SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge declined Wednesday to wipe out a $21.7 million verdict against the nation's biggest toba...

Practitioner: Employment Law By Jennifer N. Lehman Attorneys are all keenly aware of how judicial decisions affect employers a...

On the Move: Bolstering its intellectual property practice, Newport Beach-based Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth has recrui...

Assistant Presiding Judge James A. Bascue said he would be willing to revisit the process that yielded secret raises for a sel...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti's administration is pressuring prosecutor Michael Kraut to change his conclu...

WASHINGTON-The federal judge presiding over the antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. dealt the software giant a stunning blo...

The Los Angeles County district attorney has concluded that there is sufficient evidence that at least 28 Los Angeles Police D...

SANTA ANA - An Orange County Superior Court judge Tuesday refused to halt or delay a process currently underway that could lea...

Forum: Attorney Action By Elaine Michetti Rosemary Nelson, a 40-year-old lawyer, human-rights advocate and mother of three chi...

Forum: By Allonn E. Levy In a free and innovative society, there is a constant, productive drive to improve - to build a bette...

SAN DIEGO - Saying that San Diego ranked fourth in the nation in fatal police shootings in the years 1990-1998, four organizat...

SANTA ANA - An Orange County woman who bills herself as a model and a professional actress has sued the World Wrestling Federa...

By Louis M. Meisinger, Kenneth W. Oder, John A. Schulman and David A. Swartz The gold rush of today's New Economy, with its in...

SAN DIEGO - In a case that led to an ongoing criminal investigation of a deputy district attorney, a lawyer for a defendant ch...

Practitioner: Alternative Dispute Resolution By Richard Luesebrink The California Supreme Court recently reaffirmed its strong...

It was time, at last, for thinking big thoughts. After 21/2 years of dismantling and reconstructing the State Bar of Californi...

An $851,000 civil judgment awarded to nine people who were inside a house mistakenly targeted in a 1997 Los Angeles Police Dep...

Prominent litigator Larry Feldman will talk about "High profile litigation: How to maintain civility, professionalism and ethi...

San Diego Watch: Superior Court Judge Wesley Mason is the new supervising judge of f amily c ourt, succeeding Gerald Barry , w...

Expanding the scope of its police corruption probe, the district attorney's Rampart prosecution team on Tuesday for the first ...

In a move cheered by the heirs of Holocaust victims whose death-benefit claims were denied by European insurance companies, th...

The American Bar Association body that has wrestled with the issue of multidisciplinary practice for two years now is recommen...

SAN FRANCISCO - Disabled people should be able to decide for themselves what risks to take in the workplace, and employers can...

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Ideman, who is currently presiding over the trial of alleged SLA fugitive Sara Jane Ols...

If two proposed state Assembly bills that require more public disclosure of judicial spending pass, taxpayers will have the op...

Tony Alvarado is hoping Tuesday's action by immigration officials in granting his release on a $10,000 bond is a sign for the ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The former lead singer of the Dead Kennedys defrauded his longtime band mates of record royalties, a San Franc...

Practitioner: International Law By Claire Wright On Oct. 1, 1998, the U.S. Customs Service commenced a two-year "Reconciliatio...

Dicta: The Rodent Nowadays, if you're an associate working at The Firm, you're probably enjoying a skyrocketing salary. You mi...

SAN FRANCISCO - Edward J. DeBartolo, the embattled former owner of the San Francisco 49ers, unlawfully manipulated the team's ...