SACRAMENTO - A privacy measure that would have prevented employers from secretly monitoring their workers' electronic mail and...

SAN FRANCISCO - The judge presiding over the bankruptcy of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. rejected a request Tuesday by state At...

LOS ANGELES - An angel sculpture once destined for a Los Angeles firehouse will instead be sent as a gift to New York City at ...

SAN FRANCISCO - As managing partner at patent prosecution boutique Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman in San Jose, Tarek Fah...

SAN FRANCISCO - It's not a crime to stare, but it becomes sexual harassment when you stare shamelessly several times a day at ...

Charles F. Peterson says that his natural bent toward bridging the gap between peoples and cultures led to his career in media...

SAN FRANCISCO - The City Attorney race heated up Tuesday with the announcement of three key endorsements. The union representi...

Whether it's applying to law school or a legal job, we in the legal profession often are called on to provide references and l...

On Sept. 11, more than 14,000 attorneys were displaced as a result of the destruction of the World Trade Center towers and sur...

The Supreme Court announced that it will hear a case that will shape and define American public education for the next generat...

LOS ANGELES - State Sen. Dick Ackerman, a longtime politician who has practiced law for more than 30 years, has joined Orange ...

Practitioners representing divorcing spouses whose community assets took a beating in the recent dramatic decline of stock val...

SAN JOSE - Two Bay Area county bar associations are sponsoring training sessions for attorneys and others who want to assist i...

SAN FRANCISCO - Jurors and litigants might not think of themselves as a court's clientele, but customer service is gaining a l...

SAN FRANCISCO - In overturning the largest judgment ever imposed on a militant antiabortion group last March, a federal appeal...

In civilian life, Mark Inaba is a Los Angeles deputy district attorney assigned to the Antelope Valley office. But Inaba is al...

RIVERSIDE - An appellate court has found that the organizer of an off-road vehicle race can be held liable for injuries sustai...

Although Capitol Hill has been a scene of frenzied activity, one particular House bill is the one to watch. This bill, too cle...

Meanwhile, some entertainment attorneys in New York City see the terrorist attacks as a potential economic sledgehammer. Steve...

Some good news: Power attorney Barry Hirsch of Armstrong Hirsch Jackoway Tyerman & Wertheimer officiated at actress Jennif...

San Jose's Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has completed its acquisition of Boise, Idaho-based In-System Design Inc. in a transact...

Joan Vento-Hall is now a one-woman show. In August, the attorney, who represents Hollywood talent, left the entertainment powe...

San Francisco-based Littler Mendelson , the nation's largest employment boutique, has expanded its immigration group, a practi...

A London newspaper recently described former Ambassador Richard Sklar as the "Mr. Wolf" of diplomacy. ...

Mikohn Gaming Corp. of Las Vegas garnered $105 million by completing a rule 144A private placement. Jefferies & Company In...

Racial profiling figures prominently in California's campaign against gangs, as many people of color can attest. In encounters...

The chilling of Bill Maher was painful to watch. On Sept. 25, the host of "Politically Incorrect" faced a Regent Beverly Wilsh...

Price Enterprises Inc. and Excel Legacy Corp., both of San Diego, formally closed a merger to form Price Legacy Corp., which w...

Mark Moskowitz sat in a New Jersey hotel room in 1978. With him was his client - owner of the Las Vegas Golden Nugget Casino, ...