John R. Epperson, special counsel at Farella Braun + Martel in San Francisco, was appointed to the executive committee of the ...

The trial for Terry N. Christensen is set to begin today with jury selection. Christensen is the sole lawyer charged in connec...

Reality TV workers brought their fight for better benefits and improved on-the-job conditions to San Francisco on Tuesday, and...

Congress joined the U.S. Justice Department Tuesday in examining antitrust concerns raised by an advertising deal between Goo...

As the state hammers out the details of its plan to combat climate change, a move to set a strict cap on greenhouse gas emissi...

To write well, one needs uninterrupted time. That is difficult to achieve in the e-mail era, writes Robert D. Brain - Forum Co...

Faced with an increasingly painless death penalty and an increasingly harsh prison alternative, decision-makers in capital cas...

An umbrella policy can be an extremely valuable policy for an insured because it may fill gaps that otherwise exist in a prima...

Los Angeles construction and real estate ADR panel Arbitration Mediation Conciliation Center has beefed up its practice by mer...

Attorney General Jerry Brown's office usually works side-by-side with prosecutors defending criminal convictions on appeal. No...

President Abraham Lincoln - on trial for exceeding his Constitutional powers - was found not guilty earlier this month on all ...

Reed Smith snatched Fenwick & West's Sergio Garcia to be a partner in its San Francisco office. Previously, Garcia co-chai...

Deb Wald has news for Wisconsin's lesbian and gay couples planning to come to California to get hitched: You could face nine m...

The California Supreme Court Monday made it harder for local governments to raise money for everything from preserving open sp...

By focusing on low-level crack cocaine cases, federal prosecutors divert resources from pursuing the kingpin operators who are...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeal has handed a crucial, if temporary, victory to pharmacies and other plaintiffs who sued to sta...

The annual fundraiser/rock concert, now in its 12th year, will feature British new wave band The Psychedelic Furs, best known ...

A San Francisco federal judge filed an order Monday that the plaintiff challenging a ban on firearms in city public housing mu...

A proposed ballot measure to outlaw gay marriage favors maintaining the status quo above equality and respect, write Stacy D. ...

Supplying services from within China raises thorny issues of law and practice, write Lothar Determann and Allan Marson. - Focu...

A federal judge has allowed prominent litigator Patricia Glaser to continue leading the defense of her indicted law partner at...

A report released last week by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, assigning blame for three devastatin...

James Rogan, nominated to the Central District of California, and Michael Anello, a nominee to the Southern District, are just...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the city of Los Angeles must pay a jury award of $5 million each to th...

Workers' compensation defense firm Goldman, Magdalin & Krikes acquired the Law Offices of Timothy P. Nye and Associates in...

The State Bar Board of Governors, it appears, are gluttons for punishment. On Friday, the group elected an attorney as its new...

A San Jose-based technology company is betting it can win large settlements from about 30 different corporations it says is in...

Middle school officials violated the constitutional rights of a 13-year-old girl by subjecting her to a fruitless strip search...

Arbitration, that once staid arena of American law where very little seemed to happen is really hopping these days, writes Dan...

When used during litigation, e-mail often drastically escalates conflict in ways none of us fully appreciate, writes Victoria ...