SAN JOSE - In a major test of whether the controversial "inevitable disclosure" doctrine would be applied in California, a San...

San Diegoe Watch: San Diego Superior Court is participating in a pilot program to assess the benefits of early mediation in ci...

Forum: By Anne M. Hayes Scores of individuals - feminists, politicians, law professors - are upset about the U.S. Supreme Cour...

Forum: By Marci Fukuroda Gender-based violence is a national epidemic that demands a national solution. Congress provided a na...

The Yale Law School Association of Southern California will honor retired Judge Macklin Fleming at its annual dinner June 9. ...

The pass rate for the California bar exam slipped to 40 percent, according to results released Tuesday by the State Bar. ...

Memorial Day was particularly memorable this year for Hmong veterans after President Clinton signed a law making it easier for...

You think you had a tough time cramming for the bar exam? If anyone can top his story, Spencer Vodnoy wants to hear it. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, a venerable public interest law firm based in San Francisco, has merged with ...

WASHINGTON - Issuing two unanimous bankruptcy decisions Tuesday, the Supreme Court strengthened the hands of state taxing auth...

A special agent with the Anti-Smuggling Unit of the Immigration and Naturalization Service pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charg...

Deals: Conexant Systems Inc., a semiconductor provider based in Newport Beach, has acquired Applied Telecom Inc. of Lisle, Ill...

SAN JOSE - Lawyers for Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, who had asked for up to $1.5 million in attorney fees for the...

Practitioner: Antitrust Law By Ralph C. Hofer On April 3, U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson entered the court's conc...

Deals: Discovery Partners International Inc., a pharmaceutical and biotech research-product provider based in San Diego, has a...

The Adviser By David P. Schack The California Supreme Court's decision in Buss v. Superior Court, 16 Cal.4th 35 (1997), was r...

Dicta: By John H. Sullivan The 1990s set highs in frivolous lawsuits and runaway jury awards. The Civil Justice Association of...

RIVERSIDE - Former Temecula Mayor Steven Ford pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor charges that he voted to approve a city c...

Orange County Superior Court Judge Pamela Iles, who founded her county's first domestic violence court 21/2 years ago, operate...

Deals: Vitesse Semiconductor Corps. has entered into an agreement to acquire Sitera Inc. The stock-for-stock transaction is va...

SACRAMENTO - A state appellate court has again reinstated two jury-imposed second-degree murder convictions in a 1996 Placer C...

SAN JOSE - California companies and their out-of-state competitors are racing to courthouses in legal battles over high-tech e...

Dicta: Movie Review By Stephen Zager Ancient Rome was a time of dictatorship and totalitarianism. One man controlled the laws ...

Virginia M. Simons, president of the California Association of Legal Document Assistants (formerly the California Association...

Often described as "boutiques," domestic violence courts have been established in a number of court systems throughout the cou...

Bottom Line: By Nader Anise In the often-misguided world of lawyer marketing, several schools of thought prevail: the "all I n...

RIVERSIDE - In a dramatic conclusion to the politically charged case of an abortion provider convicted in the death of a patie...

Sports: By Shirley Landau The A Division Championship was a very fast-paced game. The teams of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips a...

SAN FRANCISCO - When comedian Dana Carvey settled his multi million-dollar malpractice suit against a top Bay area heart surge...