SAN FRANCISCO - In some ways, land use is an odd practice. So opined Timothy A. Tosta on Friday, shortly after Luce, Forward, ...

Industry Watch - By Gabe Friedman - LOS ANGLES - After several months of dinners, cross-continental phone conversations and ne...

Forum Column - By Mitchell Keiter - A recent decision wrongly allows a judge to circumvent a jury in criminal cases. ...

The general rule is that California initiatives become effective the day after they are approved by the voters. - True / False...

Industry Watch - By William-Arthur Haynes - SAN FRANCISCO - Since January, a month after effectively becoming Thelen Reid Brow...

Industry Watch - By Bobbi Murray - Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the powerhouse foundation dedicated to funding breast cancer r...

A year after winning provisional accreditation from the American Bar Association, the law school at the University of La Verne...

LOS ANGELES - In spring 2001, as executives marked up draft copies of Tenet Healthcare Corp.'s annual report, Christi R. Sulzb...

Industry Watch - By Emma Dewald - LOS ANGELES - The best way to determine how good a lawyer is might just be to litigate again...

SAN JOSE - Utah state Sen. Dan Eastman says he has nothing against keyword advertising on search engines. He just wants to be ...

Focus Column - In the second of our continuing MCLE self-study series, David Labahn examines the effects of new Jessica's Law ...

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Lawyers praise the judicial talents of Diana Becton Smith and value her perspective as Contra Costa County's lone black jurist...

Former New York attorney Charles Weinstock has parlayed his Hollywood connections into "Fracture," a legal thriller starring A...

LOS ANGELES - Thirteen Nicaraguan banana plantation workers who said they became sterile after repeated exposure to a pesticid...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Los Angeles referee has been named juvenile court judge of the year, one of several award recipients honored...

Employment Column - By Stephen J. Hirschfeld - Watch out, tough guy. The next cause of action in the employment arena may be f...

SAN JOSE - A San Jose federal judge has denied a motion by Google Inc. to declare that its lucrative keyword advertising does ...

SAN JOSE - Modesto attorney Gary S. Davis' mediation career started by accident. Now, as he winds down his practice, it has be...

LOS ANGELES - Santa Barbara police are being trained in the fine points of making disturbing-the-peace arrests as part of the ...

Letter to the Editor - In his March 27 column ("Sentencing Bill Would Worsen State's Prison Crisis"), San Francisco Public Def...

Focus Column - By Robert D. "Bo" Links - An experienced mediator teaches hard-nosed litigators the beauty of apologies. ...

LOS ANGELES - A music-royalty-collecting group announced Thursday that it will discuss "mutually beneficial business arrangeme...

WASHINGTON - Embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales appeared to contradict the testimony of fired San Diego U.S. Attorney...

Suspensions - Cartelli, Michael A., La Canada Flintridge Johnson, Stephen Wayne, Huntington Beach McGrew, Francis Joseph, Oakl...

Web Exclusive - The Court of Appeal affirmed Wednesday that San Francisco’s 23-year-old affirmative action law runs counter to...

In a class action, Whittier attorney John J. Eardley is targeting the makers and retailers of a chemical found in everyday pro...

SAN FRANCISCO - California judges may be allowed to send letters on behalf of colleagues under investigation for judicial misc...

Forum Column - By John Burton and Miriam Aroni Krinsky - In a move that surely will harm America's most vulnerable people, the...

SAN FRANCISCO - General-practice law firms are structuring multidisciplinary groups to counsel an array of clients that might ...