SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers, like credit card holders, will soon feel the financial sting of late fees. ...

INDIO - He'd tried only civil cases as a lawyer, so Judge Harold W. Hopp experienced a little extra stress when he got a crimi...

SAN FRANCISCO - It began with jeering Oakland A's fans and ended with a Texas Rangers pitcher heaving a chair into the stands ...

LOS ANGELES - Vitesse Semiconductors Corp., which has teetered in financial turmoil during widespread accounting and stock-opt...

FORUM COLUMN - By Robin Levi and Vanessa Huang - A state commission's consideration of elective sterilization for women prison...

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SAN FRANCISCO - The names of three Los Angeles Superior Court judges, a federal magistrate judge and an appellate attorney hav...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge Friday sentenced a former Silicon Valley executive to 17 years in prison, calling him a "profe...

LOS ANGELES - Joseph Gabriel, a partner at Raskin Peter Rubin & Simon, will move in-house this month to become general cou...

SAN DIEGO - Lawyers for two Kurds who live in San Diego County had set their sights on suing Saddam Hussein for authorizing ge...

COLUMN - By Peter Blumberg - It's every appellate defense attorney's nightmare. You finally persuade a court that your client ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A group of highly regarded natural-resources, real estate, and land-use and environmental partners will join r...

FORUM COLUMN - By David M. Marquez - As the era of cheap and plentiful energy starts to wane, David Marquez examines the ramif...

LOS ANGELES - After a year of negotiations, Reed Smith and London-based Richards Butler officially merged Jan. 1. ...

LOS ANGELES - Like squirrels stashing acorns, law firms are preparing for colder economic times by amping up their bankruptcy ...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Friday granted private eye Anthony Pellicano's request to represent himself at the 112-count,...

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco jury verdict last week that will send a cop killer to prison for life without parole appears t...

WASHINGTON - In a case that could make it more difficult for shareholders to sue public companies for securities fraud, the U....

LOS ANGELES - Two health care giants are going to court over hospital bills. Tenet Healthcare Corp., whose 2005 revenues were ...

LOS ANGELES - It's out with the old and in with the new at a pair of Los Angeles law firms. ...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge said the U.S. government must provide a hearing for a Senegalese immigrant held for two years wh...

SAN FRANCISCO - After 11 years of hearing criminal and civil trials, the toughest decision for incoming San Francisco County S...

REDWOOD CITY - San Mateo Superior Court Judge Robert D. Foiles believes in thorough preparation, a quality that likely will se...

The newly formed firm of Dreier Stein & Kahan established offices in Santa Monica's Water Garden complex and Century City'...

LOS ANGELES - On a recent Tuesday morning, Judge Victor E. Chavez admonished an experienced trial attorney who, while cross-ex...

SACRAMENTO - Attorney General Bill Lockyer leaves the state's top law-enforcement office this week with an eight-year legacy o...

FOCUS COLUMN - By C. Matthew Schulz and Kelly Going - Some planning could help companies survive the government's stepped-up e...

SANTA ANA - Barely six months after the California Supreme Court declared roller coasters are "common carriers" with special d...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge Thursday set trial dates and consolidated more than 20 civil lawsuits involving sexual-abuse...

FORUM COLUMN - By Pamela Hartman - The United States has a moral responsibility to provide a haven for the refugees driven fro...