SAN FRANCISCO - Alameda County Superior Court Judge D. Ronald Hyde admitted "bad judgment" Monday in an evidentiary hearing b...

LOS ANGELES - They didn't have television - live or otherwise - when drafters framed the Geneva Conventions in the blasted-out...

SAN FRANCISCO - Documents governing funding for the eventual closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant contain a poiso...

LOS ANGELES - Judge Rodney G. Forneret has a smooth style on the bench that encourages lawyers on both sides of the counsel ta...

Arcadia plaintiffs' attorney Jay S. McClaugherty knew he had his work cut out for him during a recent trial in Rancho Cucamong...

After years of battling each other over patent disputes, two rival surgical-robot makers are putting aside their differences t...

After more than a month on the job, Edward Casey is learning what it takes to be a managing partner. Casey was made top lawyer...

Law firm managers are taking a harder look at partners' bottom-line profitability when determining compensation rates, accordi...

Milwaukee's Foley & Lardner has hired bankruptcy lawyer Peter Ito to lead its West Coast bankruptcy practice. Ito, who joi...

One of the first challenges that a trial lawyer faces at the conclusion of the voir dire process is the exercise of challenges...

BY BRAD BERTON Special to the CREJ The corporate slogan "Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee" was proved once again recently when th...

BY TED BUMGARDNER San Diego's construction community is excited about how Proposition 47, a $13 billion matched-fund bill for...

BY JOHN LOESING Special to CREJ In recent years, towns and cities all across America have been trying to spruce up their main ...

It isn't every evening that former President George H. Bush speaks before a group of lawyers. But the 1,000 lawyers attending ...

BY REX HIME After a roller coaster ride that included legislation, negotiations and litigation, the state is on the verge of ...

The law firms below recently announced partner promotions; the list includes only attorneys in California offices. ...

BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer The recently signed project labor agreements between Catellus Development Corp. and ...

TRUCKEE (AP) - At one time, Jibboom Street's saloons and brothels were the main draw in this Sierra Nevada town. Now, officia...

BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer LEM Cos. has good reason to still be celebrating last Thursday's grand opening of the...

San Bernardino Superior Court Judge Sylvia Lee Husing, a former prosecutor and sailing enthusiast who adapted to a variety of ...

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor Resting one's behind on a cushion wrapped in $140-a-yard fabric seems a bit extrav...

After a little more than a year serving as managing partner of the Los Angeles office of Reed Smith Crosby Heafey, Janet Kwuon...

DAVIS (AP) - After Davis city officials snubbed a University of California plan to build a high-security, infectious diseases...

CREJ WIRE REPORT BURBANK - Normally the weakest construction month of the year seasonally and weather-wise, construction acti...

John Craig Escobar was waiting for his turn to pick up a load of asphalt for the El Dorado Irrigation District on a balmy Nove...

SAN LUIS OBISPO (AP) - San Luis Obispo County was given a two-month deadline extension to improve a coastal plan that state o...

Canadian mining company Placer Dome Inc. has completed a $200 million refinancing deal. Placer Dome mines gold, copper and oth...

BY JOHN F. SHIREY On March 10, the Assembly passed an amended package of mid-year spending reductions valued at $3.3 billion ...

An Alameda County Superior Court jury has slapped Federal Express Corp., better known as FedEx, with $1.5 million in punitive ...

After 12 years working in the nation's capital, real estate lawyer Howard Parelskin was ready to return to the city of angels....