SAN JOSE - In a ruling that enhances free speech protections on the World Wide Web, a San Francisco federal judge has struck ...

By Roger R. Ellis In a class-action lawsuit against the tobacco industry, a Florida jury last Wednesday found cigarettes "def...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a victory for labor unions, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that determination of prevailing wage ra...

SACRAMENTO - In a significant defeat for Attorney General Bill Lockyer, a legislative committee Tuesday killed his proposal t...

By Richard Chernick California law permits consolidation of separate arbitrations between the same parties, or when one party...

SAN BERNARDINO - A key player in a Redlands mall project was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison for violating her bai...

SAN FRANCISCO - With the acquisition of two high-profile corporate lawyers from Graham & James' Sacramento office, Gray C...

Marathon talks gave way to a confidential settlement agreement late Monday night in the three-way, multimillion-dollar lawsui...

A Beverly Hills lawyer was acquitted Tuesday of income tax charges in a prosecution stemming from the Operation Med-Law insur...

Attorneys for former Symbionese Liberation Army fugitive Kathleen Soliah will argue in a Los Angeles court today that she des...

WASHINGTON - U.S. District Court nominee William H. Alsup of San Francisco appeared to garner the endorsement of two key Repu...

Exploited by the Nazis, then forced to fight alongside the Germans against his fellow Jews, Jacob Weingarten was eventually s...

SACRAMENTO - It's called the Defense of Marriage Act, but its purpose is to ban something that is not yet recognized by the l...

The Judicial Council is considering a deal for state judges: They complete a course in, say, the elimination of gender bias o...

SACRAMENTO - Say you're a San Jose police detective trying to track down a local man who's been sending threatening e-mail me...

SAN FRANCISCO - You're a new entrepreneur, and you've got an idea for a business selling special-edition books on the Interne...

By Shelley L. Albaum, Harold J. Cohn and Seth D. Kramer Although a trial court has broad discretion in modifying spousal-supp...

^^Theory and Practice^^ By Conrad R. Aragon Sam Thompson was waiting for a bus in downtown Louisville, Ky., in January, 1959....

By Marjorie Cohn After World War II, the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal was established to try Japanese military and political lea...

SAN FRANCISCO - A new battle in a long war between Sonoma County District Attorney J. Michael Mullins and local political act...

SAN JOSE - Hoping to block an effort by class-action plaintiffs' attorneys to get a look at documents from the Justice Depart...

By Gerry Holt Running a law firm without a carefully prepared business plan is like choosing a destination without selecting ...

A paraplegic man with a bladder problem who claims county jail personnel ignored court orders to provide him with a catheter ...

A civil rights attorney says the county will become "more vulnerable" to lawsuits alleging violations of the federal Voting R...

The six plaintiffs who were awarded a record $4.8 billion in punitive damages against General Motors have announced they will...

Funeral services are scheduled Wednesday for prominent Santa Monica-based defense attorney Charles R. English, who died Satur...

Mark B. Simons Judge Contra Costa County Superior Court Mark B. Simons Judge Contra Costa County Superior Court Appointed by:...

SAN DIEGO - One can almost feel the ground stir while walking through the Gaslamp Quarter these days. That's because current ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A divided federal appeals court Monday upheld California's controversial teacher certification exam, finding ...

At one time, former entertainment attorney and federal prosecutor James Tierney considered himself Stephen Cooperman's best f...