Many examiners do not review the specification of a patent to determine if a claim is supported therein. ...

When thinking of moving to a branch office, consider whether the firm is managed as a unified profit center or if branches are...

In Armendariz, the California Supreme Court rejected the 9th Circuit's analysis on mandatory arbitration agreements. ...

An employee who was physically threatened by his boss wins a new trial. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Data reports from insurance companies that detail policies sold and canceled in each of the state's ZIP codes ...

Mishandling client trust accounts is the surest way to get into trouble with the State Bar. By JoAnne Earls Robbins. ...

In an unpublished opinion, a state appellate court has ruled that a judge cannot abdicate its judicial functions to the Depart...

By James Wheaton. People like to look at dirty pictures. Our Constitution protects that right. And present day successors to t...

After more than six years of wending through the appeals process, Faith Schreiber has finally found some solace. She has been ...

The murder trial of a man accused of fatally shooting a former public defender nearly a year ago was postponed Wednesday when ...

WASHINGTON - Claiming that President Clinton has abused the power to make recess appointments, and violated a pact he made wit...

WASHINGTON - Democratic vice presidential hopeful Sen. Joseph Lieberman, and his Republican rival's wife, social activist Lynn...

Services will take place Saturday for former state legislator and retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert S. Stevens. ...

A memorial service will be held Sept. 22 for retired Associate Justice Richard W. Abbe of the 2nd District Court of Appeal in ...

It came as a great relief to officials of the State Bar Foundation recently to learn the more than 15,000 California lawyers w...

Testimony began Wednesday in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a South-Central Los Angeles woman who claims her home was...

SAN CLEMENTE - Driving the snake-like curves of Pacific Coast Highway through this southernmost Orange County town, it's easy ...

Services will take place today for Barbra Davis, chair of the Los Angeles office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker. Dav...

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has dismissed the Manhattan Beach Unified School District from a lawsuit that alleges offic...

A long time Los Angeles Police Department veteran was insubordinate when she refused to leave a supervisor's office before pho...

For most California lawyers, two years' probation by the State Bar would be like a punch in the gut. But for former Los Angele...

SAN JOSE - Some 66-year-olds, contemplating their upcoming retirement, dream of traveling the world or relaxing at home. Not A...

A state appellate court in San Francisco appeared reluctant Tuesday to decide the fate of regulations that govern how insuranc...

SAN FRANCISCO - After 35 years with the Boy Scouts, 1st District Court of Appeal Justice James Lambden has turned in his scout...

In the mid-1970s, in the aftermath of Watergate, two young lawyers often rode to work together on the bus. Though barely out o...

SANTA ANA - A judge's decision to set aside a $1 million jury verdict in favor of a man who charged that police brutalized him...

SAN FRANCISCO - Prosecutors may speak to jurors about a defendant's demeanor before he was read his Miranda rights - as long ...

By Janet M. LaRue. This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court chose to protect porn profits over children in United States v. Playboy...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has ordered a Los Gatos computer components firm to pay $4.2 million to a competitor to cover ...

The California Supreme Court has upheld the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements that are fair. ...