SAN FRANCISCO - A farmer who plows too deeply can be subject to heavy fines under the federal Clean Water Act for destroying w...

SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers are filing more asbestos suits than ever, according to a study scheduled to be released today. But the...

Take his day job. Please. When a disgruntled, mentally unbalanced client stabbed him in the chest with an ice pick in 1987, cr...

WASHINGTON - Trying to balance the public's right to see federal court files and privacy concerns in the Internet age, a commi...

LOS ANGELES - Bankruptcy lawyers and judges fear that a trio of provisions in the Bankruptcy Reform Act awaiting final action ...

Lawyers call full-time Earl Willen "the gentleman mediator": diplomatic yet relentless, no hard sell when a soft push will wor...

Here's a test: Picture a drug dealer. What image comes to mind: A burly, tattooed biker? An inner-city African-American teen-a...

SB823 would have a significant impact on the cost of compliance by shifting a portion of that cost to the managed-care and ins...

With only three other cases on the court's calendar, Paul Kiesel expected to find a seat when he arrived 10 minutes before his...

In Foxgate Homeowners' Association v. Bramalea California , S087319 (Cal. July 9, 2001), the California Supreme Court t...

The greatest year in the history of American films was 1939. "Gone with the Wind" won the Academy Award that year, beating out...

While a trial court may handle a construction-defect case from beginning to end, a mediator or special referee can cut time an...

LOS ANGELES - Opting not to appeal a jury verdict, the Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to pay $3.75 million in a settle...

Whether it's arguing before a jury or using the latest in computer technology to get a point across, Paul R. Kiesel has a knac...

In a perfect world, everyone gets what he or she wants and lives happily ever after. We all know that this is far from reality...

LOS ANGELES - Hate chads? So do Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Matthew Monforton and several of his political-jun...

RIVERSIDE - The state Supreme Court has cleared the way for Riverside County's lawsuit against the California Department of Tr...

SAN JOSE - A San Francisco business software company filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing the chief technology officer of ...

LOS ANGELES - The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday called for the ouster of Los Angeles Unified School District Super...

SAN FRANCISCO - One week and a day after staging a lunch-hour protest outside the San Francisco Superior Court, a union repres...

LOS ANGELES - The county Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved paying $27 million to settle five class actions in which former...

SACRAMENTO - A measure that would impose strict new limits on prenuptial agreements is on the verge of passing the state Legis...

SAN FRANCISCO - A nearly deaf man may pursue disability discrimination claims against Kitsap County, Wash., and three "disabil...

SAN FRANCISCO - What lasts three weeks and is worth at least $7 billion? One of the most tantalizing events any city can win: ...

LOS ANGELES - Maria Villalvazo won't be around to take her daughter, Armida, to Disneyland next week for her eighth birthday a...

The court ruled that the community-property interest in the firm should be valued as of the date of separation, pursuant to Fa...

Law firms often succeed or fail because of the relationship among the partners. A partner with good communication skills will ...

Almost five years after winning the 1996 California lottery with an entitlement to over $1.3 million, Denise Rossi lost it all...

LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court on Monday refused to allow former Superior Court Judge George W. Trammell III to remain ...