Lawyers whose clients sue a foreign company can avoid the hassle of serving papers overseas by serving the company's American ...

Sotomayor's life and opinions reveal her wisdom in the ways of the world and the ways of the courtroom, writes Maria L. Ontive...

A fellow Spellman High grad, San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association President Niki Solis reflects on the inspirational mome...

A U.S. judge ruled Tuesday that the "choice of law" provision - a clause many cell phone and credit card companies include in ...

The Energy Department is scrambling to help applicants apply for stimulus funds for various cleantech projects, write Peter Bu...

Columnist Martin Berg catches up with the crusading lawyer who fights tough cases for kids. ...

Jones Day nabbed a group of bankruptcy lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis, taking at least $5 million in business. The move dep...

The decision to uphold Prop. 8 was both just and unsurprising, but the debate will likely continue, writes John C. Eastman. ...

A grand jury has issued a scathing report on District Attorney Rod Pacheco's management style, saying he clogs the county's ov...

Premature or not, a challenge to California's same-sex marriage ban appears to be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Gay rights...

If you're not happy with the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold Proposition 8, blame the state constitution. That's...

Quotes from today's historic ruling. ...

Conservative groups in Washington are trying to move the debate about nominee Sonia Sotomayor away from her compelling life st...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced four new Superior Court judge appointments Tuesday in Orange, Shasta and Tulare counties....

In a victory for California state officials, the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday reversed a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rulin...

As more foster children are able to navigate the courts, the more quickly their lives will stabilize, write Kristi Pfister and...

Recent decisions by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board have been criticized as eschewing the traditional "fraud" analysis, w...

Disabled patients and unionized health care workers took steps Tuesday to prevent more than $78 million in budget cuts slated ...

The Class Action Fairness Act sets out a framework for federal courts to use when analyzing fee applications in coupon settlem...

For Hispanic activists, President Barack Obama's decision Tuesday to nominate Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court was th...

The battle over same-sex marriage Tuesday shifted back from the court to the ballot box as the gay, lesbian, bisexual and tran...

As in every civil rights movement, there is progress and there are setbacks. Prop. 8 is but a roadblock in the path to equalit...

Nicholas S. Thompson, an Orange County judge and U.S. Army reserve officer, has spent his career serving both the public and h...

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

President Barack Obama has picked 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his first U.S. Supreme Court nomi...

Attorneys around the Bay Area have been volunteering their time to make school districts fix often-dangerous problems in and o...

When officials in scandal-plagued San Bernardino County wanted answers about suspicions of embarrassing misconduct, they turne...

Insurers bear a heavy burden in their attempt to overcome the weight given to a California insured's choice of forum, write Li...

When you're Candace Carroll, vetting candidates for coveted seats on the District Court and the job of U.S. attorney, everyone...

A judge has postponed the second phase of the Barbie vs. Bratz doll fight to give the parties a chance to try to settle the lo...