LOS ANGELES - Deputy District Attorney Richard Sullivan, who clashed with his bosses over prosecuting an environmental-crime c...
OAKLAND - Even with a larger-than-anticipated crowd and upbeat atmosphere, a recent fund-raiser for Oakland's Neighborhood La...
WASHINGTON - Turning aside freedom-of-speech arguments, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld state laws that ban cross burning t...
WASHINGTON - Handing a significant victory to corporate defendants, the Supreme Court on Monday raised tough new barriers to l...
Adviser Column - By Brad Reed - In every era, some chief executive officers have been scoundrels, but the percentage is unlike...
Like lawsuits, many "reality" television shows such as "Survivor" and "American Idol" are based on the premise of overcoming c...
ALAMEDA - It's been 18 years since Judge Jeffrey Allen took over the Alameda County Superior Court's George E. McDonald Hall o...
Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Scott A. Herbst and Kristin Schnell - Organizations such as the Institute of Electri...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Employers Must Protect Health Information Under New Rules
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Focus Column - Health Care Law - By Mary E. Smith - Last summer, the Department of Health and Human Services adopted its final...
Homegrown Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps added 10 attorneys during the past year to snatch the title as San Diego's lar...
It was a bumpy five-year ride to equality for seven women who filed a sex-discrimination class action against the Sacramento R...
Judges and Judiciary
East Bay Courts Expecting More Budget Belt-Tightening
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - East Bay litigants can look forward to longer lines, shorter hours and fewer staffers to help them in Alameda ...
LOS ANGELES -- A former Roman Catholic priest who worked at parishes in Los Angeles and Ventura counties is set for arraignmen...
LOS ANGELES - All 59 Los Angeles Superior courthouses will close for two days in April, and the civil courtrooms will close an...
SACRAMENTO - Three lawyers being sued by Attorney General Bill Lockyer for allegedly abusing the state's Unfair Business Prac...
Billions of children throughout the world love cute, affable Mickey Mouse, with his pie-eyed face and balloonish ears. He's ch...
SAN FRANCISCO - Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is the first Bay Area law firm to open an office in Milan, Italy's manufac...
LOS ANGELES - Just who calls the shots in defending the Catholic Church in the clergy sex scandal? Is it private defense attor...
Networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. of San Jose has announced two planned acquisitions, one that would enhance its position in...
In May, Gregory Moser will complete his first year as managing partner of Foley & Lardner's downtown San Diego and Carmel ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Achieves Childhood Ambition of Career in Law
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Diana M. Wheatley knew from the time she was a little girl what she wanted to b...
Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, a midsize San Francisco business and litigation firm, has acquired three lawyers from Goodin, Mac...
Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich has tapped Frank Zerunyan, partner at Los Angeles' Sulmeyer, Kupetz, Baum...
The Association of Legal Administrators annual conference, held today through April 10 in San Diego, has everything you need t...
A hefty little practice management reference book, "Lawyers' Professional Development: The Legal Employer's Comprehensive Guid...
The maker of a popular dietary supplement containing the herbal stimulant ephedra has touted its product, Xenadrine RFA-1, as ...
Morrison & Foerster has elected David C. Doyle to co-chair its 300-attorney intellectual property practice along with Glad...
In Closing Column - By Sharon Berman - While marketing has become a watchword of many prominent law firms, the term "sales" do...
Chaotic circumstances can lead law firms to act out of character. Take Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, the law firm equ...
Vickie Perry, dressed in her red McDonald's uniform, was walking to a bus stop in Fresno on her way to work when a horned Mexi...