Marin County Commissioner Beverly Wood is remarkable in her enthusiasm for fixing the modern-day woes in family law court. ...
Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Ricardo Cordova, who testified in Scott Peterson's murder trial, empathizes with witnes...
An Arizona-based Internet adoption agency says it cannot be forced to provide services to gay couples. But a California feder...
SAN FRANCISCO - Wal-Mart, a giant retailer known for closely guarding its secrets, had an oops moment in Alameda County Superi...
SAN FRANCISCO - An Alameda judge has ruled that Berkeley Unified School District's plan for assigning students to elementary s...
Forum Column - By Jeffrey L. Fazio - A plaintiffs' class-action lawyer isn't happy with a Forum article's characterization of ...
Forum Column - By Marjorie Cohn - As detainees are being tortured in Cuba, the Legislature needs to step in and do what the Su...
Environmental
Water Agency’s Plan to Fix Fish-Kill Permits Draws Criticism
By Keith Bowersn
SACRAMENTO - State officials Tuesday outlined a strategy for responding to a judge's ruling that threatens to shut down the ma...
SAN FRANCISCO - As soon as David R. Stewart reported for duty at Seattle-based RealNetworks Inc. in 2001, the general counsel ...
An unusual constellation of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges Tuesday "sorrowfully" dissented from the court's decision...
Stanford Law School students concerned about the potentially brutal first years in the profession formed a group and wrote to ...
Judges and Judiciary
State Legislative Panel Will Consider Sentencing Proposal
By David Houstonn
SACRAMENTO - A controversial proposal to revise the state's complex sentencing structure by creating a commission gets its fir...
LOS ANGELES - The law firm Reed Smith announced Monday the addition of two partners and a counsel, all hailing from different ...
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - The 10-year rule for spousal support is irrational and unjust and should be abolished. ...
Judges and Judiciary
Court Provides Guidance on Admitting Hearsay Evidence
By Meagan Yellottn
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court gave long-awaited guidance Monday to criminal courts deciding when hearsay eviden...
Deals Column - By Jason Song - Attorneys are hoping there's light at the end of the tunnel better known as Sarbanes-Oxley, the...
LOS ANGELES - At the scene of a burglarized trucking business, Los Angeles police found small drops of blood staining the shar...
Focus Column - By Michael R. Morris - New legislation provides significant tax breaks for songwriters. ...
Forum Column - By Peter Scheer - Before the Legislature gets much more excited about the U.S. attorney scandal, it should cons...
WASHINGTON - A California lawyer hoping to change the way presidential elections are decided is one step closer to achieving h...
LOS ANGELES - California's fourth Vioxx plaintiff withdrew his case on the eve of jury selection because he and his wife were ...
LOS ANGELES - A lawyer for the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego could face sanctions, including being barred from appearing...
Anthony Falzone is executive director of Stanford Law School's Fair Use Project, which is helping to push back against what he...
LOS ANGELES - A federal insurance fraud case against two executives from a Westlake Village company could be derailed after a ...
Securities
Brocade's Ex-CEO Will Get First Backdating Trial, Judge Rules
By Craig Anderson
SAN JOSE - Gregory Reyes, the former chief executive officer of Brocade Communication Systems Inc. will be the first person tr...
LOS ANGELES - KLA Tencor recently announced a replacement for the general counsel who left under a cloud of controversy in Oct...
Government
Prison Health Care Receiver Axes Administration Provider
By Anne Marie Ruff
A company that has provided medical-administration services for two state prisons in Southern California since September was t...
Judges and Judiciary
Referee Brought Innovation to Juvenile-Dependency Court
By Pat Alston
LOS ANGELES - Julius Yale Libow, a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court senior referee who was instrumental in introducin...
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors will not refile murder charges against a man whose conviction 22 years ago was tossed out in Februar...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Laurie L. Levenson and Emil Petrossian - Post-hypnotic testimony remains controversial. Admissibility often ...