SAN DIEGO - Joan K. Irion had been on the Superior Court bench less than a year when Presiding Judge Wayne L. Peterson asked f...

Forum Column - By Earl Ofari Hutchinson - The inevitable finally happened. Kobe Bryant's lead defense attorney, Pamela Mackey,...

Forum Column - By Chris Ford - In "To Earn Discretion, Judges Must Stop Being Politicians" (Forum, Jan. 21), Hirbod Rashidi ar...

Focus Column - Appellate Law - By James Harris and Tillman Breckenridge - On May 6, 2003, the U.S. District Court for the West...

ESCONDIDO - Fiorenzo V. Lopardo, who was one of the first two Superior Court judges permanently assigned to the Vista branch o...

SAN JOSE - The Santa Clara County Bar Association plebiscite is sort of like the Iowa caucus of the county's judicial races, o...

LOS ANGELES - The American Bar Association gathers today to begin one of its twice-yearly meetings, with 2,600 lawyers and fam...

SAN FRANCISCO - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patricia Lynne Collins committed reversible error in a murder trial when she ...

SACRAMENTO - In addition to being the court historian for California's Eastern District, U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb ...

LOS ANGELES - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in a high-stakes case that could change the rules ...

SAN DIEGO - Danielle L. Hickman is no stranger to tough court cases. Two years ago, Hickman prosecuted a man for abuse after h...

Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By John C. Rawls - Despite the bursting of the Internet bubble, e-commerce continues to...

REDWOOD CITY - The Scott Peterson murder trial opened quietly and smoothly Monday, despite fears the intense media interest wo...

Forum Column - By Tam Hunt and Derek Jones - The city of Los Angeles recently held a public hearing to discuss the merits of r...

Notebook - By Pamela A. MacLean - SAN FRANCISCO - One of the most liberal federal appellate judges in the country says that if...

LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's claim that deputies roughed him up during his November arrest on child-molestation charges has...

LOS ANGELES - Recently retired appellate Justice Charles S. Vogel joined JAMS this week as a private neutral. Vogel brings to ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The three-company battle over the ownership of patents covering cloning technology used to create Dolly the sh...

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A street racer who was charged with the death of a rival who crashed and died during a speed contest betwee...

SAN FRANCISCO - Farming interests believe a Colusa County Superior Court decision requiring the state to conduct an environmen...

Column By Garry Abrams - Thanks to the Internet, the greatest development in thievery since the invention of highway robbery, ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Jurors committed misconduct by consulting Bible passages and religious leaders while deliberating in a death p...

OAKLAND - Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks" adorns Alameda County Superior Court Judge Philip V. Sarkisian's chambers. Each year Sa...

SAN FRANCISCO - The cash-strapped U.S. Patent and Trademark Office would get a big budget boost next year if Congress approves...

Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan has tapped partner Bruce Friedman to serve as the firm's managing partner. Friedman, who ...

Roxio Inc., the Santa Clara company that relaunched the famous Napster music service, has closed a $22.5 million financing dea...

During the first year of the 2003-2004 Legislative Session, the Legislature and Governor enacted over 130 bills that affect th...

Mobile software company Aligo Inc. has received an infusion of $10.5 million. Peter Cohn, a partner at Orrick, Herrington &...

Brian Burr specializes in representing small companies in negotiations with industry titans, and his skills came in handy for ...

Legislative Summary - By Linda Rapattoni and Hudson Sangree - Before voters recalled him last year, former Gov. Gray Davis man...