Four activists who demonstrated their disdain of corporate greed by unfurling a huge banner from a downtown hotel just before ...

A Los Angeles personal injury lawyer and his former assistant laundered more than $1.65 million for two men who helped pull of...

Five lawyers from small and mid-size law firms will join the State Bar Board of Governors later this month, the bar has announ...

An appellate court has refused to recognize an informal agreement modifying disciplinary grievance procedures for deputies in ...

When Brandon was 17, he was confined at Nidorf Juvenile Hall. We don't know why he was being held there, nor what his life was...

What, exactly, are the legal rights of kids in juvenile detention facilities? This seemingly innocuous question was posed to a...

What little light has been shed on rights violations inside the juvenile detention system has come largely from the occasional...

SACRAMENTO - Martha Escutia, who spearheaded trial court restructuring and was once recognized by trial lawyers as Legislator ...

Following startling allegations about the mistreatment of kids with special needs in the county's juvenile detention facilitie...

Three years ago, Hilda Razao paid a coyote $1,000 to smuggle her into the United States. Immigration agents caught her at the ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has warned Connectix Corp. that Internet downloading of publicly accessible trade secrets alle...

Controversial police brutality and civil rights lawyer Stephen Yagman is back from the legally dead. A federal judge ruled las...

William S. Garr, after 16 years of legal practice, has hit his stride in and out of the courtroom. He manages a demanding lega...

By Kelly E. Lee. In a three-day bench trial, after nearly 2 1/2 years, Hahn & Hahn partner William S. Garr led trial team ...

By John McCloud Although the outward focus of the investment market is on acquisition of properties, every acquisition involv...

By Jon Walz The San Diego County office, industrial and retail markets continue to report record-breaking performance, with e...

By Eric Von Berg The dot-com sector may have lost steam but the Bay Area economy shows few signs of slowing down. Bay Area em...

By Stephen M. Uthoff. Mediators are not magicians. While they facilitate and encourage communication and negotiation among par...

By David Steinberg. Earlier this month, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals limited the situations where police officers may...

By Ted Gibson In the autumn of 1998, many economic analysts - from both within and outside California - viewed with considera...

Sandwiched between the core of Silicon Valley and San Francisco, San Mateo County plays go-between in another way as well: it...

By William H. Curtis The Orange County economy continued to gain momentum and has recorded another six months of sound expans...

By Mike Farrell. I'm confused. They say politics and religion don't mix, but I can't get away from them. They've become the Si...

By Deborah Rosenthal. Some people grow up knowing what they want to be. Others, like Bay Area neutral Barbara S. Bryant, know ...

By Randall L. Mason and Jeffry A. Miller Our clients' stress level has just gone down. In a triumph for common sense, the Cal...

KEY TO VICTORY. Herbert Hafif simplified a bitter business valuation dispute by using the plaintiff as the only witness on all...

By John McCloud If there is a hotter, tighter office market in the country than San Mateo County, it must be hot and tight in...

By Geoffrey C. Arrobio Overall, those living in the Southland region feel "very positive" about their economic future as the ...

When the local tax bill comes due Ventura County is a relatively affordable location for business, but tight growth policies ...

TORT LAW By Lorenzo E. Gasparetti and Eric T. Jorgensen. Those who suspect that their trade secrets have been misappropriated ...