Personal jurisdiction is of practical importance for casinos, because it answers the question of whether the casino can be sue...

Charles Patterson, a partner in the Los Angeles office of San Francisco-based Morrison & Foerster, is one of about 20 U.S....

The policy-making body for the state's courts unanimously approved a list of 41 construction projects that will be funded by a...

The State-Authorized Risk Assessment Tool for Sex Offenders is meant to aid judges, probation and parole officers in assessing...

The management team of San Francisco-based Thelen has called a firmwide partnership meeting for Tuesday at which dissolution i...

Fontana Judge Stephan Gray Saleson says the key to compelling testimony is letting the witnesses tell jurors the story. It's h...

The latest reports from the State Bar

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed two lawyers and a retired appellate justice to positions on state commissions.

When Pacific Gas and Brobeck collapsed, Judge Dennis J. Montali had the daunting duty of patching up their finances. ...

Don't expect to play golf with Tom Mars, Wal-Mart's general counsel. The retail giant's corporate culture encourages arms-leng...

No matter who wins the election, we must remember that the Constitution applies to everyone, writes Kathleen Taylor. - Forum C...

Although many types of property may be subject to escheat laws, employers are generally left holding unpaid wages, commissions...

Animal advocates have scored a coup in a settlement that makes it tougher for Los Angeles County's six shelters to euthanize c...

Timothy J. Corcoran Left Practice for Mediation With No Regrets ...

In trying to influence Californians to vote against Prop. 2, the secretary of agriculture proved to be just another bad egg in...

An elderly pedophile who traveled from Garden Grove to the Philippines for sex with young girls will be locked up for life, th...

Defense attorneys in the Broadcom stock option backdating scandal this week accused the lead prosecutor in the case of leaking...

This summer, the media seethed after being locked out of what should have been an open hearing in a high-profile Yolo County m...

Officials at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center said this week that they have new evidence that the hos...

Despite a very shaky climate for real estate deals, the San Francisco outposts of two firms participated in a couple of large ...

Guarding Tradition Is No Excuse for Denying People Liberties

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold has added two special counsels in its Los Angeles office.

A recent 9th Circuit decision touches on a number of issues concerning the proper subject matter of copyright protection and l...

"This is classic, long-term mediated public policy," Helen V. Smookler said, looking out over the 87-year-old Lower Stone Cany...

UC Hastings College of the Law has for 10 years sent students to study at its sister school in Haiti. Today, the dean of the H...

Whether it's a suit over a Playboy pajama party or a five-year personal injury claim, Judge John L. Segal's easygoing style se...

Broadcasters’ refusal to provide under-funded campaigns free response time since the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine increases...

A federal judge has ruled that the Warner Bros. film "We Are Marshall" did not infringe on any copyrights held by filmmakers w...

It hasn't been a banner year for pro-ADR lobbying group the California Dispute Resolution Council. The governor vetoed its fla...

Consumer attorneys and advocates worked tirelessly to ensure real, meaningful, homeowner protection was included in the bailou...