OAKLAND - The Oakland Police Department stumbled into a new police-conduct minefield Monday when officers fired non-lethal cro...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Monday, marking the end of Heidi Fleiss' three years of supervised release from prison, congratu...

SACRAMENTO - Stockholders can sue for fraud when they are induced to hold onto their shares, and not just to buy or sell stoc...

SAN FRANCISCO - A pedestrian injured in a dangerous crosswalk on her way to a bus stop gets to keep a $1.5 million judgment a...

LOS ANGELES - Russell Balisok opposes the U.S.-led war in Iraq. But nobody is a stronger supporter of the soldiers in the Lanc...

LOS ANGELES - Deputy District Attorney Richard Sullivan, who clashed with his bosses over prosecuting an environmental-crime c...

OAKLAND - Even with a larger-than-anticipated crowd and upbeat atmosphere, a recent fund-raiser for Oakland's Neighborhood La...

WASHINGTON - Turning aside freedom-of-speech arguments, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld state laws that ban cross burning t...

WASHINGTON - Handing a significant victory to corporate defendants, the Supreme Court on Monday raised tough new barriers to l...

Adviser Column - By Brad Reed - In every era, some chief executive officers have been scoundrels, but the percentage is unlike...

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEBCREJ Assignment Editor Threats of terrorism and civil unrest over the Iraq conflict as well as possible lab...

Like lawsuits, many "reality" television shows such as "Survivor" and "American Idol" are based on the premise of overcoming c...

ALAMEDA - It's been 18 years since Judge Jeffrey Allen took over the Alameda County Superior Court's George E. McDonald Hall o...

Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Scott A. Herbst and Kristin Schnell - Organizations such as the Institute of Electri...

Forum Column - By Daniel Grunfeld and David A. Lash - It is now time for the opponents of public funding of legal services for...

Focus Column - Health Care Law - By Mary E. Smith - Last summer, the Department of Health and Human Services adopted its final...

Homegrown Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps added 10 attorneys during the past year to snatch the title as San Diego's lar...

It was a bumpy five-year ride to equality for seven women who filed a sex-discrimination class action against the Sacramento R...

SAN FRANCISCO - East Bay litigants can look forward to longer lines, shorter hours and fewer staffers to help them in Alameda ...

LOS ANGELES -- A former Roman Catholic priest who worked at parishes in Los Angeles and Ventura counties is set for arraignmen...

LOS ANGELES - All 59 Los Angeles Superior courthouses will close for two days in April, and the civil courtrooms will close an...

SACRAMENTO - Three lawyers being sued by Attorney General Bill Lockyer for allegedly abusing the state's Unfair Business Prac...

Billions of children throughout the world love cute, affable Mickey Mouse, with his pie-eyed face and balloonish ears. He's ch...

SAN FRANCISCO - Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is the first Bay Area law firm to open an office in Milan, Italy's manufac...

LOS ANGELES - Just who calls the shots in defending the Catholic Church in the clergy sex scandal? Is it private defense attor...

Networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. of San Jose has announced two planned acquisitions, one that would enhance its position in...

In May, Gregory Moser will complete his first year as managing partner of Foley & Lardner's downtown San Diego and Carmel ...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Diana M. Wheatley knew from the time she was a little girl what she wanted to b...

Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, a midsize San Francisco business and litigation firm, has acquired three lawyers from Goodin, Mac...

BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer Kenneth W. McGee has no qualms about the court-appointed receiver stepping into the S...