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

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in San Francisco Monday extended a temporary restraining order blocking a Department of Homela...

LOS ANGELES - Banana plantation workers on three of Dole Food's farms in Nicaragua were not told to stay away from areas treat...

WASHINGTON - Three years after invalidating the mandatory nature of the federal sentencing guidelines, the U.S. Supreme Court ...

To hear it from judges, lawyers and academics, Scott Schools has done everything right as the temporary leader of the San Fran...

SAN FRANCISCO - Embattled Riverside County Judge Robert G. Spitzer was taken off the bench in the middle of jury selection Tue...

If you accidentally come into possession of your adversary's documents, what's the proper course of action? That question is ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided not to get involved in two California disputes about religious speech, r...

SAN FRANCISCO - With the addition of 14 attorneys to its West Coast corporate and securities practice in 2007, including three...

Web Exclusive - The Department of Homeland Security lost its bid Monday to enforce a law requiring employers to fire workers ...

In addition to his work as a judge, Robert H. Oliver finds time to serve several legal and community organizations. ...

Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - The new standards for California's high-school exit exams pay virtually no attention to th...

WASHINGTON - With a couple of under-the-radar cases and jokes about Sen. Joe Lieberman and Libertarians, the justices of the U...

Forum Column - By Richard M. Mosk - Former state Supreme Court justice and national security adviser William P. Clark may not ...

The 20-lawyer litigation firm McManis Faulkner & Morgan, based in San Jose, has donated $138,628 in fees incurred from its...

ANAHEIM - More money for judgeships and court facilities made 2006 a good year, but the courts need the legal community's help...

Focus Column - By David J. Ozeran - -"Willful misconduct" is an increasingly complex cause of action, but its evolving jurispr...

LOS ANGELES - It was a mother's worst nightmare. Her son Victor had died of AIDS in a federal immigration detention center a...

Linda F. Rice, one of the state’s top medical-malpractice plaintiffs’ attorneys, is the latest to leave the practice. ...

SACRAMENTO - Ford Motor Co. and lawyers for 414,000 California owners of Explorers announced Monday that they have reached a t...

In his four years on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Jay Bybee has become known as one of its brightest and most freeth...

SACRAMENO - The two lobbyists for the State Bar have announced they will step down before the end of the year to pursue career...

ANAHEIM - Bar association activists from around California endorsed ending the death penalty, legalizing prostitution and home...

Judge Kenneth K. So is the new presiding judge of San Diego County Superior Court. So, who has served as assistant presiding j...

A San Francisco rabbi is determined to restore his reputation after a Jewish community leader likened him to "the Fuhrer." Th...

A San Diego judge has upheld a $24 million arbitration award on behalf of Bavaria International Aircraft Leasing against Mexic...

Forum Column - By David Grenardo and Joshua Briones - Passion and street smarts are among the outside-the-box skill sets that ...

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - Steptoe & Johnson nabbed Jeffrey Weiner, formerly DLA Piper's senior corporate attorn...

Forum Column - By David Blair-Loy - A recent case in San Diego County illustrates that openness and accountability in governme...

Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - After learning that Stoel Rives was drastically downsizing its San Francisco office to conc...