wednesday to watch the season premiere of ABC's "The Bachelor," but what the audience didn't see ...

The Century City office of Hogan & Hartson has nabbed a new partner for its corporate group. Ray La Soya joined the Washin...

ChevronTexaco Corp. has sold its interest in a Texas refinery, with legal help from Pillsbury Winthrop. The San Ramon-based oi...

McDonough, Holland & Knight isn't traditionally known for its intellectual-property expertise. But with the addition of Ca...

The Santa Ana Unified School District has signed a deal with the Centennial Heritage Museum that could help ease overcrowding ...

What goes best with a $49 bottle of Navarro Vineyards' 2002 White Riesling? Answer: curry, kung pao chicken, lots of lawyers a...

Los Angeles partner Derek Wilson surprised his Morrison & Foerster colleagues when he announced he was moving to San Franc...

Linda Husar and Tom Hill were the first labor and employment lawyers to join Thelen, Reid & Priest's Los Angeles office in...

Column - Business Development - By Robert N. Kohn and Jeffrey Miiller - In today's competitive and rapidly changing business e...

Acushnet Co. will have to play another round against rival golf ball distributor, Nitro Leisure Products. A federal appeals co...

Column - Intellectual Property - By John D. McConaghy - Adversity often is seen in hindsight as having promoted new strengths....

Harrah's Entertainment Inc. has agreed to buy casino operator Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corp., a deal that brings three riverbo...

Column - Trial Strategy - By A. Barry Cappello - Litigators, especially those without a lot of experience, often fail to get t...

Kevin Dunne, chairman of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, is always glad to talk to potential suitors about his 350-lawye...

Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - Fred Nicholas squints into the late September sun as he approaches a large stainless-steel struc...

San Bernardino County has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle claims that its former head prosecutor retaliated against one of hi...

SANTA ANA - James M. Hester didn't want to be roadkill. But as he sprawled across a stretch of asphalt winding north of Santa ...

Steering real estate development projects through the approval process in San Francisco takes no small measure of political sa...

Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Gerald F. Gerstenfeld - Mediators frequently are asked to resolve disputes ...

Forum Column - By Spencer Overton - Chief Justice William Rehnquist hinted that he might abandon his long-standing support of ...

Forum Column - By Daniel Flaming and Yolanda Arias - An emphasis on bootstraps rather than brainpower has left three-quarters ...

SAN FRANCISCO - An extraordinary collection of interests - including environmentalist, timber and agriculture groups - have re...