WASHINGTON - To paraphrase the late Justice Potter Stewart's famous line on obscenity, the current Supreme Court justices "lik...

LOS ANGELES - Sole practitioner Ken Meyer, a former senior executive vice president for Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, has joined the S...

As my grandfather would say, "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." Of course, he often said this while wearing his un...

It is time to enact a uniform statewide spousal support formula for temporary spousal support, just as exists with child suppo...

In an important ruling originally arising in California, the National Labor Relations Board has made it more difficult for a c...

LOS ANGELES - There oughta be a law, Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley said Wednesday as he revealed the resu...

SAN FRANCISCO - Remarks ranged from angry four-letter invective to heartfelt absolution Wednesday at the sentencing hearing f...

Employers soon may find it is easier to preserve the at-will nature of the employment relationship. By having employees sign ...

LOS ANGELES - Hugh Miles Raskoff, a corporate attorney and advocate for the underprivileged, has died. Raskoff died Monday at ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Palo Alto's Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich is trying to get out of the startup company advice business. Law...

SAN BERNARDINO - Superior Court Judge James A. Edwards said he had a "Hobson's Choice" in deciding how to sentence a teen-age...

LOS ANGELES - In a rare turnabout this week, the INS has agreed to allow Antonio "Tony" Alvarado-Torres to remain free while ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Four California Supreme Court justices with stock investments in large corporations have participated in 32 ca...

LOS ANGELES - Beware: litigious podiatrist. That warning probably addresses anyone who contemplates tangling with Garey Lee We...

LOS ANGELES - In a ruling that clarifies that in-house lawyers are people too, a state appellate court ruled Wednesday that in...

James Lopes, a partner of Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin in San Francisco, has been inducted as a Fellow to ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether San Francisco tenants can block a landlord's ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Paula Kamena, the Marin County district attorney who overwhelmingly defeated an effort to throw her out of of...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Bar Association of San Francisco has stepped up its search for a new executive director, and so far one t...

Negotiating the resolution of legal disputes is not the same as everyday bargaining.

LOS ANGELES - University of the Pacific president Donald DeRosa announced the appointment Wednesday of John Sprankling as inte...

LOS ANGELES - In 1981, Carolyn B. Kuhl and two other Justice Department officials persuaded the U.S. attorney general to suppo...

While retired judges have little trouble mastering most ADR methods, they get mixed reviews in their work as mediators. ...

Many insureds face claims of antitrust violations, anti-competitive conduct, unfair competition and theft of trade secrets. To...

LOS ANGELES - Corporate attorney Michael Miller, a founding partner of Beverly Hills boutique Sherman, Nathanson & Miller...

California courts may have left the unfortunate impression that arbitrators may ignore applicable law. While it is one thing t...

The wording of the Code of Civil Procedure Section 2093 oath to tell the truth in an action or proceeding was changed by legis...

Lawyers can be too clever for their clients' good. A San Diego legal team learned this lesson the hard way when an internation...

Every term-to-life prisoner in the state is waiting, holding his breath and praying that Robert Rosenkrantz wins his lawsuit a...

Every mediation presents its own challenges, including how people think. One significant phenomenon arising from thought proce...