WASHINGTON - For more than two decades, the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has been a big source of bus...

Having grown up very poor, San Joaquin Court Commissioner Sheryle Sparks believes she has a special understanding of the peopl...

Although Commissioner Glenn Mondo moved frequently throughout Southern California as a child, he's remained firmly planted i...

Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...

Forum Column - By Maurice M. Suh and Daniel L. Weiss - Core principles of the American justice system could help shape anti-do...

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

One fateful school field trip and a childhood spent in San Francisco's gritty Tenderloin district convinced U.S. Bankruptcy Ju...

By day, the president-elect of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel is a subdued business liability attorney...

SAN JOSE - A Silicon Valley semiconductor equipment company that has been one of the main targets of government and media inve...

LOS ANGELES - Four Southern California museums and a Los Angeles art gallery were raided by federal agents Thursday after a fi...

LOS ANGELES - A Superior Court jury has returned a $12 million verdict against the owner and property manager of a Burbank apa...

SAN FRANCISCO - Six decades after defeating the Japanese for control of the island of Okinawa at the end of World War II, the ...

When Maurice J. Attie says he has been mediating disputes since before he can remember, he means it. ...

Forum Column - By John Hall - Faced with widespread human rights abuses by the Philippines' military, a new legal movement hop...

Parties whose only offense was being on the losing side of an important appellate ruling should not have to pay their opponent...

Employment Column - By Robert S. Nelson - Employers should consider several factors in allowing employees to use service or co...

LOS ANGELES - It's beginning to look like one of two Sammy Davis Jr. biopics may never grace the big screen. ...

Forum Column - By Kevin Martin and Kara Suro - Proposed changes to the way the SEC approaches settlements of potential enforce...

Focus Column - By Jay Folberg - Negotiating legal settlements can be a lot like striking a deal in a pawnshop. ...

Medical marijuana advocates said they would turn to lawmakers for help after the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that ...

WASHINGTON - Democratic senators excoriated the Bush administration's Environmental Protection Agency Thursday over its refusa...

When artist Chris Moreno and her husband, California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno, became the primary caretakers of a d...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a setback for the government's probe into sports steroid use, a federal appellate court reversed course wit...

When they met five years ago, Jayne Fleming was a second-year associate, and Raul Aktanov was a young political refugee, fight...

LOS ANGELES - A federal jury in Los Angeles rejected all but a thin portion of the Securities and Exchange Commission's case a...

The University of California will have to pay at least $40 million for drastically hiking fees for thousands of students - inc...

Jay Leno, NBC Studios and a group of fellow comedians settled their federal copyright-infringement lawsuit against Brown and a...

SAN FRANCISCO - Food safety activists and environmentalists Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging a federal decision to relax ...

Olympic gold medal sprinter Justin Gatlin has appealed a four-year doping suspension that bars him from defending his 100-mete...

Forum Column - By Tim Keller - The 9th Circuit should uphold an Arizona education program that gives parents more control over...