Three decades later, Brian Hartnell is reliving his brush with death at the hands of the Zodiac killer. Hartnell, a Redlands l...

LOS ANGELES - A billionaire who made his fortune in real estate owes nothing to his older brother, a Superior Court jury found...

Focus Column - By Robert D. "Bo" Links - In the second of a two-part series about drafting effective arbitration clauses, an a...

Forum Column - By David Aronoff - A recent anti-SLAPP decision regarding a movie about Generation Xers got it all wrong, write...

Web Exclusive - The controversial removal of the popular judge who runs San Francisco's complex litigation calendar is getting...

After a three-week trial, a federal jury in San Diego has found that two former Gateway Computers executives hid key informati...

SAN JOSE - A Massachusetts federal judge has tossed out a Virginia company's lawsuit claiming software used by Google Inc. tha...

A Riverside County judge was wrong to allow TV coverage of a court hearing to decide whether a three-time rapist should remain...

Employment Column - By Donald C. Potter - What is an employer supposed to do when a worker tries to run a ministry at the offi...

SAN FRANCISCO - Close is not necessarily enough, at least when trying to show that federal water pollution law applies to a di...

It was a beautiful spring day on the Mendocino coast when every electrical lineman's nightmare struck Sifa Tuiaki. ...

"This article is going to be a disaster; I am far too honest," retired judge Robert Thomas said with a smile midway through an...

SAN FRANCISCO - The admonition came in no uncertain terms: Plan for a correction in the industry, and start planning now. ...

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers are threatening to ban prosecutors from requesting attorney-client-privilege waivers in corporate inves...

What if the American Revolution had been averted with a handshake? ...

WASHINGTON - Republican lawmakers who support splitting up the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals no longer control Congress, b...

LOS ANGELES - The parents of a 22-year-old man who was fatally shot by police will divide $1 million, under a settlement reach...

LOS ANGELES - City Councilman Jack Weiss started the race Thursday to replace outgoing Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadi...

This year's annual Law Firm Leaders Forum in San Francisco, coordinated by Ralph Baxter, left, and Bradford Hildebrandt, exami...

Charges against a Santa Ana gun dealer accused in one of California's biggest illegal-weapons-possession cases must be dismiss...

LOS ANGELES - A former Roman Catholic priest has asked a court to throw out sexual-abuse charges against him, arguing that a n...

Tracy Grant was a deputy sheriff assigned as a court bailiff when the lawyering bug bit, a change in trajectory that has led ...

In January, the call volume picks up at the San Carlos office of sole practitioner Teri Shugart. ...

Focus Column - By Robert D. "Bo" Links - In the first of a two-part series, an arbitrator sets out the menu of considerations ...

SAN FRANCISCO - California may soon have to say goodbye to ladies night discounts at bars. ...

WASHINGTON - When Los Angeles attorney Jean-Claude Andre learned last year that the U.S. Supreme Court had agreed to hear one ...

SAN DIEGO - A judge ruled Wednesday the Roman Catholic Diocese in San Diego can file bankruptcy documents without revealing th...

Forum Column - By Clay Calvert - The California Supreme Court made a mistake when it elevated voluntary journalism ethical gui...

Spitting in someone's face can be a federal crime, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. ...

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