SAN FRANCISCO - At one time in her career, Carol C. Yaggy thought she had a good chance of receiving a judicial appointment, e...

Just off the main highway on the way to Palm Springs, 38 babies lie buried in a peaceful cemetery called the Garden of Angels....

Name partner Bruce D. Tobey is leaving Century City-based Troop Steuber Pasich Reddick & Tobey to join Santa Monica-based ...

Tim Crews is not a wimp. On the eve of starting a five-day contempt stretch in the Tehama County Jail in Red Bluff, the publis...

Vote "no" on propositions 30 and 31. A "no" vote will block a plaintiffs' bar plan that would drive up insurance costs, discou...

Among actions announced Monday by the justices were: GRANT DRUG TESTING: The court agreed to review next October a decision by...

A Chapter 11 "cramdown" plan that simply vests ownership in the prebankruptcy equity holders is doomed. By David S. Kupetz ...

Kirkland & Ellis THERMA-WAVE HEATS UP STOCK MARKET WITH IPO Therma-Wave Inc. successfully completed the final stage of it...

Four children and about a dozen Morrison & Foerster lawyers are clad in dashikis, kinte-cloth outfits, head wraps and oth...

LARGE FIRMS An often-overlooked exception in federal securities law allows the California Department of Corporations, rather t...

Silicon Valley: It's known as the technology center of America, as a region of industry, as one of the most expensive housing...

A San Francisco company that accuses priceline.com of stealing its reverse-auction, discount-travel business idea has expanded...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will consider whether two popular techniques used by police to seize illegal dr...

Tearfully apologizing for degenerating into a crooked cop, Rafael A. Perez, the former officer who blew the whistle on the Ram...

Inside a customized Winnebago resting on the edge of a Ventura County park, a college student scribbles on a standardized lega...

By James O. Goldsborough Will rising oil prices be the blade that slices our galloping economy? Closing in on $30 a barrel, oi...

Davis Polk ONLINE BROADCASTERS BEAM DEAL OUT TO PUBLIC Sunnyvale's iBEAM Broadcasting Corp. filed for an initial public offer...

Brobeck Phleger KANA COMMUNICATIONS NETS A SILKY ACQUISITION Redwood City's Kana Communications Corp. has agreed to acquire S...

INFORMATION SUPERMARKET No matter a company's size, having Internet presence will increase name recognition and likely improv...

SAN FRANCISCO - A former member of the BART Board of Directors has been sentenced to three years' probation and forbidden to h...

SAN JOSE -- In an effort to protect residents and neighbors of halfway houses designed for drug and alcohol addicts, the Santa...

Services for Bernard M. Silbert, a veteran Los Angeles attorney, have taken place. Silbert died Feb. 20. He was 85. "He loved ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Associate Justice Zerne P. Haning III said last week he will retire from the 1st District Court of Appeal, giv...

Luce Forward WHITE-COLLAR DEFENSE LAWYER JOINS IN SAN DIEGO San Diego-based Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps has recruit...

Dewey Ballantine WALKER TAKES REINS OF LOS ANGELES OFFICE Real estate attorney Paul R. Walker , who left Los Angeles-based Pa...

PLANNING COMMISSION PLANS TO USE ZERUNYAN The planning commission of the city of Rolling Hills Estates appointed Frank V. Zer...

BOTTOM LINE Document imaging, a valuable tool in litigation, is now in affordable reach to most, not just the big law offices....

Jones Day LITTLER REFUGEE BECOMES NEW EMPLOYMENT HEAD Labor and employment attorney Allison R. Michael has left Littler Mende...

SAN JOSE - A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Thursday gutted a former San Jose deputy city attorney's lawsuit against ...

By John M. Curtis Scrambling to find a way to pay the astronomical sums from Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart scandal, ...