Forum Column - By Bruce Givner - On Feb. 27, the U.S. Senate passed S476, titled the CARE Act of 2003. (That acronym stood for...

SAN FRANCISCO - A judge bound over two men for trial Thursday in the robbery and murder of a state senator's son. Superior Co...

WASHINGTON - Taking the first step on what likely will be a long and bumpy road, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday ap...

LOS ANGELES - A former Los Angeles prosecutor used a computer in the district attorney's office to illegally access Department...

SAN FRANCISCO - Consumers trying to force dental associations to warn patients of the alleged dangers of mercury-laden fillin...

LOS ANGELES - After more than three years of hand-wringing, the Los Angeles school board voted 4-3 Thursday to complete the tr...

WASHINGTON - As the Supreme Court heads into the last five weeks of its 2002-03 term, plenty of high-profile opinions are pend...

SAN DIEGO - The "Bad Hair Bandit" turned into the "Bad Air Bandit" after he cleared a courtroom Thursday. That was just one of...

SACRAMENTO - A labor-backed bill that would make it easier for workers to pursue employers who illegally retaliate against th...

SAN FRANCISCO - Defending herself against charges that she retaliated against an employee who was often ill, the director of ...

SACRAMENTO - The California Supreme Court made it tougher Thursday for local governments to get reimbursed by the state for t...

Forum Column - By Mark Schlosberg - While the criminal charges against several high-ranking San Francisco police officers in t...

Forum Column - By Joseph Sorrentino - French Premier Jacques Chirac opposed U.S. military action in Iraq based on "respect for...

Focus Column - Employment Law - By Richard S. Rosenberg and John J. Manier - California courts generally have held that manage...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge sentenced Malibu attorney Sam Birenbaum Wednesday to complete nine months in ...

SACRAMENTO - Two of the state's top criminal justice organizations have new leaders in place. The 2,300-member California Dis...

LOS ANGELES - After an eight-month investigation, the state attorney general's office has filed a 10-count felony complaint ag...

SAN FRANCISCO - Four whistle-blowers who exposed overcharging by five University of California teaching hospitals were left o...

LOS ANGELES - Authorities on Wednesday arrested a former Los Angeles Internal Revenue Service agent on charges of concealing a...

SANTA ANA - A couple accused of a check-kiting scheme that netted them $12 million and involved 7 banks, 23 accounts and 2,000...

Column By Garry Abrams - Burn before reading. This old, wry, cloak-and-dagger maxim about the one sure way to keep a document ...

SAN FRANCISCO - In the face of looming staff layoffs and courtroom closures, bar groups around the state have begun a coordin...

SAN FRANCISCO - Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, the Minneapolis firm that raised eyebrows in February by publicly shopping...

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco jury Wednesday began hearing testimony in a suit brought by the former head librarian for the...

OAKLAND - Alameda County Superior Court Commissioner Geoffrey N. Carter has heard all kinds of excuses from motorists trying t...

Focus Column - Probate Law - By Marshal A. Oldman and Susan J. Cooley - In Estate of Strader , 2003 DJDAR 3988 (Cal. Ap...

Forum Column - By Terry Francke - By now, most of us are aware that the acronym SLAPP stands for "Strategic Lawsuits Against P...

SAN FRANCISCO - A death row inmate convicted of a double murder in Berkeley in 1985 has failed to convince an Alameda County S...

LOS ANGELES - Helping build bridges between estranged family members may be one of the hardest jobs there is. And Alvin R. Sr....

SAN FRANCISCO - An Alameda County trial judge dismissed the jury Tuesday in the final phase of a $51 million firearms product ...