SAN DIEGO - A cell-phone call made by David A. Westerfield, charged with kidnapping and murdering 7-year-old Danielle van Dam,...

WASHINGTON - Two California presidential nominees commanded the attention of the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, with one...

SACRAMENTO - One of the key measures in a package of bills that would impose reforms on alternative dispute resolution has bee...

SAN FRANCISCO - Hastings College of the Law has caved to state Sen. John Burton in its showdown over its much-disputed parking...

SANTA ANA - Down south in New Orleans for a deposition in 1989, San Diego trial attorney Virginia Nelson stopped to watch a st...

SAN JOSE - In a tart opinion, a federal judge has kept alive a lawsuit by members of the San Jose chapter of the Hells Angels ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Holme Roberts & Owen, a 200-attorney firm based in Denver, has announced plans to open a San Francisco out...

LOS ANGELES - Irving H. Brott, a Los Angeles sole practitioner who will be remembered for his pro bono work for the University...

RIVERSIDE - A Superior Court jury is deliberating the case against a Moreno Valley man who authorities say pleaded guilty to a...

SAN FRANCISCO - A bare-chested photo of former "Baywatch" star Jose Solano Jr. on the cover of Playgirl Magazine, along with m...

SAN FRANCISCO - A construction worker who believed a contract could convey parenthood has won an award against a fertility cli...

Forum Column - By Kenneth J. Theisen - In 1996, welfare reform became law. Since its passage, the number of families on welfar...

LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court has refused to grant more time for a Los Angeles defendant who claimed that bad advice f...

Employment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - The partnership track at most major firms is seven-to-10 years long, and wise ass...

Focus Column - By Mitchell P. Brook - In a long-awaited decision with implications for both patent owners and litigants, the U...

SAN FRANCISCO - One day after a $4.4 million verdict for Earth First plaintiffs in an Oakland civil rights trial, the San Fran...

SAN DIEGO - David A. Westerfield told police that he would not be able to distinguish the 7-year-old girl he is accused of kid...

SAN FRANCISCO - City sidewalks must be kept free of barriers to the handicapped under a broad reading of the Americans with Di...

Focus Column - By Jeffrey Winikow - England has been celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee, honoring her past 50 ye...

Column by Garry Abrams - Terrorism expert Brian Levin isn't particularly surprised that federal authorities have detained a Hi...

LOS ANGELES - A San Francisco litigator with a record of being sanctioned by trial judges can sue the State Bar in an attempt ...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge is expected to rule by Friday on whether to certify as a class action an abuse lawsuit filed...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by a San Luis Obispo defense lawyer who had accused District Atto...

Forum Column - By A. Barry Cappello - A new push is under way in Congress that would limit the number of class actions in stat...

Focus Column - By Stepan W. Baghdassarian - The success of any business enterprise requires the best use of its resources, and...

LOS ANGELES - Before Shaq, before Kobe or Phil Jackson, the Los Angeles Lakers had William B. Campbell - as a fan and the atto...

WASHINGTON - The head of a California-based conservative advocacy group found himself defending his organization's position on...

Dicta Column - By Gerald W. Zelko - On June 7, 2001, President Bush signed into law the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconci...

Dicta Column - By JoAnne Earls Robbins - Many lawyers enter into agreements with other lawyers to practice law. Such an arrang...

Forum Column - By Glenn Sacks - SB1618 provides for a $10 raise in the California marriage license fee. The purpose of the bil...