SAN FRANCISCO - In a case that could affect scores of drunken driving prosecutions, the California Supreme Court agreed Wednes...

LOS ANGELES - After more than two decades on the bench, Superior Court Judge Michael Pirosh will retire in January. Pirosh, wh...

LOS ANGELES - The devastation thrust on America on Tuesday in what likely was a series of suicide terrorist hijackings will ha...

WASHINGTON - Despite previous problems with knife-wielding hijackers on airplanes, the Federal Aviation Administration allowed...

LOS ANGELES - International law likely is not the foremost issue on the minds of U.S. political and military leaders who have ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a Santa Clara County burglary defendant was denied ...

LOS ANGELES - At 10 a.m. Wednesday, Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard C. Parks had his earphones on. Seated at a table with hos...

SACRAMENTO - A party seeking to release secret documents about defective products that injure or kill consumers could bring a ...

As the search for those who conspired to hijack four airplanes and assault American institutions along the East Coast intensif...

SAN FRANCISCO - Bay Area law firms that were closed or minimally staffed following the terrorist attacks reopened Wednesday to...

The court cited to a long string of California authority recognizing the ability of courts to award attorney fees directly to ...

Fifty years of increasing American appeasement in the Middle East have led to 50 years of increasing contempt in the Muslim wo...

Should we declare war or take more mild action? Rachel E. Boehm Steinhart & Falconer, San Francisco "I think it's too soon...

SAN JOSE - The conviction this week of a suspect in a 17-year-old double murder has provided further ammunition for the defens...

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A San Bernardino County judge has denied a woman's claim that she is entitled to a cut of a $6 million Lott...

LOS ANGELES - Saddleback Valley Unified School District has settled a lawsuit filed by a former teen-age recreation leader who...

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A judge refused Wednesday to dismiss the case against a deputy sheriff accused of destroying videotapes th...

In a sweeping new opinion, the California Supreme Court has made it easier than ever for a plaintiff in a disability-discrimin...

With an e-mail address of Bestlawyer@aol.com, Southern California attorney Steven R. Young doesn't suffer from a lack of confi...

SAN FRANCISCO - Prosecutors, public defenders and the private defense bar are coming together this evening to raise funds for ...

Counsel's ability to persuade jurors relies heavily on the advocate's communications ability. Communication occurs on many lev...

To help drive home the message that the plaintiff's Toyota performed safely, the defense attorney communicated his points to t...

LOS ANGELES - The terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., forced Southern California's legal nerve centers to shut...

SAN FRANCISCO - Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York came just three days before thousands of law school applicants were to...

Business partners must trust each other in order to work together for their mutual benefit. A recent $1.2 million bench decisi...

The role of the expert witness in civil litigation is changing. The question is whether advocates will be prepared for the cha...

LOS ANGELES - Law firms around the country shut down Tuesday as people mourned their losses and counted their blessings follow...

LOS ANGELES - Barbara K. Olson, wife of U.S. Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson and a well-known lawyer in her own right, die...

WASHINGTON - I saw the face of terror for the first time in my life today, and it was from my car on Washington Boulevard in A...

SAN FRANCISCO - The horrific, four-pronged attack by terrorists on the nation's governmental and commercial institutions struc...