Web Exclusive - The California Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider whether to revive a wrongful death claim by the w...

The city of Santa Monica and its downtown management group will pay $6 million to settle the last two suits resulting from a 2...

Early years in an Indonesian village instilled a sense of compassion in Loren M. DiFrank. The trait serves her well as a drug ...

Deposition testimony by Cardinal Roger Mahony led a state appellate panel Wednesday to reverse a trial judge and revive a laws...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe grabs a compensation and benefits attorney from business law firm Gunderson in Menlo Park.

Summer associates this week filed out of their law schools and into firms, commencing 10 to 12 weeks of self-promotion. Firms ...

Though U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer took senior status a decade ago, her docket is filled with the most complex patent...

Sidley Austin topped the list of law-firm appearances before the U.S. Supreme Court during the 2007-08 term, presenting oral a...

Los Angeles-based giant Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has opened an office in Singapore, while snatching three partners from Cle...

Melissa Poole offers advice on how to make the summer associate experience a good one. - Summer Associates Column ...

San Francisco officials sued drug wholesaler McKesson Corp. in federal court in Boston Tuesday for an alleged price-fixing sch...

The City Council has thrown its support behind City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo to resolve one of two festering budget disputes ...

A good lawyer is supposed to be so persuasive that he or she can make things that may not be facts seem inevitable and true, w...

There are a wide range of circumstances in which a deliberate fraud or wrongful profit exclusion will not apply to bar coverag...

One consequence of the Supreme Court's draconian quorum and tie-vote rules is the reluctance of the justices to disqualify the...

Despite news in recent months of some law firms thinning their summer associate ranks in response to shaky economic conditions...

Web Exclusive - The Alameda County district attorney's office and District Attorney Tom Orloff were cleared Tuesday of gender ...

The general counsel of Cisco Systems Inc. attempted to rebut allegations that the company has cooperated with Chinese governme...

Judge Steven M. Basha has come to grips with a heavy criminal calendar after spending years in county counsel offices. ...

California firm Rutan & Tucker has elevated six of its attorneys to partner in its Costa Mesa office.

ABA President William H. Neukom, the San Francisco Giants' new managing general partner, took pains to clarify that his baseba...

David B. Gelfound was appointed to the bench after a losing campaign for his judgeship. He had the support of many judges he'd...

Criminal defendants might be getting shortchanged by not always having juries that reflect a fair representation of San Diego'...

A woman will be tried for the second time for allegedly lying to a federal grand jury about her contact with one of Anthony Pe...

No rules of appellate practice are more important than those governing the filing of the notice of appeal, write Margaret Grig...

In a victory for the Bush administration, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday reinstated the full conviction against an al-Qaida ope...

As E. Robert Wallach sees it, there's room in San Francisco for two great bar associations. ...

A San Francisco County Superior Court judge trebled a portion of a jury's verdict in favor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian o...

A man who pleaded "no contest" to resisting arrest can still sue for damages based on the arresting officer's alleged use of e...

For almost as long as the Los Angeles County Court has had a pro bono panel of mediators to help resolve the deluge of cases i...