Focus Column - By Michael K. Brown and Jennifer L. Dodge - A medical-malpractice case presents a number of challenges for a pl...

Viewpoint Column - By William A. Daniels - Insureds trying to decide whether their carrier has an honest difference of opinion...

Ethics Column - Brenda K. Radmacher - Attorneys are increasingly involved in dual representation of clients and their insurers...

At trial, plaintiff Kenneth R. Oberfelder recalled sitting in his car one day when suddenly, he said, he saw a "crazed" man ru...

Many lawyers would squirm at the thought of representing a convicted cocaine dealer in a civil rights case. But Jo Saxe Levy o...

Viewpoint Column - By John Cleaves - How is it that the television shows "60 Minutes," "20/20" and "Dateline" can introduce a ...

SAN DIEGO - A Sabre Springs man on Thursday denied charges that he kidnapped, then killed, 7-year-old Danielle van Dam last mo...

SAN JOSE - Nearly six years after he sentenced Richard Allen Davis to death for the murder of Polly Klaas, Santa Clara County ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO - All it took for Steven Bain to die in November 2000 was a punch from a man who had just confronted him insid...

SACRAMENTO - Judge Lloyd George Connelly Jr. is a Sacramento hometown-boy-made-good. Born on New Year's eve in 1945, Connelly ...

Forum Column - By Robert L. Maginnis - The Bush administration has adopted a policy that requires a government review when an...

OAKLAND - Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jon Rolefson on Thursday ordered three former Oakland police officers facing cri...

SAN DIEGO - The San Diego County Bar Association will honor the district attorney's ethics adviser and four other lawyers at a...

SAN FRANCISCO - Joseph Russoniello is one of those rare darlings of the press. Almost daily, the former U.S. attorney is quote...

Dicta Column - By Paul J. Virgo - Lawyers forcibly removed from a case or who withdraw for some other reason often are confuse...

Employment Column - By Arthur F. Silbergeld - The economy finally is showing signs of recovery following Federal Reserve Chai...

Focus Column - By Stephen Byers - On Nov. 29, 2000, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit fundamentally altered on...

Dicta Column - By David H. Brickner - Voir dire is for finding out which jurors are, or might be, against you, as well as for ...

LOS ANGELES - When determining the fate of children in dependency cases, appellate courts may consider post-judgment developm...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court weighed in on another cyberspace dispute Wednesday by agreeing to decide whether ...

RIVERSIDE - Retired Riverside County Judge William H. Sullivan pleaded guilty Wednesday to seven misdemeanor charges of making...

SAN FRANCISCO - California attorneys are being asked to provide suggestions on how to improve civil procedures in the trial co...

SAN FRANCISCO - A man who wed his terminally ill partner in a hospital ceremony the day before she died is not entitled to a s...

LOS ANGELES - Chicago's Katten Muchin Zavis has acquired New York-based Rosenman & Colin to form Katten Muchin Zavis Rosen...

SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co. received permission Wednesday to start making interest payments to some of its la...

SAN FRANCISCO - A report criticizing San Francisco's handling of domestic violence cases was released Wednesday as city agenci...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has thrown out a controversial city zoning change that would have allowed a d...

SAN JOSE - In a significant blow to the rights of workers to switch jobs without limitation, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of App...

SANTA ANA - A former Orange County sex crimes prosecutor was sentenced Wednesday to probation for a January 2001 attack on his...