Over the past year, the Food and Drug Administration and the Office of Human Research Protections of the Department of Health ...

Southern California neutral Bruce W. Dodds admits he's not as empathetic as some other mediators might be in certain situation...

VIEWPOINT: On some days, trial lawyers feel like they can conquer the world, but on others, they feel like the world is conque...

VIEWPOINT: Construction-defect cases are rife with unsympathetic clients: the contractor who builds a shoddy apartment complex...

Is giving Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants face time on American television news broadcasts rendering aid and comfort to th...

Cutting clients' losses by settling lawsuits during unproductive discovery is sometimes a good strategy. It could protect them...

OAKLAND - An Oakland judge has ruled that two California men on the verge of death may proceed with product liability suits ag...

LOS ANGELES - A federal magistrate judge Tuesday denied bail to a former Beverly Hills attorney, who was arrested Friday for t...

VENTURA - How do you follow a legend? For Michael Planet, the new executive officer for the Ventura County Superior Court, it'...

SAN FRANCISCO - Barring any last-minute surprises, California Supreme Court nominee Carlos Moreno is poised to sail through h...

SAN FRANCISCO - Anyone interested in a recently filed San Francisco Superior Court civil lawsuit can now simply log onto a Web...

LOS ANGELES - In response to the threat of mail being used as a vehicle for terrorism, the Los Angeles Superior Court is train...

Credit is fundamental to our society. It is a powerful driver of economic growth and helps many afford the long-term needs of ...

In In Re John of Kerneslawe, Assize Court of Northumberland County, Northumberland Assize Rolls, 7 Edward I (1279), the...

In approaching law and motion matters and especially oral argument, it is important to remember that you want to make it as ea...

SACRAMENTO - Three important DNA testing measures were among the hundreds of bills Gov. Gray Davis signed or vetoed in his pus...

SACRAMENTO - For the third straight year, Gov. Gray Davis has vetoed legislation that would have increased workers' compensati...

SAN FRANCISCO - Jim Lazarus has had his eye on the city attorney's office since he first set foot in City Hall 26 years ago. ...

LOS ANGELES - Renting a truck, applying for a pilot's license, buying bags of fertilizer: Are they mundane workaday activities...

LOS ANGELES - President Bush has proclaimed he wants Osama bin Laden "dead or alive." But experts said last week that bin Lade...

SAN FRANCISCO - The city attorney for a major metropolis must be both brilliant and humble. He must be a bulldog litigator and...

You want collectibles? We'll show you collectibles! Jack Cardoza's "Titanic" legal nightmare began on Sept. 28, 1998, on what ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Leo Bazile, a former Oakland City Council member and vice-mayor with a troubled political history, has resigne...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Monday refused to postpone the trial of Sara Jane Olson, who is accused of...

SAN FRANCISCO - There's no mistaking the biggest plank in Neil Eisenberg's platform. ...

WASHINGTON - Federal investigators doubt terrorists from the al-Qaida organization are behind a spate of allegedly anthrax-lad...

The America Bar Association has named Debora S. Ballati chair-elect of its Forum on the Construction Industry. With 5,300 memb...

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, when activists focus the nation's attention on violence against women. However, ...

After 11 years at LeBoeuf Lamb Green & McRae, two corporate partners have walked a few blocks north on Figueroa Street to ...

The little dog looks into the camera and recites, "Yo Quiero, Taco Bell." For the last several years, television viewers could...