FORUM COLUMN - By Michael A.S. Newman - In the middle ages, before standing armies became common, European sovereigns often hi...

LOS ANGELES - Daniel Berry, a Department of Social Services employee in Tehama County, believed his evangelical faith compelle...

SAN FRANCISCO - Who needs lawyers when you have computers?

SAN FRANCISCO - Fresh out of law school, Thomas J. Mellon Jr. spent a year with Volunteers In Service to America, helping low-...

LOS ANGELES - As China's economy erupted at the dawn of the new millennium, Jianping "Tony" Qu figured out a way to bring a $6...

FOCUS COLUMN - By Steven E. Lake - Since 1975, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act has required that "all children...

LOS ANGELES - Saturday night, the Anti-Defamation League will honor litigator E. Randol Schoenberg at its annual fundraising d...

A state appellate justice on Tuesday denounced what he called an "emasculated" death-penalty system that allows decades to ela...

SAN FRANCISCO - Shasta County Superior Court Judge Richard A. McEachen will retire next month after 28 years on the bench.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that legal permanent residents convicted in state court for simple drug poss...

LOS ANGELES - A lawyer representing a client who won the go-ahead to sue one of the nation's largest private dispute resolutio...

SAN FRANCISCO - Burial services have been scheduled for Friday for Daniel J. Curtin, the Walnut Creek attorney who literally w...

LOS ANGELES - In 1931, women and blacks could not join the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

FORUM COLUMN - By Laurie L. Levenson - Not all murders are federal crimes. In fact, most are not.

SAN FRANCISCO - Morgan, Lewis & Bockius senior labor and employment associate Nicole A.J. Gustafson is passionate about bu...

LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court voiced sharp concern Tuesday that researchers may have used deception to obtain per...

A sharply divided federal appeals court Tuesday upheld a private school's admission policy that favors native Hawaiians.

SAN JOSE - Richard Marmaro says he just wants the truth.

LOS ANGELES - If there were ever a reality show about the life of reality show writers, a sample episode might go something li...

FORUM COLUMN - By Jonathan H. Adler - Global warming is a serious environmental concern.

In a closely watched case, the California Supreme Court will consider Wednesday whether religious schools may get low-cost, ta...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a sharply divided ruling, an 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that chal...

COLUMN - By Rick Kennedy - Last week saw a rare respite from massive private equity buyouts as funds and investment banks mull...

WASHINGTON - In two cases that could profoundly affect school integration programs nationwide, the U.S. Supreme Court cast a s...

FORUM COLUMN - By Thomas A. Mesereau Jr. - At its best, trial practice is an art, not a science.

LOS ANGELES - Just as the gaming industry in Las Vegas has long counted on Los Angeles gamblers to fill its coffers, so has it...

FOCUS COLUMN - By Robert D. "Bo" Links - In Monday's paper, I explained the importance of presenting a simple pitch in arbitra...

LOS ANGELES - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was again the bearer of good news for a wrongly convicted man when earlier...

For Nimish P. Patel, 37-year-old name partner of the Los Angeles-based corporate and securities law boutique Richardson & ...

Former San Francisco Public Defender Geoff Brown, who quit defending criminals to become a state Public Utilities Commissioner...