SAN FRANCISCO - Sealed court papers in the Wen Ho Lee case have been ordered released by an Albuquerque, N.M., federal judge f...
SAN FRANCISCO - During a tense and sometimes testy hearing Thursday, a plea for bail failed for Glen "Buddy" Nickerson, who is...
SAN FRANCISCO - Criminal defense lawyer J. Tony Serra will have a tough time winning his latest legal clash with police, a San...
SAN FRANCISCO - A Contra Costa County judge signaled Thursday that he is willing to allow trial on a limited basis in an unusu...
SANTA ANA - The California Supreme Court appeared leery Thursday of requiring a peace officer's entire personnel file to be tu...
SAN FRANCISCO - Continuing a flurry of judicial appointments, Gov. Gray Davis on Thursday added four new judges to the San Fra...
LOS ANGELES - A state judge on Thursday ordered the owners of a Rampart-area motel to clean up conditions that led to long-sta...
SACRAMENTO - A former chairman of the Fair Political Practices Commission, whose ethics and leadership were questioned by crit...
SAN FRANCISCO - Elliot Beckelman says serving as a prosecutor in San Francisco is better than playing center field for the New...
Constitutional Law
Wife's Refusal to Testify Against Absent Husband Sparks Debate
By Matthew Heller
LANCASTER - Prosecutors say Susan Jurcoane's marriage ended the day her husband allegedly murdered two people at a ranch near ...
SAN FRANCISCO - For more than three months, Robert Nawi sat quietly by his lawyer's side and listened to a cavalcade of witne...
LOS ANGELES - San Diego Superior Court Judge Judith McConnell has been confirmed as an associate justice of the 4th District C...
LOS ANGELES - Former San Luis Obispo County worker Russell Barnes must have been thrilled when a state workers' compensation p...
LOS ANGELES - Paul J. Fitzgerald often spoke to groups of lawyers, and his favorite topic was "Defending the Hopeless Case." F...
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood producer Michael Viner and his wife, actress Deborah Raffin Viner, did not have to prove that the comp...
SAN DIEGO - A Superior Court judge with a history in law enforcement stepped forward Thursday as the first official challenger...
WASHINGTON - On the heels of a bipartisan compromise agreement on an anti-terrorism bill sought by the Bush administration, no...
The effects of terrorism touch every workplace in America, including law firms. It is important that all firms devise a plan t...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Kahn & Kelville auto service shop has become something of a landmark in recent years because of its si...
The recognition of mediation as an affordable means of alternative dispute resolution has precipitated a rise in the number of...
Since the beginnings of civilized societies, the overarching and recurring moral question has been, "Is it possible to be mora...
The horrific attacks against the United States on Sept. 11 have dominated our national and individual psyches in the days that...
The cover photograph of Newsweek recently showed three New York City firefighters planting the American flag atop the rubble a...
Figuring out lien priorities on real property may not be a simple matter of determining order of lien recordation. Subordinati...
The doctrine of negligence per se, or negligence as a matter of law, often has application in the premises-liability context t...
SAN FRANCISCO - Brushing aside concerns about the economy, Pillsbury Winthrop is moving ahead with a year-old plan to consolid...
LOS ANGELES - Lawyer Carl Douglas describes his client, Kamara Sams, as "a black woman with a conscience." But in a three-week...
SAN DIEGO - The city attorney's office should be taken off its spousal battery case against a Superior Court judge because som...
SAN FRANCISCO - Like dancers choreographed to clashing music, lawyers for the state of California and Pacific Gas & Elect...
LOS ANGELES - In a continuing effort to crack down on unscrupulous immigration consultants, the state attorney general's offic...