SANTA BARBARA - An appellate court finally may have dashed a wealthy doctor's dream of turning his Montecito estate into a pub...

Focus Column - International Law - By Allan K. A. Marson and Simone W. Yew - An increasing number of U.S. companies are signin...

SAN FRANCISCO - Brobeck Phleger & Harrison is laying the groundwork for a merger with Philadelphia's Morgan Lewis & Bo...

CLAREMONT - In a potentially precedent-setting request, lawyers for the Claremont Police Department's bargaining union are ask...

SAN FRANCISCO - A quiet-hour observance will be held for Judge Kenneth Norman from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at Fouche's Hudson...

LOS ANGELES - Saying that state law gives police departments a "get out of liability free card," a state appellate court Tuesd...

Forum Column - By Steven Zak - One may be tempted to believe that conservatives don't like animals. A lot sure don't like anim...

LOS ANGELES - California's recent completion of a record $11.3 billion energy bond sale required dozens of lawyers, some of wh...

SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco district attorney's office recently dismissed a murder case after learning that a partial fi...

LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court on Monday clarified the rules in the process to commit sexually violent predators. ...

LOS ANGELES - Of the 7,511 prospective lawyers who took the July State Bar Exam this year, slightly more than 50 percent breat...

SAN FRANCISCO - The judge overseeing the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. bankruptcy Monday rejected an attempt by the utility to ...

LOS ANGELES - Law graduates with a fire in the belly to help the poor, for whom the American dream is a distant fantasy, will ...

LOS ANGELES - Actor Robert Blake may get a new legal team today to defend him against charges he murdered his wife, Bonny Lee ...

SAN FRANCISCO - It wasn't your typical contract, said Philip Feldman, who prepares wills and trusts for wealthy San Franciscan...

SAN FRANCISCO - The judge overseeing the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. bankruptcy Monday rejected an attempt by the utility to ...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael E. Pastor is known as knowledgeable, efficient and always prepared - wh...

LOS ANGELES - Jewish Defense League West Coast Director Earl Krugel lost another bid Monday to be released on bail, this time ...

Column - By Michael Cypers - The legal profession can be exciting and stimulating. It also can be intimidating and challenging...

Column - By Garry Abrams - Mooney said he was acting out of an abundance of caution, noting that homicides are frequently in t...

SAN JOSE - Now that the Immigration and Naturalization Service finally has agreed to allow two key witnesses to attend the pro...

LOS ANGELES - Compton attorney Maxcy Filer knows very well the anticipation of waiting for one's State Bar Exam results. "I ca...

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco jury has absolved United Airlines for booting a Pakistani man off a cross-country flight in th...

Column - By Robert James Skousen - A lawyer's time and judgment are his or her stock in trade. There are two components to thi...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles attorney Robert Dennis Pryce Jr., who was indicted last week on money-laundering and other charges r...

SAN FRANCISCO - Just because it's the World Wide Web doesn't mean cybersuits can be filed anywhere someone takes offense. In a...

FORUM The Bush administration used unscrupulous tactics to persuade the U.N. Security Council to sign on to Resolution 1441.

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles attorney Robert Dennis Pryce Jr., who was indicted last week on money-laundering and other charges r...

Experts who cram three years of law-school study into intense bar-review courses for graduates offer sample answers to six que...