LOS ANGELES - Most of the cast of characters in the now-infamous dog-mauling case playing out in a Los Angeles courtroom are f...

Forum Column - By Ira L. Shafiroff - The State Bar of California recently has reactivated its Commission for the Revision of t...

Focus Column - By David Gerber - The elements of a copyright infringement claim are "ownership of the copyright; and ... infri...

Q: What role should a mediator play in creating the documentation of a settlement reached at a mediation? ...

Focus On ADR - By C. David Serena - Why should anyone be concerned about the appointment of a guardian ad litem for a minor, o...

Column by John Patzakis - While lawyers are paying more attention to electronic evidence in civil litigation matters than ever...

Focus On ADR - By Jeffrey Krivis - Recently, I confronted the most difficult challenge of my 21 years in the practice of law....

Focus On ADR Opinion - By Richard M. Brown - Having been part of professional sports for two decades in such diverse capacitie...

Focus On ADR - By Kenneth D. Gack and Edward Stern - This is the first in a series of articles devoted to the most compelling ...

Focus On ADR - By Palmer Brown Madden - Mediations are not always successful. Based on experience, some 20 percent of the time...

Northern California litigator Bruce A. Bailey initially comes across as timid and unprepared. Don't be fooled, warns an attorn...

Kaiser Permanente's psychiatrists came under fire recently for helping a mentally ill patient with seizures regain her driving...

SAN FRANCISCO - An order from the California Supreme Court on Thursday holding a respected lawyer in contempt for missing a de...

WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats, who hold a narrow majority, on Thursday finally voted down President Bush's...

SAN FRANCISCO - As expected, a San Francisco judge dismissed all 224 sex-molestation charges against a defrocked San Francisco...

Forum Column - By Keith Paul Bishop - California and Californians would be poorer without employee stock options. Without the ...

SAN BERNARDINO - Following a dismal showing in last week's primary, District Attorney Dennis Stout on Thursday abruptly halted...

RIVERSIDE - Justice Art McKinster and his colleagues at the 4th District Court of Appeal in Riverside grind out more opinions ...

LOS ANGELES - Attorney John Stoner is bringing his corporate and securities practice to Manatt Phelps & Phillips' young Or...

LOS ANGELES - Services took place Thursday for a veteran Orange County civil litigator who was wooed into a law career by one ...

LOS ANGELES - Chicago-based 460-lawyer Katten Muchin Zavis confirmed Thursday that it is in merger talks with Rosenman & C...

Focus Column - By Daniel J. Curtin Jr., Jill C. Teraoka and Shiraz D. Tangri - With the advent of environmental restrictions, ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for plaintiffs to win damages for eavesdropping in a r...

SANTA ANA - A Los Angeles judge has been assigned to decide whether Orange County Superior Court Judge Ronald Kline, who faces...

SAN FRANCISO - Perceptions of cronyism within the Marin County family law bench and bar are the result of the small number of ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Banks cannot take money from customers' direct deposit of Social Security and disability benefits to cover ove...

SAN FRANCISCO - Wading into a much-debated area of employment law, a San Francisco judge finalized an order Thursday asserting...

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - What could have driven a 14-year-old boy to take a high-velocity deer rifle and shoot his mother and sister...

Dicta Column - By Gloria Cardenas Conn - Advance research on a judge can have a big impact on your case, such as drastically i...

Employment Column - By Luan J. McElroy - Once you have made the decision to conduct a job search, you must next decide how to ...