LOS ANGELES - Powerhouse Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker made its German debut through its combination with the Frankfur...

LOS ANGELES - John Pennington, a career-long Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton business trial attorney with a biting sense...

Forum Column - By John D. Echeverria - Suggestions that a recent 9th Circuit ruling will allow aggrieved property owners to ch...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge told the Bush administration Wednesday it needs to come forward with more information regardin...

Forum Column - By Tanya Tull and Maria Foscarinis - The United States' commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Right...

About 6.6 million Californians are without health insurance, according to the California Healthcare Foundation, a nonprofit ad...

Randall Sinnott is among a handful of lawyers who, after being called to active military duty, left their legal practices to s...

WASHINGTON - Members of Congress are pushing for a detailed study of the accreditation process for the nation's law schools, c...

As the judge in an isolated desert town, Sarah A. Christian has learned to deal with the awkward encounters occurring when she...

Focus Column - By Chunfai Lui, Bing Ho and Shahla Ali - China's new anti-monopoly law is going to lead to unprecedented change...

Letters to the Editor - Writers offer a withering response to a recent call for reforming California's class-action system and...

LOS ANGELES - Mia Baker, a longtime administrator for the Los Angeles district attorney's office, died of lung cancer on Dec. ...

Forum Column - By Charles S. Doskow - A recent case involving a group of Muslims that was stopped at the Canadian border illus...

Members of San Francisco's dependency and delinquency panels - and attorneys who want to join - acted out a mock-trial scenari...

LOS ANGELES - A 25-year-old plan to reduce racial divisions in Los Angeles public schools does not violate California's consti...

WASHINGTON - Thousands of prison inmates around the nation are eligible for relief after the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted ...

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

Many environmental groups oppose Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Attorney General Jerry Brown's plan to expaned the Port of Los...

U.S. District Judge Robert J. Timlin recently announced he has made himself available to try any cases in the district that hi...

In two significant victories for criminal defendants, the U.S. Supreme Court emphasized Monday that federal trial judges have ...

SAN FRANCISCO - With climate change an increasingly hot topic with lawmakers in Sacramento, the market for environmental lawye...

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal has added three new partners to its corporate department in San Francisco, the firm announce...

Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - For foster children who have special needs, determining who has the right to make decision...

Lawyers for Gregory Reyes, the first person criminally convicted in the options backdating scandal, have requested a new trial...

Dudley W. Gray, a prominent South Bay attorney with a 58-year career, died of natural causes at a Palm Springs hospital Friday...

Forum Column - By Robert A. Philipson - The controversy over Ford's attempt to prove the safety of the Explorer continues with...

Judges aren't involved enough in settling cases. They delay too many hearings. And their scheduling system is so ineffective t...

Focus Column - By Reid Steinfeld and Richard Boggan - For years, providers treating workers' compensation patients have been u...

Willing to talk about almost anything, U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford is silent about his most high-profile case. ...

The owners and operators of the ship that spilled 58,000 gallons of fuel into the San Francisco Bay should pay for the city's ...