WASHINGTON - A Northern California murder case appeared to divide the U.S. Supreme Court along liberal and conservative lines ...

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Tuesday that litigants can recover attorney fees in cases involving federal bankruptcy issues, ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The attorney for a former city building inspector accused of taking bribes from contractors called his client ...

Forum Column - By Jonathan Shapiro - Back in the quiet luxury of their chambers, do U.S. Supreme Court justices really talk ab...

A state appellate court Tuesday stopped a Sacramento lawyer from attempting to "play fast and loose with the courts" by contin...

Focus Column - By Jerome B. Falk Jr. and Michael A. Jacobs - Here's how to avoid a jury and get a defendant in a trade secrets...

Forum Column - By Debra B. Self - A mediator is unhappy that Los Angeles County Superior Court's pro bono panel pays her nothi...

LOS ANGELES - Funeral services took place Monday for Joseph Lewis, one of the oldest practicing lawyers in California. He was ...

LOS ANGELES - About a year ago, Laurence Kessenick left the San Francisco office of Hansen, Bridgett, Marcus Vlahos & Rudy...

LOS ANGELES - A month before Justice Department officials began plotting to fire two California U.S. attorneys, the Los Angel...

Despite renewed support from President Bush on Tuesday, observers said U.S. Attorney General Alberto position remains shaky, w...

Whether working from the bench or on a mountain search-and-rescue team, Judge Michael M. Dest is appreciated for his efficienc...

Since his switch to general trials, Judge John F. Vogt has enjoyed presiding over fewer cases and spending more time with each...

In an important case that could place new limits on the free-speech rights of students, the U.S. Supreme Court wrestled Monday...

LOS ANGELES - A proposed $36 million settlement between 290,000 bar review takers and the nation's leading bar review provider...

SAN FRANCISCO - The State Bar has selected 25 members for its new Council on Access and Fairness, a group that - to the chagri...

Forum Column - By Peter Scheer - Before liberals get too sanctimonious about the Libby conviction, they should remember some r...

Focus Column - By Brendan J. Fogarty - The insurance policy appraisal process is good for determining the amount, but not nece...

Web Exclusive - On the Take? San Francisco prosecutors laid out a case of "bribes, lies and public corruption" on Monday agai...

Forum Column - By Timothy J. Dowling - How's this for an aggressive use of the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause: A large prod...

WASHINGTON - In a loss for the Bush administration, the Supreme Court on Monday let stand a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

Boston-based Goodwin Procter is continuing its aggressive West Coast expansion by placing five lateral hires in a second Los A...

WASHINGTON - Democrats may have the necessary ammunition to demand that a special prosecutor investigate whether Bush administ...

SAN JOSE - In a victory for the government in the criminal case against two former executives of Brocade Communications System...

Contra Costa County Commissioner Ronald Creighton is described as a born peacemaker with a demeanor that encourages feuding pa...

Lawyers marvel at Judge Gregory L. Prickett's legal scholarship and even call him a 'savant.' ...

JUDGE NAMED - The White House has nominated the presiding judge of the San Diego County Superior Court to be a U.S. district j...

LOS ANGELES - A fresh raise for law firm associates this year has renewed discussions among corporate counsel about how to tri...

For his part, Miller, a commercial litigator for 32 years, said he fields calls routinely from legal recruiters and turns them...

Industry Watch - LOS ANGELES - Greenberg Traurig's Orange County patent prosecution practice has a new client. And she's only ...