SAN LUIS OBISPO - All it took for Steven Bain to die in November 2000 was a punch from a man who had just confronted him insid...

SACRAMENTO - Judge Lloyd George Connelly Jr. is a Sacramento hometown-boy-made-good. Born on New Year's eve in 1945, Connelly ...

Forum Column - By Robert L. Maginnis - The Bush administration has adopted a policy that requires a government review when an...

OAKLAND - Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jon Rolefson on Thursday ordered three former Oakland police officers facing cri...

SAN DIEGO - The San Diego County Bar Association will honor the district attorney's ethics adviser and four other lawyers at a...

SAN FRANCISCO - Joseph Russoniello is one of those rare darlings of the press. Almost daily, the former U.S. attorney is quote...

Dicta Column - By Paul J. Virgo - Lawyers forcibly removed from a case or who withdraw for some other reason often are confuse...

Employment Column - By Arthur F. Silbergeld - The economy finally is showing signs of recovery following Federal Reserve Chai...

Focus Column - By Stephen Byers - On Nov. 29, 2000, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit fundamentally altered on...

Dicta Column - By David H. Brickner - Voir dire is for finding out which jurors are, or might be, against you, as well as for ...

LOS ANGELES - When determining the fate of children in dependency cases, appellate courts may consider post-judgment developm...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court weighed in on another cyberspace dispute Wednesday by agreeing to decide whether ...

RIVERSIDE - Retired Riverside County Judge William H. Sullivan pleaded guilty Wednesday to seven misdemeanor charges of making...

SAN FRANCISCO - California attorneys are being asked to provide suggestions on how to improve civil procedures in the trial co...

SAN FRANCISCO - A man who wed his terminally ill partner in a hospital ceremony the day before she died is not entitled to a s...

LOS ANGELES - Chicago's Katten Muchin Zavis has acquired New York-based Rosenman & Colin to form Katten Muchin Zavis Rosen...

SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co. received permission Wednesday to start making interest payments to some of its la...

SAN FRANCISCO - A report criticizing San Francisco's handling of domestic violence cases was released Wednesday as city agenci...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has thrown out a controversial city zoning change that would have allowed a d...

SAN JOSE - In a significant blow to the rights of workers to switch jobs without limitation, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of App...

SANTA ANA - A former Orange County sex crimes prosecutor was sentenced Wednesday to probation for a January 2001 attack on his...

LOS ANGELES - Come tax day, the Directors Guild of America will have a new general counsel - Robert Giolito, founding partner ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Courtroom drama is as rare in patent litigation as a snowfall in Oakland. It almost never happens, but when it...

RIVERSIDE - Attorney Edward Horowitz, who has represented a host of defendants accused of drug-related crimes, was charged thi...

Focus Column - By Natalie P. Vance - A recent pair of California Supreme Court cases clarifies when a property owner will be r...

LOS ANGELES - President Bush has appointed five individuals to the board of directors of the Legal Services Corp., the federal...

Column by Garry Abrams - If somebody handed you a rotten, stinking, wormy apple, would you take a bite? Yeah, I know some of y...

Dicta Column - By Linda B. Bulmash - In a negotiation, your job as persuader is to influence your opponent to change his or he...

Dicta Column - By Ralph Bovitz - Here are some ideas that may help attorneys save some money when preparing their 2001 tax ret...

Forum Column - By Leslie T. Thornton - The Bush administration is awash in secrets these days. The Washington Post, for exampl...