RIVERSIDE - The county's Volunteers in Parole program will honor Riverside attorneys John Vineyard and David M. Philips at an ...

VENTURA - During her murder trial, Bridget Callahan was so unhappy with her court-appointed attorney that she refused to speak...

SACRAMENTO - The State Bar is working diligently to ensure its membership dues are being used for legitimate purposes, but ne...

SAN FRANCISCO - Donna Hitchens, presiding judge of San Francisco Superior Court, said Thursday that she anticipates budget cu...

SACRAMENTO - A divided California Supreme Court continued to limit the scope of mandatory arbitration agreements Thursday, ru...

SAN FRANCISCO - Oakland class-action whiz Guy Saperstein closed the book on his legal career once and for all at the start of...

LOS ANGELES - Juan Manuel Gomez Robledo, chief counsel to the Mexican Foreign Ministry, is on a crusade to stop the United Sta...

Forum Column - By Margaret Crosby - In June, 2002, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel breathed life into the Pledge of ...

Focus Column - Employment Law - By Barry M. Appell - Many employment defense attorneys believe that binding arbitration is pre...

Forum Column - By Ira L. Shafiroff - In the second Newdow v. U.S. Congress , otherwise known as Newdow II , the 9th U.S...

LOS ANGELES - A memorial service will take place Friday in Palos Verdes Estates for Deputy District Attorney Stephanie R. Wils...

Reporter's Notebook Large Firms By Erik Cummins SAN FRANCISCO - Jim Pooley took his daughter Catherine to the Lincoln Memoria...

COSTA MESA - Angry swap meet vendors are threatening to sue the Orange County Fair Board for commandeering their spaces for a ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether a boss who has an affair with an employee and...

SANTA CRUZ - With help from the city and county of Santa Cruz and a big-name law firm, medical marijuana advocates are trying...

SAN FRANCISCO - Next month, San Francisco immigration lawyer Marc Van Der Hout will once again stand before a federal appeals...

EUREKA - U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker will continue to handle the police brutality case brought by antilogging protesters...

LOS ANGELES - Mexican President Vicente Fox and former Illinois Gov. George Ryan were honored Tuesday night in Beverly Hills f...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that state courts are not required to give full weight to the laws ...

WASHINGTON -The U.S. Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it likely will protect some types of corporate communications under the ...

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside jury will decide whether the nation's leading recreational vehicle manufacturer is liable for the deat...

LOS ANGELES - The owners of a Costa Mesa preschool could be liable for damages for the murders of two children by a man who de...

Column By Garry Abrams - Fly naked. Work naked. To ensure a more perfect war on terrorism, the federal government must quit ta...

LOS ANGELES - All that is left of the children now are their belongings - hundreds of bags stacked to the ceiling in spots and...

SAN FRANCISCO - Paul Gallegos knew he was taking a political risk by going after Humboldt County timber giant Pacific Lumber ...

Focus Column - Construction Law - By Robert C. Barnes - SB800, known as the "Fix-It Bill," imposes an ambitious new scheme for...

Forum Column - By Guylyn R. Cummins - The lightning growth of the Internet has created legal issues in cyberspace that potenti...

SAN FRANCISCO - District Attorney Terence Hallinan confirmed Tuesday that he will not challenge a judge's ruling earlier this...

SAN DIEGO - A federal appellate court Tuesday upheld a $1.15 million wrongful-termination award and reinstated a $1.15 million...

SAN FRANCISCO - Two peace activists and the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against the FBI and other government ag...