LOS ANGELES - Fifteen years ago, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Vincent H. Okamoto took his 8-year-old son, Darby, on a pilg...

Forum Column - By W. Scott Snowden and Richard A. Bennett - The Judicial Council soon will act on a number of proposals presen...

Focus Column - Construction Law - By David A. Ossentjuk and William M. Hensley - In a decision probably influenced by the curr...

SACRAMENTO - Physical and financial abuse of elderly Californians, including trust mills involving attorneys, are the target o...

SAN FRANCISCO - Having forced out City Attorney Malcolm Hunter after a quarter-century on the job, the Richmond city council p...

OAKLAND - Lawyers at Wendel Rosen Black & Dean are finding environmental consciousness is good for business. ...

SAN JOSE - A Santa Cruz County judge Monday rejected a legal challenge to efforts by prosecutors to prevent grand jury witness...

WASHINGTON - The Senate on Monday confirmed San Francisco Superior Court Judge Carlos T. Bea for a seat on the 9th U.S. Circui...

SAN FRANCISCO - Civil litigator Leslie G. Landau, managing partner of the San Francisco office of Bingham McCutchen, was appoi...

Column By Garry Abrams - Hanging up on a telemarketer has become a First Amendment issue. So one of the few innocent pleasures...

LOS ANGELES - In a potentially significant ruling, an appellate court last week barred an Ohio-based bicycle maker from submit...

SAN FRANCISCO - Within the past few years, lawyers have forced companies accused of fouling municipal drinking water supplies ...

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside narcotics detective who authorities say allowed his informants to rip off drug dealers has been reprim...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court jury has returned an $8 million judgment against Stanford Hospital and the Palo Alto Medical ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Denying California prisoners interest on their inmate trust accounts violates the Fifth Amendment's "takings" ...

Biotechnology company Gilead Sciences Inc. has purchased its Foster City campus for $123 million. Gilead acquired 16 buildings...

By Stefanie Knapp A U.S. District Court in Houston tossed out four remaining patent infringement claims against Intergraph Co...

Los Angeles Superior Court judges have elected two new commissioners: Woodland Hills lawyer Dennis E. Mulcahy and Riverside Su...

For the second time, a religious fundraising and asset management organization has failed to recover money allegedly stolen by...

Millions of viewers tuned in Wednesday to watch the season premiere of ABC's "The Bachelor," but what the audience didn't see ...

The Century City office of Hogan & Hartson has nabbed a new partner for its corporate group. Ray La Soya joined the Washin...

ChevronTexaco Corp. has sold its interest in a Texas refinery, with legal help from Pillsbury Winthrop. The San Ramon-based oi...

McDonough, Holland & Knight isn't traditionally known for its intellectual-property expertise. But with the addition of Ca...

The Santa Ana Unified School District has signed a deal with the Centennial Heritage Museum that could help ease overcrowding ...

What goes best with a $49 bottle of Navarro Vineyards' 2002 White Riesling? Answer: curry, kung pao chicken, lots of lawyers a...

Los Angeles partner Derek Wilson surprised his Morrison & Foerster colleagues when he announced he was moving to San Franc...

Linda Husar and Tom Hill were the first labor and employment lawyers to join Thelen, Reid & Priest's Los Angeles office in...

Column - Business Development - By Robert N. Kohn and Jeffrey Miiller - In today's competitive and rapidly changing business e...

Acushnet Co. will have to play another round against rival golf ball distributor, Nitro Leisure Products. A federal appeals co...

Column - Intellectual Property - By John D. McConaghy - Adversity often is seen in hindsight as having promoted new strengths....