Focus Column - In the second of our continuing MCLE self-study series, David Labahn examines the effects of new Jessica's Law ...

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Lawyers praise the judicial talents of Diana Becton Smith and value her perspective as Contra Costa County's lone black jurist...

Former New York attorney Charles Weinstock has parlayed his Hollywood connections into "Fracture," a legal thriller starring A...

LOS ANGELES - Thirteen Nicaraguan banana plantation workers who said they became sterile after repeated exposure to a pesticid...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Los Angeles referee has been named juvenile court judge of the year, one of several award recipients honored...

Employment Column - By Stephen J. Hirschfeld - Watch out, tough guy. The next cause of action in the employment arena may be f...

SAN JOSE - A San Jose federal judge has denied a motion by Google Inc. to declare that its lucrative keyword advertising does ...

SAN JOSE - Modesto attorney Gary S. Davis' mediation career started by accident. Now, as he winds down his practice, it has be...

LOS ANGELES - Santa Barbara police are being trained in the fine points of making disturbing-the-peace arrests as part of the ...

Letter to the Editor - In his March 27 column ("Sentencing Bill Would Worsen State's Prison Crisis"), San Francisco Public Def...

Focus Column - By Robert D. "Bo" Links - An experienced mediator teaches hard-nosed litigators the beauty of apologies. ...

LOS ANGELES - A music-royalty-collecting group announced Thursday that it will discuss "mutually beneficial business arrangeme...

WASHINGTON - Embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales appeared to contradict the testimony of fired San Diego U.S. Attorney...

Suspensions - Cartelli, Michael A., La Canada Flintridge Johnson, Stephen Wayne, Huntington Beach McGrew, Francis Joseph, Oa...

Web Exclusive - The Court of Appeal affirmed Wednesday that San Francisco’s 23-year-old affirmative action law runs counter to...

In a class action, Whittier attorney John J. Eardley is targeting the makers and retailers of a chemical found in everyday pro...

SAN FRANCISCO - California judges may be allowed to send letters on behalf of colleagues under investigation for judicial misc...

Forum Column - By John Burton and Miriam Aroni Krinsky - In a move that surely will harm America's most vulnerable people, the...

SAN FRANCISCO - General-practice law firms are structuring multidisciplinary groups to counsel an array of clients that might ...

LOS ANGELES - Electronic discovery experts are quick to point out what can go wrong if lawyers don't have a strong strategy in...

LOS ANGELES - It's been less than six months since the U.S. Supreme Court amended its Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to addr...

SACRAMENTO - Lawyers for an insurance trade group hailed an administrative law opinion this week that barred the Department of...

Focus Column - By John A. Sturgeon - OK, you lost in the trial court. Don't make it worse by appealing the case without thinki...

The Roberts Court marked its first truly defining moment Wednesday when it upheld the constitutionality of the federal Partial...

Widespread confusion persists more than two years after voters limited California's Unfair Competition Law by passing Proposit...

SAN FRANCISCO - What would you do if your boss hounded you about how you smell? A woman who claims she had no control over the...

A Swiss historian wants to learn more about a top-secret anti-communist operation in Europe financed and run by the CIA and NA...

Daniel Weinstein, a retired San Francisco Superior Court judge and JAMS mediator known for his philanthropic work, is donating...

LOS ANGELES - Co-founder of the Italian American Lawyers Association and Los Angeles-based sole practitioner August G. Carloni...