November proved to be a sterling month in the city for Walnut Creek-based landlord Levin Menzies Kelly Associates. On its own...

^^Intellectual Property^^ Save or Delete? Document-Retention Issues Involving Intellectual Property A common rule of thumb is...

^^Ally McBeal^^ By Samantha Paynter Ally McBeal gets sued this week for intentional infliction of emotional distress by Reesa...

By Marianne Means If students lead prayers over a loudspeaker to a captive audience at a public high school football game, ar...

^^LAW & ORDER^^ By Mara V. Watkins This week's "Law & Order" focuses not on the legal maneuvers of the deputy distric...

New Domain Legislation Makes Cyberpirates Walk the Plank By Scott H. Rosenbaum The use of trademarks and service marks as dom...

^^Family Law^^ By Erin O'Bryan This week, Danni Lipton represents Carnell Hall in a child support action brought by a woman w...

Lender Name First Loan APN Owner's Name Site Address Mail Address Doc. No. BANKBOSTON NA $125,000,000 1610700039 WESTERN PACI...

PALM SPRINGS - Gov. Gray Davis was in Indian Wells Wednesday to proclaim Nov. 17 Wind Power Day. In a keynote address on wind...

SAN FRANCISCO - Although Ford Motor Co. narrowly dodged a bullet Thursday when an Alameda County Superior Court judge declare...

SAN FRANCISCO - Splitting with one circuit and joining another, a federal appeals court resolved an ambiguity in the 1994 Ban...

LOS ANGELES - Here's a shocker: Someone's been accused of having an affair with President Clinton, and a lawsuit is involved....

SAN FRANCISCO - A $100,000-plus civil judgment was reversed Thursday when the California Supreme Court concluded that the tria...

The 2-year old daughter of Javier Ovando, the first man to be released from prison as a result of the Rampart Division scanda...

In one of a series of recent wins for insurers, a state appellate panel ruled Thursday that an owner of rental property who w...

By Robert E. Thompson The seven men and two women who deliberate in robed isolation within the great marble edifice of the Su...

Mayorkas Sworn in As U.S. Attorney In a ceremony filled with emotion and humor, Alejandro Mayorkas was sworn in Tuesday as U....

Contractor Guilty of Entombing Director INDIO - After only an hour of deliberations, a jury Wednesday convicted a contractor ...

Solicitations Not Complying with Securities Laws Are Flawed By John W. Cones I was horrified recently to witness a prominent ...

^^Insurance Law^^ Deserving Discipline When Should Punitive Damages Be Imposed in Bad-Faith Cases? Claims handlers typically ...

Retirement Roulette Don't gamble with funding your golden years By Paul O'Brien Popular wisdom has it that the economy is str...

A dozen predominantly homeless men have filed a lawsuit against three security companies and the downtown Los Angeles propert...

Contending that Los Angeles County prosecutors are playing hide the ball with up to 10,000 pieces of "crucial" explosives evi...

SAN JOSE - Palo Alto attorney Gail Easton has given up her license to practice law in the face of charges she illegally searc...

SAN BERNARDINO - San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Fred L. Heene, censured Oct. 14 by the state's Commission on Judi...

SAN FRANCISCO - Testing the parameters of truth in advertising, the California Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear the ...

A woman whose $1.3 million California Lotto winnings were taken away from her earlier this week because she allegedly tried t...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The number of women in prison in the United States has increased at nearly double the rate for men since 1...

This week rapper Dr. Dre released his first album in seven years, "Dr. Dre 2001." On the same day that this follow-up to his ...

Last week rapper Dr. Dre released his first album in seven years, "Dr. Dre 2001." On the same day that this follow-up to his ...