Focus Column - Immigration Law - By Kathrin Mautino - On Sept. 11, 2002, the Immigration and Naturalization Service began impl...

SAN JOSE - A Colorado engineer appeared in court Tuesday on charges that he made criminal threats against two former Varian A...

Forum Column - By Gary L. Bostwick - We start with some fundamental propositions. No one who loves order and humanity wants to...

SANTA ROSA - For Dennis Beaman, the final straw in his career as a lawyer came when a hard-hearted client wanted to foreclose...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles' Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has opened an office in Washington, D.C., its first outside...

LOS ANGELES - It took her several career changes - from a Ma Bell company employee and ring girl for one of Muhammad Ali's fi...

SANTA ANA - Authorities attempting to collect child support from parents allegedly dodging their court-ordered payments are u...

SAN FRANCISCO - The criminal case against San Francisco prosecutor Floyd Andrews has concluded quietly. Marin County prosecut...

John H. Wigmore was correct when he stated that cross-examination "is the greatest legal engine invented for discovering the t...

After three years chalking up experience as an assistant U.S. Attorney, Scott Frewing has returned to Baker & McKenzie to...

SACRAMENTO - The chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Committee recently asked two judges to extend stays in two cases, telling ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Brobeck Phleger & Harrison has issued an urgent appeal to its former partners to help it avoid being forc...

Forum Column - By John J. Lormon - Absent a saving hand being extended by the state Supreme Court, the legal authority of the ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Plaintiffs suing the state on behalf of millions of California schoolkids have secured permission to depose f...

SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General Bill Lockyer has launched a wide-ranging investigation into the use of money from public int...

Focus Column Intellectual Property By Michael Plimier Attorneys use prior art references to prove that claims of a patent bei...

SAN FRANCISCO - A pastor thinking about sexually seducing an adult parishioner might want to consult a lawyer first. A three-...

Column By Garry Abrams - The sentencing of four former Symbionese Liberation Army radicals in Sacramento Friday for the 1975 m...

SAN FRANCISCO - Secretary of State Colin Powell took a break from charting the course of a nation seemingly headed toward war...

By Toni Vranjes Illegal downloading of songs and intense competition from discount retailers haven't been music to the ears o...

LOS ANGELES - Convicted felon and suspended lawyer Rex DeGeorge won a civil jury verdict last week against an insurance compa...

WASHINGTON - Debate on the nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to serve on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of C...

Forum Column - By Peter M. Douglas - The coast is never finally saved. It is always being saved. The recent Court of Appeal de...

Employment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - The advent of e-mail as a business tool has revolutionized recruiting, just as it...

MURRIETA - Judge James Warren has a long list of reasons to be thrilled that Southwest Justice Center is finally open. Warren ...

LOS ANGELES - Services will take place Saturday for George C. Bond, retired vice president and general counsel of Unocal Corp....

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for alleged victims of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests are beginning to line up in opposition t...

LOS ANGELES - With San Francisco-based Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison closing its doors today, the firm's lawyers continue to...

LOS ANGELES - Eight months after Rex K. DeGeorge went to prison on a fraud and perjury conviction for sinking his luxury yacht...

Forum Column - By Kenneth J. Theisen - When President George W. Bush recently unveiled his tax cut proposals, critics charged ...